Monsoon Wedding: Coupling of Indian Tradition and Westernization

Director Mira Nair carefully combines American style narrative and culture with Indian tradition and heritage. The film centers around the wedding of Aditi and Hemant. Weddings are universal ceremonies that people of any culture can relate to. However, Nair adds a flair of Indian tradition by making it clear that it is an arranged marriage. This technique is very successful because it attracts a larger audience and it also gives an insight into what makes …

…The music also helps balance out the dramatic aspect of the film, such as the developing romance between the characters and the betrayal of a friendship. Monsoon Wedding is filled with Indian and Western traditions. At times, the two ideas clash but in the end, it blends together and resolves conflicts. From the "white tent" being a western design, to the traditional saris the women wear, Nair has combined the two themes ever so elegantly.