Bicycle Bride is a comedy film directed by Hassan Zee (Night of Henna

Night of Henna

Night of Henna is a comedy film directed by Hassan Zee , and is the first Pakistani-American feature film. The film stars Pooja Kumar, Reef Karim, Nancy Carlin, Suhail Tayyeb, Ponni Swaminathan Chesser, and Craig Marker.-Plot:...

) and starring Andreas Wilson

Andreas Wilson

Andreas Axel Janota Wilson is a Swedish actor who played the leading role in the Oscar-nominated Evil. He has also starred in Kill Your Darlings, Babas bilar and Den utvalde. He was named as one of European films' "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion in 2004...

, Melanie Kannokada, Shruti Tewari, Jessica Kitchens, Rajiv Neema, Veronica Valencia, and Jonathan Bock. The film opened in San Francisco at the Viz Cinema

VIZ Media

VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...

 on June 25, 2010.

Plot

An Indian girl wants the freedom to choose her own destiny and the love of her life, but her mother wants to marry her off in an arranged marriage

Arranged marriage

An arranged marriage is a practice in which someone other than the couple getting married makes the selection of the persons to be wed, meanwhile curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages had deep roots in royal and aristocratic families around the world...

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The film portrays an intriguing mix of matchmakers, bhangra dancers, psychic healers, and religious fanatics, and addresses one of the most important issues in contemporary Muslim culture: women’s rights, veils and burkas.