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Mr. Bakshi's joke suggesting they "should have drowned one or two [of their daughters] at birth" is from the 1940 adaptation: Mr. Bennet says, "Perhaps we should have drowned some of them at birth."
Anne mispronounces Lalita's name - "Like the movie, right?"
The gospel choir singing on the beach during Lalita's walk with Will directly references Bart riding past Count Basie's orchestra in the desert.
The scene with the Bakshi sisters singing "No Life Without Wife" references the scene in Marty Maraschino's bedroom with the Pink Ladies, when Rizzo sings "Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee."
The snake dance and the music accompanying it is a reference to the film Nagina
Billboard in background
At a wedding party a guest from America asks what's about to happen and is told "an Indian version of 'American Idol.'"
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Poster seen at Video shop
DVD cover shown in documentary
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Movie running in Bollywood theatre
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clips are shown in documentary