Marigold (2007 film)
| Marigold | |
|---|---|
Marigold film poster
|
|
| Directed by | Willard Carroll |
| Produced by | Charles Salmon |
| Written by | Willard Carroll |
| Starring |
Salman Khan Ali Larter |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Anil Mehta |
| Edited by | Anuradha Singh |
|
Release date
|
August 17, 2007 (U.S.) |
|
Running time
|
108 minutes |
| Country | United States/India/United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Marigold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Shankar Ehsaan Loy | ||||
| Released | 17 July 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language |
Hindi English |
|||
| Label | Big Music | |||
| Producer | Charles Salmon Tom Wilhite |
|||
| Shankar Ehsaan Loy chronology | ||||
|
||||
Marigold (also known as Marigold: An Adventure in India) is a 2007 romantic musical comedy about an American actress who begins a personal transformation and becomes enamored with India as she experiences Bollywood firsthand. Director Willard Carroll intended the film to bridge "the gap between Indian and American cinema."
Marigold Lexton (Ali Larter), a self-centered and temperamental young American actress, arrives in India expecting to be treated like a star, despite the fact that she has been making nothing but B movie sequels for some time. She is stranded in Goa after the film she was to star in is canceled, and a sympathetic crew member offers her a ride, which brings her to the set of another movie, a Bollywood musical. She actually tells her boyfriend Barry that she was hoping she wouldn't have to marry him if this trip was successful, and soon finds herself the center of attraction on the set, where she quickly lands a minor role and a date with the spoiled young lead actor. But after she rebuffs his crude proposal that night she winds up talking with Prem (Salman Khan), the film's choreographer. He knows she lied about being able to dance, and takes her in hand, while showing her the nearby towns and countryside in their spare time.
As they grow closer Prem talks to her about the importance of family, and she not only learns that he is estranged from his father, but that he is also a prince. He had not seen his family in three years, but the day before he received a call from his sister, asking him to come home for her wedding. He asks Marigold to go home with him to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, for the wedding, since shooting on the movie had been shut down for a week. She is entranced by the generosity and opulence of his family leading up to the wedding, but afterwards is shocked to discover that he has been betrothed to another since childhood. He has fallen totally in love with Marigold, but has neglected to mention the long arranged marriage, and his father has not encouraged him to follow his heart. She feels betrayed and storms out, followed by Prem's fiance, who offers to buy her a drink. She confesses to Marigold that although she loves Prem she doesn't believe he has ever really loved her.
...
Wikipedia