The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Directed by	John Madden
Produced by	Graham Broadbent; Peter Czernin
Screenplay by	Ol Parker
Based on	These Foolish Things; by Deborah Moggach
Starring	Judi Dench; Bill Nighy; Penelope Wilton; Dev Patel; Celia Imrie; Ronald Pickup; Tom Wilkinson; Maggie Smith
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Ben Davis
Edited by	Chris Gill
Production; company	Participant Media; Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ; Blueprint Pictures
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date	30 November 2011 (SIIdC); 24 February 2012 (United Kingdom);
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$136.8 million

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2011 British comedy-drama movie starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. It is based on the novel These Foolish Things. John Madden is the director. This comedy-drama got very good reviews from critics. It was a box office hit. It made over $134 million worldwide.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Media

Producers saw potential in Deborah Moggach's novel.
Some of the footage of the film was shot around the City Palace of Jaipur.
Footage was also shot in and around Amer Fort.
A culminating scene was shot at the insular Lake Palace Hotel on Lake Pichola.
The Panna Meena ka Kund stepwell.
The soundtrack was composed by Thomas Newman.
Marquee showing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at a cinema in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.