My Bollywood Wedding
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| Author | Rekha Waheed |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English, Bengali |
| Genre | Romance, comedy, fiction |
| Publisher | Little Black Dress |
Publication date | 9 December 2010 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 252 |
| ISBN | 978-0755356140 |
| Preceded by | The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage |
My Bollywood Wedding is a 2010 romantic comedy novel written by Rekha Waheed about a British Asian women's attempt to plan the perfect wedding.
Plot summary
Maya Malik has proposed to her ideal man, Janghir Khan, and despite his family's reservations about having her as a prospective daughter-in-law, she intends to plan the perfect wedding.
Maya has to contend with both wealthy families fighting over the dowries and Janghir's sister-in-law, Seema, who dislikes her and appears to be taking over the wedding arrangements rather than simply assisting Maya with the preparations. Janghir's cousin, Zain, a George Clooney look-alike keeps offering Maya help and when Janghir appears to be distancing himself from Maya, she begins to wonder if she is marrying the right man.
Seema has a way of making Maya feel fat and useless and as time passes, she begins to realise that the wedding she was hoping for is becoming a distant dream. Maya resolves to sort herself out and take the reins back from Seema and find a way to give Janghir a wedding to be proud of.
Development and themes
My Bollywood Wedding is a sequel to Waheed's first novel The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage.[1]
In a February 2011 interview, Waheed said My Bollywood Wedding "addresses the pressures of interfering family members on Asian couples, the risks associated with turning Mr Right into Mr Forever and the financial burden of getting married these days" and "shows the realities of getting married in the modern day... but the underlying aim of the book is to show our women [Asian women] operate in a new modern era with a bit of sass."[1]
Release
My Bollywood Wedding was released by Little Black Dress on 9 December 2010.[2][3]
Critical response
Debs Carr of Novelicious.com said, "I liked this book, but did feel that Maya could have retaliated a little earlier against Seema's scheming and also would have liked to read more about Janghir. On the whole though it was a good read."[4]
TheBookbag.co.uk said, "...you'll get a good story – but there's also an intelligent and thoughtful story in there..."[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 Shaikh, Farhana (8 February 2011). "Rekha Waheed". The Asian Writer. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ Carr, Debs (28 October 2010). "LBD News - My Bollywood Wedding by Rekha Waheed". Novelicious.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "My Bollywood Wedding". Amazon.co.uk. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ Carr, Debs (5 May 2011). "Review - My Bollywood Wedding by Rekha Waheed". Novelicious.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "My Bollywood Wedding by Rekha Waheed". TheBookbag.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2015.