East Is East / Monsoon Wedding DVD – Jimi Mistry, Jordan Routledge

East Is East (Dir. Damien O’Donnell 1999): English Dolby Digital 5.1 / Widescreen 1.78:1 Anamorphic / English subtitles for the hard of hearing We meet George Khan who is a proud Pakistani and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis – but the kids have other ideas… Monsoon Wedding (Dir. Mira Nair 2001): English/Hindi Dolby Digital (5.1) / Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic As the romantic monsoon rains loom the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. ‘Monsoon Wedding’ traces five intersecting stories each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class continent and morality. The film celebrates a contemporary India never before seen on screen. The family’s hopes anxieties and long-guarded secrets emerge amid frantic wedding preparations and are juxtaposed with arresting montages of real-life Delhi. The relentless summer heat mirrors the story’s building intensity as the city anticipates the cooling torrent of the monsoons. And when the rain comes the cathartic downpour brings romance revelation and liberation.