Bride & Prejudice (2004)

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Writers:

Jane Austen (novel)
Paul Mayeda Berges (writer)

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 | India | Bollywood | Jane Austen | Amritsar India

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Aishwarya Rai	...	Lalita Bakshi
Martin Henderson	...	William Darcy
Nadira Babbar	...	Manorama Bakshi
Anupam Kher	...	Chaman Bakshi
Naveen Andrews	...	Balraj
Namrata Shirodkar	...	Jaya Bakshi
Daniel Gillies	...	Johnny Wickham
Indira Varma	...	Kiran
Sonali Kulkarni	...	Chandra Lamba
Nitin Ganatra	...	Mr. Kohli
Meghna Kothari	...	Maya Bakshi (as Meghnaa)
Peeya Rai Chowdhary	...	Lakhi Bakshi (as Peeya Rai Choudhuri)
Alexis Bledel	...	Georgina 'Georgie' Darcy
Marsha Mason	...	Catherine Darcy
Ashanti	...	Herself

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:

Shahrukh Khan was offered a part in the movie, but declined.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Darcy and Lalilta are sitting in the Mexican restaurant while Lalita's family is in California, she has one sip of her margarita and places in on the table. When the camera switches to face Darcy, the drink is still visible as if in her hand.

Quotes:

Kiran Bingley: These girls are like naked live wires. If you get too close, you'll get an electric shock of love

Movie Connections:

References Lolita (1962)

Soundtrack:

Dola Dola

Happy holiday fare

B&P just opened in cinemas over here this week and hey surprise!surprise!... its wonderful holiday fare. BP is most enjoyable despite what hardcore critics may say and the reason ...the definitive romantic script that Jane Austen wrote with her lovable characters. No movie based on JA novel is bound to be a disaster. BP 's genre of East meet West is bright, funny, and wonderful escapism for a 112 min. I enjoyed the characters...Mrs. Bakshi is a great laugh and Mr. Kholi ...spot on with their characters from P & P. Leads Rai & Henderson needs no more to strut the beautiful selves , a suitably arrogant Darcy and feisty Lalitha and they make a visually stunning pair. Their acting, a major point with many, is absolutely spot- on "cheesy" for this genre movie and I cannot see anybody else looking gorgeous enough to play Lalitha & Darcy. The other cast members is suitably bright, beautiful, funny and charming and Gurinda put together a very good team for her follow up to "Bend it...' Despite being novice to Bollywood.. the music was quite nice and I saw a few cinema patrons nodding their heads along the funky music. All in all an entertaining movie , not traditional fare in any sense, but hey it was good enough for a hardcore romantic movie fan like me to really DIG it...even so I 've seen it twice already :) ..and thinking seriously of seeing it a 3rd time:)

On another note.... IMO BP might be the breakthrough vehicle for the beautiful Ash in Hollywood as she's really a good actress....and Martin Henderson...mmmm ... lets just say Hollywood loves NZ hunks ( and so does all the die hard romantics like myself :)) and a few more hunky roles will certainly rise his star :)