Wedding Season
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| Directed by | Tom Dey |
| Screenplay by | Shiwani Srivastava |
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| Cinematography | Meena Singh |
| Edited by | David L. Bertman |
| Music by | Jongnic Bontemps Raashi Kulkarni |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wedding Season is a 2022 Indian-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
After breaking off her engagement, leaving a successful banking career behind in the city, and moving to New Jersey for a fresh start, Asha (Pallavi Sharda) couldn't feel more alive. Her mother, on the other hand, thinks that her oldest daughter is about to miss a lifetime of happiness if she doesn't take her focus away from her new startup job and place it on finding a husband instead. Taking matters into her own hands, Asha's mother creates an online dating profile in order to set Asha up with a "perfect" match. Enter Ravi (Suraj Sharma) -- or rather Ravi's parents -- who have the exact same idea for their son. Asha and Ravi's reluctant first date is a bust, and they quickly discover that each is in a seemingly different place in their life right now. After realizing her mother is relentless and will not give up, Asha proposes a plan to Ravi that would be a win-win for both: a pretend relationship to be each other's date to get through the upcoming wedding season. Through countless invitations, dances and dresses in the next three months, Asha and Ravi slowly come to find that they might have more in common than they think. Maybe their parents were onto something after all.
Cast
- Suraj Sharma as Ravi
- Pallavi Sharda as Asha
- Rizwan Manji as Vijay
- Arianna Afsar as Priya
- Sean Kleier as Nick
- Veena Sood as Suneeta
- Manoj Sood as Dinesh
- Ruth Goodwin as Tina
- Damian Thompson as James
- Subhash Santosh as Darshit
- Julius Cho as Yoshi
Production
In March 2021, was announced that Suraj Sharma and Pallavi Sharda would star in a upcoming romantic comedy film titled Wedding Season, written by Shiwani Srivastava and directed by Tom Dey for Netflix.[2] Later the same month Rizwan Manji and Ari Afsar joined to the cast.[3] On April 15, 2021 Sean Kleier also was set to star.[4]
Principal photography began on April 19 and concluded on May 31, 2021, in Toronto, Canada. [5][6] The film included outdoor and restaurant scenes shot in the Gerrard India Bazaar area of Toronto and the Lahore Tikka House restaurant.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.[7]
References
- ^ "Wedding Season Yet Another Movie On Same Old Pretend Relationships?". SheThePeople.tv. July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Grater, Tom (March 22, 2021). "'Schitt's Creek' & 'Hamilton' Stars Join Netflix Comedy 'Wedding Season'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "What's Shooting". ACTRA Toronto. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - Wedding Season". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Wedding Season". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 8, 2022.