Bride & Prejudice (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Writers:

Jane Austen (novel)
Paul Mayeda Berges (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

11 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Bollywood meets Hollywood... And it's a perfect match

Plot:

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice gets a Bollywood treatment.

Plot Keywords:

Travel | Jane Austen | India | Bollywood | Wedding

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Aishwarya Rai	...	Lalita C. Bakshi
Martin Henderson	...	William Darcy
Nadira Babbar	...	Manorama C. Bakshi
Anupam Kher	...	Chaman Bakshi
Naveen Andrews	...	Balraj
Namrata Shirodkar	...	Jaya C. Bakshi
Daniel Gillies	...	Johnny Wickham
Indira Varma	...	Kiran
Sonali Kulkarni	...	Chandra Lamba
Nitin Ganatra	...	Mr. Kohli
Meghna Kothari	...	Maya C. Bakshi (as Meghnaa)
Peeya Rai Chowdhary	...	Lakhi C. Bakshi (as Peeya Rai Choudhuri)
Alexis Bledel	...	Georgina 'Georgie' Darcy
Marsha Mason	...	Catherine Darcy
Ashanti	...	Herself
Harvey Virdi	...	Mrs. Lamba
Shivani Ghai	...	Bride
Georgina Chapman	...	Anne
Mellan Mitchell	...	Bijili
Rick Warden	...	Neighbour
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saira Banu	...	Herself (uncredited) (archive footage)
Gurinder Chadha	...	Herself (uncredited)
Prem Chopra	...	Himself (uncredited) (archive footage)
Ray Donn	...	Limo Driver (uncredited)
Michael Dotson	...	Choir Member (uncredited)
Anu Malik	...	Pandit (uncredited)
Rahul Nath	...	Bakshis Relative (uncredited)
Neal Orion	...	Surfer (uncredited)
Bill Ridealgh	...	Vicar (uncredited)
Peter Rnic	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself (uncredited)
Mike Wike	...	Bell Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Gurinder Chadha

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jane Austen		novel "Pride and Prejudice"
Paul Mayeda Berges		writer
Gurinder Chadha		writer

Produced by
Gurinder Chadha	....	producer
Michelle Fox	....	line producer
François Ivernel	....	executive producer
Cameron McCracken	....	executive producer
Brigitte Mueller	....	line producer
Deepak Nayar	....	producer
Tabrez Noorani	....	consulting producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Pravesh Sahni	....	line producer

Original Music by
Anu Malik
Craig Pruess

Cinematography by
Santosh Sivan

Film Editing by
Justin Krish

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Nick Ellis

Art Direction by
Nitish Roy
Mark Scruton		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Matt Callahan
Julie Signy

Costume Design by
Eduardo Castro
Ralph Holes
Savinder Kmahil

Makeup Department
Charmaine Fuller	....	makeup artist
Iain Guthrie	....	hair stylist
Paula Jane Hamilton	....	additional makeup artist: US
Pat Hay	....	makeup designer
Claudia Humburg	....	additional hairdresser: US
Michael Krehl	....	makeup artist
Ravi Kumar	....	junior makeup assistant
Sue Love	....	makeup dailies
Madhuri	....	makeup assistant: India
Liz Mitchie	....	hair designer
Pradeep Mohate	....	makeup artist
Tamara Walsh	....	makeup trainee
Jules Wilson	....	makeup dailies
Annet Wong	....	makeup assistant: India

Production Management
Jatinderpal Chohan	....	post-production supervisor
Susan Dretzka	....	production supervisor
Nigel Marchant	....	production supervisor
Deepak Nayar	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Mayeda Berges	....	second unit director
Phil Booth	....	second assistant director
Stacy Christenson	....	second assistant director: US
Mohua Guha Thakurta	....	assistant director: India
Guy Heeley	....	assistant director
Darren Mackie	....	co-third assistant director
Vicky Marks	....	third assistant director
Kristina M. Peterson	....	second assistant director (as Kristina Peterson)
Arif Shamsi	....	assistant director: India
Manish Shrivastava	....	assistant director: India
Meta Valentic	....	second assistant director (as Meta A. Puttkammer)

Art Department
Dylan Berry	....	set dresser: US
Phil Clarke	....	production buyer
Shannon Curfman	....	on-set dresser: US (as Shannon Curfman-Dayan)
Jamie Davies-Evans	....	painter
Lee Gordon	....	set dresser
Ryan Patrick Kelly	....	set dresser
Jo Kornstein	....	stand-by art director
Neil McCarrick	....	set dresser
Ray McNeill	....	property master
Paul Meek	....	set dresser: US
Jono Moles	....	construction coordinator
Lucy Moles	....	construction coordinator
David Morison	....	assistant art director
Shambu Nath	....	stand-by props: India
Charlie Nicholson	....	lead man: US
Barnaby Papworth	....	stand-by carpenter
Steve Parnell	....	set dresser
Clive Pickard	....	stand-by props
Doug Scott	....	set dresser
Dave Simpson	....	stand-by props
Nathan A. Smith	....	set dresser
John Michael Tillotson	....	property master: US
Rob Zylowski	....	set dresser: US

