Director : Mira Nair
Country : India
Release Date : 2001
Duration : 114 mins
Language : Hindi and Punjabi
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : GOLDEN LION AT 2001 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
A family drama about a chaotic Indian wedding. Lalit Verma is a wealthy father who wants his daughter Aditi’s wedding to take place without a hitch. Disillusioned with her previous relationship with a man who is almost twice her age, Aditi agrees to submit to an arranged marriage with an engineer from Houston. Yet as the ceremony nears, she gets cold feet and returns to see her former lover – even though this could spell disaster. Meanwhile, Aditi’s 17-year-old cousin Ayesha is coming to terms with her blossoming sexuality and has her sights set on Rahul, another relative who is a college student in Australia. Then there is Rai – another cousin – who has a shocking revelation to make of her own.
“Splashy, noisy and downright fun.” (Deborah Young – Variety Magazine)