Monsoon Wedding (2001) + Extras [The Criterion Collection]

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 family’s 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.



Audio Commentary by director Mira Nair

Extras:
– "Mira Nair in Conversation with Naseeruddin Shah on Monsoon Wedding" 2009 interview (21:24)
– "Cinematographer Declan Quinn & Production Designer Stephanie Carroll" 2009 interview (10:35)
– "11’09"01 - September 11 (Segment: 'India')" (2002) short fiction film by Mira Nair (11:50)
– "How Can It Be?" (2008) short fiction film by Mira Nair (9:07)
– "Migration" (2007) short fiction film by Mira Nair (18:41)
– "The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat" (1993) short fiction film by Mira Nair (11:21)
–"The Laughing Club of India" 2000 documentary short film by Mira Nair (35:03)