Then things miraculously fall into place and everyone has one heck of a party, as depicted in the movie Monsoon Wedding.

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Indian director Mira Nair is heading up the festival jury, fresh from winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Monsoon Wedding.

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Among the eminent Indians who have signed up is VS Naipaul, the Nobel prize-winning novelist, Mira Nair, the award-winning director of Monsoon Wedding, and Khushwant Singh, the famous Indian writer and columnist.

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