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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 .
Avinash Tiwary as Dr. Shekhar Kapoor, Mira's ex-husband; Tota Roy Chowdhury as Dr. Hamid, the psychiatrist [3] Suresh Sippy Mira's Doctor; Nisha Aaliya as Piya, Mira's friend; Sharik Khan as Wasim, Piya's friend; Diljohn Singh as Rajiv [4] Shamaun Ahmed as Anand Joshi, Nusrat's husband; Monisha Hassen as Zehra, Shekhar's boss; Vaunisha Kapoor ...
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.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair (“Salaam Bombay!”) has come on board to executive produce “Our Land, Our Freedom,” from directors Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu, ahead of the film’s ...
Ram Kapoor ([raːm kəpuːr]; born 1 September 1973) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and television. One of the highest paid television actor in India, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] he is known for portraying Jai Walia in Kasamh Se and Ram Kapoor in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain .
The Namesake is a 2006 English-language drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sooni Taraporevala based on the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It stars Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan and Sahira Nair. The film was produced by Indian, American and Japanese studios. [3]
The film marked the acting debut of Rajat Kapoor, who was unknown at the time, but got his big international break in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding as a sexually abusive uncle and later got his mainstream Bollywood break in Dil Chahta Hai. [2] [3] [4]
Rajat Kapoor was born in Delhi, India and grew up in Old Delhi. [2] In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi. In 1985 he moved to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). [1] Kapoor started out in Parallel Cinema, making his debut in the 1989 Kumar Shahani film Khayal Gatha. When he had trouble finding ...