Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.

The Rye Arts Center and

The Indo-American Arts Council present

Monsoon Wedding

With Screenwriter Sibrina Dhawan

February 6th, 7:00 pm, at The Rye Arts Center

Part of Colors of India: a five'week celebration of Contemporary Indian Art and Culture

"As a Punjabi family in Delhi reunites for their daughter's wedding, love and conflict are sparked, and true confessions are blurted out even on the way to the altare" - excerpt from the Monsoon Wedding web site.

Join Sabrina Dhawan for a discussion and screening of Monsoon Wedding. Ms. Dhawan will share with the audience the process of writing and seeing that writing come to life, and she will discuss the nuances of the film that address the complexities of Indian family life.

Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, and written by Sabrina Dhawan, took the international film scene by storm, affecting audiences around the world with its joyous tale of a family coming together for a wedding. The film's universal themes of love and marriage are delivered within a distinctively Indian framework, providing access to contemporary Indian family life. The film follows an ensemble of characters through their personal catastrophes and triumphs and, in the process, Nair and Dhawan give the viewer a rich account of the diversity and complexity of contemporary life in Delhi.

About the Screenwriter:
Sabrina Dhawan grew up in New Delhi, India, where she worked until 1996. She subsequently graduated from Columbia University's graduate film program, where she met Mira Nair and became her teaching assistant. Dhawan's thesis short film "Saanjh - As Night Falls" was a finalist for the Student Academy Award. Saanjh also received the award for most original film at the Polo Ralph Lauren New Works Festival 2000 and was cited as Best of the Festival at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Monsoon Wedding is Dhawan's first produced feature screenplay.

Tickets $12 for RAC members, $15 for non-members, $8 for students and seniors.

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