Monsoon Wedding- yeah, Festen sprang to my mind too, so the "lift" can't have been very well hidden. Critics should certainly have picked up on the similarity. I'm still at a loss as to why it received so many rave reviews and the Golden Lion; i'd assumed before seeing the film she must have made grand progress since Salaam Bombay (which was a work of promise rather than refinement).

I noticed at imdb that the highest rated Indian film is Pushpak, which surprised me as i knew nothing about it. What's your opinion, Madhuban?