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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Mira Nair
Featuring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas
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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Hindi DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Short Film, Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring Mira Nair
- Nair’s short documentaries So Far from India (1983), India Cabaret (1985), and The Laughing Club of India (2001), featuring video introductions by the director
- Nair’s short fiction films The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993), 11'09"01—September 11 [Segment: "India"] (2002), Migration (2007), and How Can it Be? (2008), featuring video introductions by the director
- New video interview with actor Naseeruddin Shah, conducted by Mira Nair
- New video interviews with Declan Quinn and production designer Stephanie Carroll
- Theatrical trailer
- Booklet featuring a new essay by critic and travel writer Pico Iyer
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Producer: Kate Elmore
Artwork: Laura Ljungkvist
Release Notes on Restoration
Monsoon Wedding
Monsoon Wedding is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and the bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Director Mira Nair and director of photography Declan Quinn supervised and approved this new high-definition digital transfer, which was created on a Spirit 4K DataCine from the original 35mm interpositive, blown up from the original Super 16mm A/B negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, flicker, and X-ray damage were removed using MTI’s DRS system and Pixel Farm’s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s Phoenix was used for small dirt.
The 5.1 surround soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the magnetic tracks. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using the Pro Tools HD system. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The 5.1 surround soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the magnetic tracks. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using the Pro Tools HD system. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.