Winner
Golden Lion
Golden Lion (2001)
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Monsoon Wedding
Directed by Mira Nair
2001•114 min•
- Genre
- Comedy
- Topic
- Generations
- Mood
- Playful
- Featured in
- At the Table
Synopsis
The rain is coming... and so is the family.
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
Nominee
Golden Globe
BAFTA Best Film Not in English Language (2002)
Footnote
- First
Mira Nair became the third woman to win the Golden Lion — at the Venice Film Festival, after Margarethe von Trotta (1981) and Agnès Varda (1985); the first Indian woman to win it
Main Cast
Naseeruddin ShahLalit Verma
Lillete DubeyPimmi Verma
Shefali ShahRia Verma
Vasundhara DasAditi Verma
Parvin DabasHemant Rai
Vijay RaazP.K. Dubey
Tillotama ShomeAlice
Kulbhushan KharbandaC. L. Chadha
