Monsoon Wedding really opened my eyes to Indian culture. I had no idea that Indian marriage consisted of so many customs. Lalit showed me how stressful a time like this can be with all the preparation that must be done in advance. My first time watching the film, I found the movie very fast paced, making it sometimes hard for me to keep track of what was going on. I enjoyed the fact that the movie was not a typical love at first site romance, but I do not think there was love between Aditi and Hemant in the first place. The ceremony was very beautiful, everything except the rain seemed to go as planned, but how can two individuals be forced together and be expected to love each other? I understand that it is tradition to be sent away to the groom but there is no way that I could live with a person and be separated from my family by an entire continent. It just seems like neither the bride nor groom had much say in the whole marriage. This film makes me wonder what would have gone differently if there was more freedom given to the actual couple getting married. Despite my dilemma about arranged marriages, I did enjoy all the colors that seemed so significant to the marriage. The bright orange flowers and the color orange in general stuck in my head the most and seemed to be the most important color throughout the film.
If I could have the ideal wedding, it would defiantly be colourful and massive with marching bands and more food than everyone’s stomach could possibly contain, but it would never be arranged. While it may give my parents a heart attack being that they are very strict on traditional North American weddings, I would not mind a little change.
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