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Wedding is about a gala wedding in New Delhi. Directed
by Mira Nair, the purpose of the story is to show Indian traditions
at their finest, with dance, music, and costuming that will
impress filmviewers around the world. The story involves the
arrival and participation of members of an extended family
in the days prior to the wedding, with the wedding itself
serving as a final climax. Some members of the extended family
have not seen one another for a while, so there is an inevitable
conflict involving the generations as well as those who have
become so assimilated to life abroad that they find some difficulty
fitting themselves into the ritual. The couple to be wedded
by arranged marriage consists of Aditi (played by Vasundhara
Das) and Hemant (played by Parvin Dabas), the latter an engineer
from Houston. At one point, Aditi's boss threatens the marriage,
and in another incident Aditi's cousin Ria (played by Shafali
Shetty) protests that one of the richest relatives once molested
her as a girl, resulting in a decision by her uncle to evict
the guest and his wife from the wedding party. The festivities
proceed despite the possibility of financial disaster for
the family. MH
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