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Mark Andrew Clark	....	utility sound: Los Angeles
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Monroe Cummings	....	boom operator: US
Adam Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor
Diane Greaves	....	foley artist
Mark Harris	....	sound recordist
John Hayes	....	sound mixer
Robin Johnson	....	playback operator
Robin Johnson	....	sound assistant
Nakul Kamte	....	sound supervisor: India
Prashant Kriplani	....	assistant film mixing
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chiranjeevi Nanda	....	adr recordist: India
Brendan Nicholson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Sayers	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Schwartz	....	boom operator
Andrew Slew	....	foley artist
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Champa Tiwari	....	adr coordinator: India
Dylan Voigt	....	sound assistant: UK
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby

Visual Effects by
Steve Boag	....	digital effects supervisor
Martin Bullard	....	optical supervisor
Dave Kiddie	....	digital compositor
Matthew Symonds	....	digital compositor
Anthony Wonsoff	....	digital compositor
Jim Davey	....	digital color timing (uncredited)

Stunts
Nrinder Dhudwar	....	stunt coordinator
Levan Doran	....	stunts
John Street	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
David Adam	....	grip
David A. Barbush	....	dolly grip
Jaswinder Bedi	....	video assist operator
Gary Bevans	....	camera loader: USA
Jeremy Brussell	....	best boy grip
Scott Crosby	....	grip: USA
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Vince Dow	....	grip: USA
Dai Evans	....	trainee grip
Bryan Gilbert	....	grip: USA
Chris Goe	....	grip
George Gregory	....	dolly grip: USA
Todd Helsey	....	generator operator: USA
Leo Ibanez	....	dolly grip
Jamie Knight	....	electrician
Lee Knight	....	best boy
Robin P. Knight	....	key grip: USA (as Robin Knight)
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	key grip
Phoebe Vale Markham	....	assistant camera
John McCondra	....	best boy grip: USA
Peter Mercurio	....	camera operator: USA
Peter Mountain	....	still photographer
Sasi Kumar Nair	....	first assistant camera
Darren O'Leary	....	electrician
Keegan O'Neill	....	camera loader
David Palmieri	....	grip
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Florencia Perez Cardenal	....	assistant camera
Wadsworth Peters	....	electrician
Manej Dasappan Pillai	....	first assistant camera
Andy Purdy	....	generator operator
Bill Reilly	....	electrician: USA
John Reynolds	....	gaffer: USA
Roy Rowland	....	electrician
Vince Shaw	....	rigger
Riley Sidore	....	electrician: USA
Pat Sweeney	....	gaffer
Deron Tse	....	additional grip
David Whitaker	....	gaffer
Albert Winbush III	....	electrician
Daniel Ybarra	....	electrician

Casting Department
Chris Gray	....	extras casting: USA (as Christopher Gray)
Ghanteshwar T. Guru	....	casting director: India
Lucy St Giles	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Johnathon de Domenico	....	costume supervisor
Himani Dehlvi	....	wardrobe supervisor: India
Tamlin French	....	costume supervisor
Samantha Green	....	costume assistant
Stephanie S. Kim	....	set costumer
Amy Lin	....	costumer: USA
Marina Lorde	....	costume trainee
Helen Monaghan	....	costume supervisor: USA
Lucy Sheffield	....	costume assistant
Lupt Utama	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Ruth Coulson	....	second assistant editor
Lalit Goyal	....	assistant editor: avid
Sze-Wun Li	....	editor trainee
Karoline Moser	....	editor: end credit sequence
Matthew Tucker	....	first assistant editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Farhan Akhtar	....	lyrics
Zoya Akhtar	....	lyrics
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor (as Chris Benstead)
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Angela Leus	....	soundtrack coordinator
Andrew McKenna	....	orchestrator
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer
Craig Pruess	....	orchestrator
Emily Rogers	....	music editor
Randy Spendlove	....	executive music producer
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader

Transportation Department
Doug Dovichi	....	transportation captain
Hugo Ocana	....	driver: art department
Jason Wozny	....	transportation
Allan Yamauchi	....	transportation coordinator: USA

