Monsoon Wedding

Aug 30, 2001

1h 54m

★ 6.8

The rain is coming... and so is the family.

Overview

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

IFC Productions

Mirabai Films

Key Film Productions

Pandora Film

Paradis Films

iDream Productions

Monsoon Wedding Trailers

Cast

Lalit Verma

Naseeruddin Shah

Pimmi Verma

Lillete Dubey

Ria Verma

Shefali Shah

Parbatlal Kanhaiyalal Dubey

Vijay Raaz

Alice

Tillotama Shome

Aditi Verma

Vasundhara Das

Hemant Rai

Parvin Dabas

C. L. Chadha

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Shashi Chadha

Kamini Khanna

Tej Poori

Rajat Kapoor

Ayesha Verma

Neha Dubey

Vikram Mehta

Sameer Arya

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