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MONSOON WEDDING (2001)


Criterion Collection # 489
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DVD RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2009


Director: Mira Nair

Description:
Cultures and families clash in Mira Nair's exuberant Monsoon Wedding, a mix of comedy and chaotic melodrama concerning the preparations for the arranged marriage of a modern upper-middle-class Indian familyÆs only daughter, Aditi. Of course there are hitches -- Aditi has been having an affair with a married TV host; she's never met her husband to be, who lives in Houston; the wedding has worsened her father's hidden financial troubles; even the wedding planner has become a nervous wreck -- as well as buried family secrets. But Nair's celebration is ultimately joyful and cathartic: a love song to her home city of Delhi and her own Punjabi family.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.69 + 7.46 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 114 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): English

Subtitles: optional English


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Mira Nair and director of photography Declan Quinn.
# Audio commentary featuring Nair.
# Nair;s short documentaries So Far from India (1983), India Cabaret (1985), and The Laughing Club of India (2001), featuring video introductions by the director.
# Nair;s short fiction films The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993), 11Æ09"01ùSeptember 11 (Segment: 'India') (2002), Migration (2007), and How Can It Be? (2008), featuring video introductions by the director.
# New video interview with actor Naseeruddin Shah, conducted by Nair.
# New video interviews with Quinn and production designer Stephanie Carroll.
# Theatrical trailer.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.


Studio: Criterion

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