I have to admit that I don't really know much about East Indian weddings, so what I saw in "Monsoon Wedding" was totally new. Focusing on the various events and revelations surrounding a wedding in India (no, this isn't a South Asian version of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), the movie is really something. I will say that as for director Mira Nair, I liked her "Mississippi Masala" better, but this one is still interesting. We may think of Indian movies as over-the-top musicals, but this shows that there are other kinds of cinema coming from the subcontinent. The only cast member whom I recognized was Roshan Seth (you may remember him from "Gandhi" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom").
All in all, a pretty neat movie.
All in all, a pretty neat movie.