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Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in Delhi .
Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1980 [1]) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films.She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding (2001).
Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. [1] Her production company is Mirabai Films.Among her films are Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, the Golden Lion–winning Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay!, which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
After their pairing on Monsoon Wedding, Dhawan and Nair formed a brief partnership in which Dhawan worked as Nair's assistant at Columbia sometime in the early 2000s. [6] She also wrote the segment "India" (directed by Nair) in 11'09"01 September 11 , a series of short films for Canal Plus in 2002.
Dabas made his film debut in the 1999 film Dillagi and played a key role in the Malayalam film Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu along with Antara Mali the following year. His first major movie as actor was Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair and he has since appeared in many Bollywood films, including Tumse Milkar with Reshmi Ghosh.
Her second hit, Monsoon Wedding, came out later in the same year and became yet another milestone in her film career. [citation needed] Divya Unny from Open (Indian magazine) said, She acted in her first film Zubeidaa (2001) at the age of 47 which would have been considered a late start for an actor. Even as an independent actor, Dubey created ...
Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna) is an Indian actress and director. [1]She started her acting career by debuting in Monsoon Wedding as Sona Verma, directed by Mira Nair, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
It was based off the film Monsoon Wedding, which premiered in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival before winning the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and being nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. [17] The story follows two families coming to Delhi for an arranged marriage, then expectations and reality ...