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Their first date goes badly as Asha explains she's only there to appease her mother. She's too bogged down with work, and must focus her next months on reorganizing a pitch for a Singapore investor for their micro-loans project for disadvantaged Southeast Asian women.
Their first date goes badly as Asha explains she's only there to appease her mother. She's too bogged down with work, and must focus her next months on reorganizing a pitch for a Singapore investor for their micro-loans project for disadvantaged Southeast Asian women.


Coinciding at a wedding, Asha convinces Ravi to pretend that that they are dating at various weddings throughout the summer to ease the pressure from everyone to find someone. Asha and Ravi slowly become mutually interested, as they little by little get to know each other.
Coincidentally meeting again at a wedding, Asha convinces Ravi to pretend that that they are dating at various weddings throughout the summer to ease the pressure from everyone to find someone. Asha and Ravi slowly become mutually interested, as they little by little get to know each other.


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Out with her boss James seeking donors, Asha learns that Ravi is secretly a wealthy [[DJ]] called DJ Spellbound. She and Ravi step out to talk, and he further confides in her. They are about to kiss when Yoshi radically alters the set, so Ravi has to save it.
Asha and her sister Priya are out walking, discussing Priya's American fiancé Nick's going overboard with trying to immerse himself in Indian culture. Suddenly Ravi and his friend Yoshi stop their van to say hi.


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After another wedding, Ravi takes Asha his little-used apartment and he details some of his philanthropic endeavors. They kiss, and she soon falls asleep, exhausted. In the morning they agree to keep their mutual interest secret.
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Out with her boss James seeking donors, Asha learns that Ravi is secretly a wealthy, [[DJ]] called DJ Spellbound. She and Ravi step out to talk, and he further confides in her. He had been traveling over ten years DJing, but had decided to return to New Jersey to regroup. They are about to kiss when Yoshi radically alters the set, so Ravi has to save it.


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Asha's pitch is so successful the Singapore group offers ten million more in addition to another group named Red Star. She is offered a London executive promotion in their South Asian division.
The next day, Asha is talking with Priya and Nick about Ravi. He mistrusts his job as a DJ and thinks they should investigate him. Priya says she should throw caution to the wind as she's obviously interested. Changing the subject, Priya suggests Nick not try so hard, as he is a neurosurgeon.


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Suneeta mistakes Asha's text to her sister Priya about her 'big news' as news of her engagement to Ravi. The families plan a surprise lunch, during which Asha's sister Priya accidentally confesses the deception and Ravi admits that he dropped out of MIT and has no intention of getting a more socially acceptable career. He also lets slip that he is the donor behind Red Star Standard who donated to Asha's company and got her the promotion.
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After a wedding, Asha and Ravi take Mexican takeout to his little-used apartment and he details some of his philantropic endeavors. They kiss, and she soon falls asleep, exhausted. In the morning she apologises for sleeping on him, and they agree to keep their mutual interest secret.

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Ravi encourages Asha about her pitch. It's so successful the Singapore group offers ten million more, a private organization Red Star Standard gives another large amount and she is offered a London executive promotion in their South Asian division.

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Suneeta mistakes Asha's text to Priya about her 'big news' as news of her engagement to Ravi. The families plan a surprise lunch, during which Asha confesses their deception and Ravi admits that he dropped out of MIT and has no intention of getting a more socially acceptable career. He also admits to paying for catering orders from his father's restaurant in the name of his financial trust, Red Star. The funding for the company came mostly from Facebook stock he received for DJing.


Enraged, Asha ends their relationship because of Ravi's dishonesty. She no longer trusts him, and Ravi declaring that he has loved her since the day they met doesn't dissuade her from walking away and blocking him.
Enraged, Asha ends their relationship because of Ravi's dishonesty. She no longer trusts him, and Ravi declaring that he has loved her since the day they met doesn't dissuade her from walking away and blocking him.
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* [[Suraj Sharma]] as Ravi
* [[Suraj Sharma]] as Ravi
* [[Pallavi Sharda]] as Asha
* [[Pallavi Sharda]] as Asha
* [[Rizwan Manji]] as Vijay, Asha'a father
* [[Rizwan Manji]] as Vijay, Asha's father
* [[Arianna Afsar]] as Priya
* [[Arianna Afsar]] as Priya
* [[Sean Kleier]] as Nick
* [[Sean Kleier]] as Nick
* [[Veena Sood]] as Suneeta, Asha'a mother
* [[Veena Sood]] as Suneeta, Asha's mother
* [[Manoj Sood]] as Dinesh, Ravi'a father
* [[Manoj Sood]] as Dinesh, Ravi's father
* Sonia Dhillon Tully as Veena
* Sonia Dhillon Tully as Veena
* Ruth Goodwin as Tina
* Ruth Goodwin as Tina
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==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|83|6.9|12|<!--The website's critics consensus-->}}<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=wedding_season|title=Wedding Season|type=m|access-date=August 10, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|88|7.2|17|<!--The website's critics consensus-->}}<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=wedding_season|title=Wedding Season|type=m|access-date=January 1, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:41, 24 March 2024

For the 2022 streaming TV series, see Wedding Season (TV series).

