'Monsoon Wedding' musical show drops alcohol, kissing for Qatar run


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A scene from the musical version of 'Monsoon Wedding', adapted from Mira Nair's award-winning 2001 film. Photo: Handout

A musical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding starting on Thursday in Qatar had to remove alcohol and kissing, but the hit film's director Mira Nair insists it has not lost its "soul".

One of the biggest made-in-India international hits, the 2001 film recounts the chaotic preparations for the Delhi wedding of an Indian girl to an Indian-American man.

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