Marigold (2007 film)

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.

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 Prems fiance, who offers to buy her a drink. She confesses to Marigold that although she loves Prem she doesnt believe he has ever really loved her.Meanwhile, Prem, a teetotaler, heads to a bar to drown his sorrows, where he finds a drunken American who commiserates with his romantic problems. He explains he has come looking for his estranged girlfiend, called Marigold, and Prem invites him to stay the night at his parents house. Barry accepts and then passes out. In the morning, Marigold decides to return with Barry to the United States, since Prem, the only son of Jaipurs Ruler, feels duty bound to marry the woman his father has chosen. The ceremony takes place that day, and as he follows his bride, whose face is totally hidden behind a long veil, seven times around the Holy fire, Prem believes he is marrying the woman he has been engaged to since childhood. With the marriage complete, Prem lifts his wifes veil, and he and most of the guests are astonished to find Marigold standing before himand it appears that Barry has married Prems former fiance as well. The movies director and their friends from the crew appear in the crowd, cheering, then Prem sin

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