''Wedding Season'' is a 2022 American

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Tom Dey Thomas Ridgeway Dey (born April 14, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His credits include ''Shanghai Noon'', ''Showtime'', ''Failure to Launch'', and ''Marmaduke''. Early life Dey was born in Hanover, New Hampshire ...

from a screenplay by Shiwani Srivastava. The film stars

Suraj Sharma Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor who made his debut in the 2012 film ''Life of Pi''. Directed by Ang Lee, the film was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned Sharma critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising St ...

Pallavi Sharda Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' ...

Rizwan Manji Rizwan Manji (born October 17, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known best for his portrayals of Ray Butani on ''Schitt's Creek'', Tick Pickwick on '' The Magicians'', Rajiv Gidwani in the NBC Universal TV series '' Outsourced'', and Jamil in th ...

Veena Sood Veena Sood (born 21 November), is a Canadian actress. Sood is best known for dramatic and comedic roles in a career spanning more than 3 decades. Early life and education She was born on 21 November in Nairobi, Kenya. Her father was a doctor a ...

, Ari Afsar,

Sean Kleier Sean Thompson Kleier (born 1987) is an American actor. He is primarily known for the role of Lex Von Weber in ''Odd Mom Out'', Mikel in ''Happyish'' and appeared as Agent Stoltz in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''. Biography Kleier grew up in Louisville ...

, and

Manoj Sood Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Canadian film and television actor. Life and career Manoj Sood was born in Mombasa, Kenya, to Indian Hindu parents, Dr. B.K. Sood and Narindar Sood. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964, growing u ...

. ''Wedding Season'' was released on August 4, 2022.

Plot

Asha is an economist working in

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who has recently broken off her engagement and left a

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banking career behind to work for a

startup in

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

. Asha's mother Suneeta, concerned for her future and against the advice of her husband Vijay, sets up a dating profile through which Asha meets Ravi. Though their first date goes badly, Asha eventually convinces Ravi to pretend that that they are dating at various weddings throughout the summer in order to ease the pressure to get married. Asha and Ravi slowly become interested in each other, and Asha learns that Ravi is secretly a wealthy DJ called DJ Spellbound. Ravi encourages Asha when she needs to make sure the pitch goes successfully, and Asha is recruited for an executive position in London. Suneeta mistakes Asha's text to her sister Priya about the 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 socially acceptable career. Ravi also admits to paying for catering orders from his father's restaurant in the name of his financial trust, the same trust that invested in Asha's pitch. Enraged, Asha ends their relationship. Later, Ravi argues with his parents about their disappointment in him. Priya gets cold feet during her wedding. Asha encourages her, realizing in turn that she truly loves Ravi. She goes to his family's restaurant to see 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

as Ravi *

as Asha *

as Vijay, Asha'a father *

Arianna Afsar Arianna Ayesha "Ari" Afsar (born October 22, 1991) is an American singer, composer, beauty queen and activist best known for her starring role in Hamilton, as the songwriter of the musical ''Jeannette'', and as a top contestant on American Idol. ...

as Priya *

as Nick *

as Suneeta, Asha'a mother *

as Dinesh, Ravi'a father * Sonia Dhillon Tully as Veena * Ruth Goodwin as Tina * Damian Thompson as James * Subhash Santosh as Darshit * Julius Cho as Yoshi

Production

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

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, as well as her literary manager at Affirmative Entertainment. As a direct result of those introductions, ''Wedding Season'' was sold to Netflix. In March 2021, was announced that

and

would star in an upcoming romantic comedy film titled ''Wedding Season'', written by Shiwani Srivastava and directed by

for

. Later the same month

and Ari Afsar joined to the cast. On April 15, 2021

also was set to star.

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

began on April 19 and concluded on May 31, 2021, in

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. The film included outdoor and restaurant scenes shot in the

Gerrard India Bazaar Gerrard India Bazaar, also known as Little India, is a commercial South Asian ethnic enclave in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is entirely situated along a portion of Gerrard Street, between Greenwood Avenue and Cox ...

area of Toronto and th
Lahore Tikka House
restaurant.

Reception

References

External links

* {{authority control 2022 films 2022 romantic comedy films 2020s American films 2020s English-language films American romantic comedy films English-language Netflix original films Films about weddings in the United States Films directed by Tom Dey Films set in New Jersey Films shot in Toronto Imagine Entertainment films Films about Indian Americans Asian-American romance films Comedy films about Asian Americans