Monsoon Wedding

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Monsoon Wedding

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

2001

1h 54m

6.8(225 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Naseeruddin Shah

Lalit Verma

Lillete Dubey

Pimmi Verma

Shefali Shah

Ria Verma

Vasundhara Das

Aditi Verma

Parvin Dabas

Hemant Rai

Vijay Raaz

P.K. Dubey

Tillotama Shome

Alice

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

C. L. Chadha

Kamini Khanna

Shashi Chadha

Randeep Hooda

Rahul Chadha

Creative team

Directed by: Mira Nair
Written by: Sabrina Dhawan
Produced by: Robyn Aronstam
Mira Nair

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