Mira Nair\'s vivacious, sensual and deeply moving drama about a Delhi family’s preparations for a wedding. Mira Nair\'s award-winning portrait of a contemporary India in which ancient tradition combines seamlessly with 21st Century modernity. Set during the on-set of the monsoon season, the film follows the members of the Verma family as they prepare for the wedding of daughter Aditi to Hemant, a family friend who now lives and works in Houston, Texas. As the hour of the ceremony approaches, Aditi makes a confession to Hemant which could endanger their plans; while cousin Ria comes closer to revealing a disturbing secret from her childhood; and wedding planner P.K. Dubey finds himself falling in love with the family maid Alice. ‘The kind of film people tell their friends to see’ – Chicago Sun Times