Blog #3

After watching Monsoon Wedding, I thought,overall, it was a good movie. The colours in the movie were definitely eye-catching. Everything from the house, garden, to the clothing were full of bright vibrant colours. The clothing,especially, had very intricate details.

The prominent use of marigolds complimented the colours in the movie very well, and also the undertones of the movie. The marigold is an odd flower, in that it has two completely different meanings. It symbolizes affection and passion, but also jealousy and sadness.

The movie mainly follows Lalit, a father who is planning a wedding for his daughter Aditi. There are sub plots in the film that follows PK, the event planner who falls for the maid, Alice, and Aditi who has been cheating on her soon-to-be husband, with an ex-boyfriend who is already married. The darkest of the subplots involve Ria,who is Aditi's cousin who is taken care for by Lalit after her father dies. Ria suspects that Lalit's brother-in-law who once sexually abused her, is sexually abusing Ria's other younger cousin.

I found the most interesting sub plot was that of PK and Alice. It appeared to be the most fleshed out of them. However, we do not find much about Alice, except that she longs to be married. The other sub plots were a bit disappointing. After Aditi steals Vikram's car after their late night meeting was interrupted by the police, it skips to the next day where Aditi tells Ria that it is over between Aditi and Vikram. It was an abrupt end. There was no confrontation between the two former lovers, which left me wanting to know what happened after she drove his car away. In Monsoon Wedding, Lalit dissaproves of his son,Varun wanting to be a chef and of his hobby of dancing. The climax of this tension leads to Varun telling his parents he hates them and storming off. After this incident, we don't hear from it again. Maybe we are to assume that Varum is just young and said that out of spite, but I think that could have been more dialogue, or something added to it.