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	marketing and promotions
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach
Salim Ali	....	assistant: Aishwarya Rai
Morris Aroesti	....	coordinator
Brenda Arson	....	assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles
Wayne Baker	....	tyler technician
Carrie-Ann Banner	....	production secretary
Macarena Bianchi	....	office production assistant: USA
Simon Burgess	....	location manager
Carlos Castellanos	....	production coordinator: USA
Orlagh Collins	....	head of physical production: Pathé
P.J. Connelly	....	location manager: USA
Lauren Cox	....	assistant to producer
Warren Demer	....	assistant accountant
Laurie Dodsworth	....	production accountant: USA
Simon Fawcett	....	finance director: Pathe Pictures
Karen Fryer	....	trainee script supervisor
Ghanteshwar T. Guru	....	production coordinator
Alice Hadley	....	production runner: UK
Ruth Halliday	....	script clearance
Slade Hammer	....	set production assistant: USA
Michael Heithaus	....	double: Martin Henderson
John Jaggon	....	accounts: Ingenious Films
Paula Jalfon	....	physical production
Saroj Khan	....	choreographer
Rajinder Kochar	....	assistant: Ms. Chadha
Rowena Latiff	....	set production assistant
Bettina Lyster	....	production coordinator
Darren Mackie	....	set production assistant
Sirish Malde	....	auditor: Malde & Co.
Sidhu Manpreet	....	production assistant
Johanna Nemeth	....	production coordinator: USA
Sandra Nixon	....	production accountant
William Ostroff	....	production assistant
Robin Petgrave	....	helicopter pilot
Jenny Quam	....	production assistant
Pat Rambaut	....	script supervisor
Bill Ridealgh	....	unit nurse
Samarth Sahni	....	production assistant
Nikki Soin	....	publicist
Maggi Solso	....	assistant location manager: USA
Travis Stevens	....	production assistant
Colleen Wassel	....	production coordinator: USA
Gary Watt	....	location manager: USA
Jason Wheeler	....	assistant location manager
Jamil Williams	....	set production assistant: USA
Susanna Wyatt	....	head of physical production: Pathé Pictures
Laurie T. Wynne-Jones	....	location assistant
Ellen Yamauchi	....	craft service: USA
Michael Zamboni	....	location scout: USA

Thanks
Matthew T. Gannon	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Pathé Pictures International (presents)
• UK Film Council (in association with)
• Kintop Pictures (in association with)
• Bend It Films (in association with)
• Inside Track Films (produced in association with) (as Inside Track)
• Media
• Bride Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Miramax Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2005) (theatrical) (non-USA)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Vértigo Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• BIM Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sendi Mutiara Multimedia Sdn. Bhd. (2004) (Malaysia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Ciné Image (digital effects)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital main and end titles) (digital effects) (opticals)

Other Companies

• Angel Recording Studios  music recorded at
• Casablanca Records  soundtrack published by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cine Image Film Opticals  titles (as Cineimage)
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Fuji Photo Film  motion picture film supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr recording
• Jason Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Mix Magic  adr recording
• Movie Lot, The  security
• Picture Production Company  main title design
• Pinewood Studios  sound re-recording (as Pinewood Shepperton Studios)
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Reelsound  sound editing (as Reelsound Pinewood)
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script

Also Known As:

Balle Balle! Amritsar to L.A. (India: English title) (International: English title)
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (International: English title) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

107 min | 111 min (English version) | 122 min (Hindi version)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Hindi | Punjabi | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Iceland:L | Canada:G (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba) | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | France:U | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Hong Kong:I | India:U | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:PG (dubbed Hindi version) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40658) | New Zealand:PG

Filming Locations:

Amritsar, Punjab, India

Company:

Pathé Pictures International

Trivia:

According to Gurinder Chadha, Ashanti's appearance in the film is meant as a homage to a tradition in Bollywood films where a celebrity would make a cameo appearance to sing a song that has no direct involvement in the plot. The rest of the characters do not interact with the celebrity but rather are seen in the crowd enjoying the show.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the confrontation between Lalita and Darcy after the L.A. wedding, Lalita's earrings change. First they match, then one is longer than the other and a slightly different style.

Quotes:

Will Darcy: I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in a light bulb with one hand and pat the dog with the other.

Movie Connections:

References Lolita (1962)

Soundtrack:

Superstylin'

The colors of India

Gurinder Chadha has transported Jane Austen's great novel to India. What a charmer this film turns out to be! The adaptation of the novel is excellent as the new locale is incorporated to the story. The incredible Indian colors explode in front of our eyes giving the Western viewers such an opportunity to experience a little taste of India.

Asihwarya Rai is without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women working in movies. This gorgeous creature plays Lalita, the unmarried girl at the center of the action. Martin Henderson is the handsome Darcy, the man that falls head over heels after meeting Lalita. Their first moments are awkward, as it's expected when there are a clash of cultures. But it's clear from the beginning is that these two lovers have fallen in love in spite of their differences.

The musical numbers are a joy to watch. There is always music and dance in most Indian films. The director, and the choreographer take advantage of the genre in ways that fill our eyes constantly with a dance sequence more lavish than the previous one.

In minor roles Daniel Gillies plays Johnny Wickham. Marsha Mason is seen briefly as Mrs. Darcy, a woman whose prejudice against her son's love for Lalita. The cast is wonderful.

"Bride and Prejudice" is a triumph for director Gurinder Chadha.