Marigold (2007 film)

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
Cinematography Anil Mehta
Editing by Anuradha Singh
Release date(s) August 12, 2007 (U.S.)
Running time 110 mins
Country USA/India/UK
Language English

Marigold (also known as Marigold: An Adventure in India) is a 2007 romantic musical comedy about an American actress who becomes engrossed in the Bollywood film industry after visiting India. Director Willard Carroll intended the film to bridge "the gap between Indian and American cinema."

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Synopsis

The film follows the story of Marigold Lexton (Ali Larter), an American actress who gets stranded in Goa and lands a minor role in a Bollywood musical. She meets Prem Rajput (Salman Khan), the film's choreographer, and undergoes a personal transformation as she experiences Bollywood firsthand.

She arrives in India after a stressful plane flight, feeling under-appreciated. Others have the tendency to feel offended by her behavior, and she is struggling in her relationship with her boyfriend Barry, whom she eventually decides to leave behind after she meets Prem. The film she came to be in turns out to be cancelled, but after making the acquaintance of one of the women who was to have worked on the film she winds up on the set of a musical, where she meets Prem. After first going on a date with a spoiled young actor and refusing his indecent offer, she winds up talking with Prem. The director writes her into the film, and she lies about her ability to dance. Prem teaches her to dance at a nightclub. Over the next few days, as he shows her the nearby towns and countryside, their friendship deepens into love. After Prem talks to her about how important family is, she asks about his, and learns that he actually has a strained relationship with his father. He had not seen his family in three years, but the day before, he received a phone call from his younger 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. While at his parents house, she learns that he is meant to marry another. He doesn't love the girl, but neglected to mention any of this to Marigold. Meanwhile, Barry turns up, looking for her, and she decides to return to the United States. In the end, Prem's father agrees to let him marry for love, and Prem is surprised to find Marigold beneath the veil after the wedding.

Cast

Production

While in India, Carroll had seen a Bollywood film (with Bhulbhal Khan), and, after seeing 150 such films, he hired Larter (whom he had worked with before) and Khan to be in a "crossover" film (although Carroll says he dislikes the term and prefers the idea of an "international audience").[1] Larter said that the her role in the film, to some degree, mirrored her life at the time.[1] Larter lacked professional dance training and worked with a choreographer to prepare for the filming. One of the songs features her own singing.[1]

Composer Graeme Revell augmented the songs with a Western (and in one case an Indian) sound and ended up striking an overall balance between the two.[1] Carroll decided that some of the songs should be in Hindi.[1]

CGI effects were used to create most of the white Taj Mahal (there were some set pieces built) and all of the mirroring black structure.[1]

Reception

Marigold was a Bollywood Box Office flop with some attributing its failure to the plot, which was similar to numerous Bollywood films that had been produced since 1970. Some felt that the movie was adaquately promoted in the United States. [2] Despite the film's poor performance, some western critics gave the film positive reviews.[3][4][5]

Soundtrack

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
Heyy Babyy
(2007)
Marigold
(2007)
Johnny Gaddaar
(2007)

The music of the film is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy while the lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar.

Tracks
No. Title Artist(s) Length
1. "Yeh Pyaar Kya Hai (Seven Stages Of Love)"   Shaan  
2. "Yeh Pyaar Hai (That's Love)"   Chorus, Shaan  
3. "Paagal Si Saari Leheren (Beach Blanket Bollywood)"   Alka Yagnik, Vikas Bhalla  
4. "Sachha Pyaar (The Meaning Of Love)"   Nikita Nigam  
5. "Tan Man (Marigold Erupts)"   Alka Yagnik, Nihira Joshi, Sneha Pant, Vikas Bhalla  
6. "Listen To The Music (English)"   Ali Larter, Shaan, Truth Hurts  
7. "The Meaning Of Love (English)"   Truth Hurts  
8. "Seven Stages Of Love (English)"   Shaan, Truth Hurts  

Filming locations

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