Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding is a film about a traditional arranged Indian wedding. The film follows the
Lalit who is the father of Aditi the daughter about to be married to Hermant who lives in the US but is Indian as well. Throughout the traditional wedding preparations we see Aditi running off with the man that she was having an affair with before she was engaged to be married, but he refuses to leave his wife so Aditi is forced to end things because of that and her up and coming nuptials. As Aditis father is preparing for the wedding we meet the wedding planner Dubey who is a somewhat young single man who lives with his mother and plans weddings and events for others. We also meet the family's maid Alice who is very quiet and pretty and does exactly as she is told. Dubey and Alice end up falling in love throughout the preparations for the wedding and their story is just as beautiful as Aditis and Hermants in the end. Aditi realizes that she has to come clean with Hermant because she does not want to start a marriage based on lies, and she would rather him back at now then after the wedding. When she tells him he is very mad at first, but he realizes that their marriage can be start of a new life for both of them and tells her to decide whether or not to marry him, and from the moment she says she wants to marry him there is nothing but want and love in their eyes throughout the rest of the film.

The most moving part though in the entire film is the story of Ria, who is Aditis cousin and Lalits niece, who was sexually abused by her uncle who is Lilats brother-in-law. From the moment we see Ria and her uncle interact I could tell that there was definitely some sort of history between them, and I could tell by Ria's face that it was not good. The uncle is unfortunately the patriarch of the family and helps the family financially and in any way needed, so the idea that he had done such a terrible thing was crazy. But Ria finally realizes that it is time to tell her secret to save Aliyah from being hurt by him as well. When Lilat learns of what he did to Ria who has become like a daughter to him he does not know what to do, but when he makes a decision that will impact the family in a huge way I could not help but cry and just yearn to hug Ria and help in any way I could even though I knew it wasn't possible. Throughout the rest of the film we witness some beautiful and moving family moments that cannot help but make you want to be a part of the family as well. This is a definite must see in so many ways! I loved this movie and have actually purchased it now and it will be a great addition to movie collection. I left this film with tears running down my face and a smile as well, and of course an urge to dance! SEE IT!