Wedding Season
Official release poster
Directed byTom Dey
Written byShiwani Srivastava
Produced by
  • Swati Shetty
  • Tony Hernandez
  • John Hodges
Starring
CinematographyMeena Singh
Edited byDavid L. Bertman
Music byJongnic Bontemps
Raashi Kulkarni
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • August 4, 2022 (2022-08-04)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wedding Season is a 2022 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey from a screenplay by Shiwani Srivastava. The film stars Suraj Sharma, Pallavi Sharda, Rizwan Manji, Veena Sood, Ari Afsar, Sean Kleier, and Manoj Sood.

Wedding Season was released on August 4, 2022.[1]

Plot

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Asha is an economist who has recently broken off her engagement and left a Wall Street banking career behind to work for a microfinance startup in New Jersey. Asha's mother Suneeta, concerned for her future and against the advice of her husband Vijay, sets up a dating profile for her.

Asha agrees to meet Ravi, who was found through the website his parents signed him up on, under the condition she won't have to meet with any others. Suneeta counterproposes that she attend all of the weddings she's been invited to in order to get her profile deleted from the site.

Their first date goes badly as Asha explains she's only there to appease her mother. She's too bogged down with work, and must focus her next months on reorganizing a pitch for a Singapore investor for their micro-loans project for disadvantaged Southeast Asian women.

Coincidentally meeting again at a wedding, Asha convinces Ravi to pretend that that they are dating at various weddings throughout the summer to ease the pressure from everyone to find someone. Asha and Ravi slowly become mutually interested, as they little by little get to know each other.

Out with her boss James seeking donors, Asha learns that Ravi is secretly a wealthy DJ called DJ Spellbound. She and Ravi step out to talk, and he further confides in her. They are about to kiss when Yoshi radically alters the set, so Ravi has to save it.

After another wedding, Ravi takes Asha his little-used apartment and he details some of his philanthropic endeavors. They kiss, and she soon falls asleep, exhausted. In the morning they agree to keep their mutual interest secret.

Asha's pitch is so successful the Singapore group offers ten million more in addition to another group named Red Star. She is offered a London executive promotion in their South Asian division.

Suneeta mistakes Asha's text to her sister Priya about her 'big news' as news of her engagement to Ravi. The families plan a surprise lunch, during which Asha's sister Priya accidentally confesses the deception and Ravi admits that he dropped out of MIT and has no intention of getting a more socially acceptable career. He also lets slip that he is the donor behind Red Star Standard who donated to Asha's company and got her the promotion.

Enraged, Asha ends their relationship because of Ravi's dishonesty. She no longer trusts him, and Ravi declaring that he has loved her since the day they met doesn't dissuade her from walking away and blocking him.

Later, Ravi argues with his parents about their disappointment in him. They resent the loss of years between them, although he points out that he is here now. Ravi announces that he and Yoshi are booked to go on a new DJing tour.

Finding it difficult to wrap her head around the idea of leaving her family for London, James encourages her as he'd left Jamaica for England years ago. Her dad comes to work, also encouraging her to go.

Priya gets cold feet just before her wedding. Asha encourages her, realizing in turn that she truly loves Ravi. She goes to his family's restaurant, sees him with another woman, and gives a speech about what a great guy he is. Priya and Nick marry and introduce DJ Spellbound at the reception. Ravi and his parents reconcile, he admits his job to the community, and gets back together with Asha.

Cast

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Production

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In 2018, Shiwani Srivastava's script, Wedding Season, placed in multiple screenwriting competitions, including the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Final Draft's Big Break, and the ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. After winning the ScreenCraft Comedy Competition, the ScreenCraft team introduced her to an executive at Netflix, as well as her literary manager at Affirmative Entertainment. As a direct result of those introductions, Wedding Season was sold to Netflix.[2]

In March 2021, was announced that Suraj Sharma and Pallavi Sharda would star in an upcoming romantic comedy film titled Wedding Season, written by Shiwani Srivastava and directed by Tom Dey for Netflix.[3] Later the same month Rizwan Manji and Ari Afsar joined to the cast.[4] On April 15, 2021 Sean Kleier also was set to star.[5]

Principal photography began on April 19 and concluded on May 31, 2021, in Toronto, Canada.[6][7] The film included outdoor and restaurant scenes shot in the Gerrard India Bazaar area of Toronto and the Lahore Tikka House restaurant.

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Wedding Season Yet Another Movie On Same Old Pretend Relationships?". SheThePeople.tv. July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "How a ScreenCraft Writer Sold Her Film 'Wedding Season' to Netflix". ScreenCraft. August 2, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Grater, Tom (March 3, 2021). "'Life Of Pi' Actor Suraj Sharma To Star With Pallavi Sharda In Netflix Pic 'Wedding Season'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Grater, Tom (March 22, 2021). "'Schitt's Creek' & 'Hamilton' Stars Join Netflix Comedy 'Wedding Season'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Grater, Tom (April 15, 2021). "Sean Kleier Joins Netflix's 'Wedding Season'; Dark Star Buys 'The Last Matinee'; Gravitas Picks Up 'Eye Without A Face' – Film Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "What's Shooting". ACTRA Toronto. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - Wedding Season". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Wedding Season". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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