- Bride and Prejudice
Infobox Film
name = Bride and Prejudice
caption = Original film poster
director =Gurinder Chadha
producer = Gurinder ChadhaDeepak Nayar
writer =Paul Mayeda Berges
Gurinder Chadha
narrator =
starring =Aishwarya Rai Martin Henderson Nadira Babbar Anupam Kher Naveen Andrews Namrata Shirodkar Sonali Kulkarni
music =Anu Malik Craig Pruess
cinematography =Santosh Sivan
editing =Justin Krish
distributor =Miramax Films
released =February 11 ,2004
runtime = 111 minutess
country =India United Kingdom United States
language = EnglishHindi Panjabi
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0361411"Bride and Prejudice" is a 2004
India n/British/American romanticmusical film directed byGurinder Chadha . The screenplay by Chadha andPaul Mayeda Berges is aBollywood -style adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice " byJane Austen . It was filmed primarily in English, with someHindi and Punjabi dialogue.Plot
The plot closely follows the plot of "Pride and Prejudice", with many elements compacted to brief references. Some character names remain the same, while others are changed slightly, using localized names with similar pronunciation (such as Lalita for Lizzy).
Lalita Bakshi is a daughter of a farmer in
Amritsar . She has three sisters, Jaya, Maya, and Lahki. Lalita is introduced to William Darcy, an American businessman, but initially deems him to be self-absorbed and resists his advances.Lalita falls in love with Johnny Wickham, whose mother was Darcy's childhood nanny. Darcy tries to warn Lalita about Johnny, without revealing he impregnated Georgie, Darcy's younger sister, when she was sixteen-years-old, but she assumes Darcy is simply jealous of his romantic rival.
Lalita, her mother, and sisters go to
Los Angeles to attend the wedding of Lalita's best friend Chandra Lamba to Kholi. Lalita and Darcy begin to spend together, and she overcomes her misgivings and falls in love with him.Darcy proposes to her, but Lalita declines because Darcy discouraged his friend Balraj from having a relationship with her sister, and she returns to India. Lakhi runs off with Johnny, and everyone is worried. Darcy flies back to London and, with Lalita's help, rescues the younger sister. They fly back to India where Lalita and Darcy and Jaya and Balraj get married in a double wedding.
Production
Ashanti sings "Take Me to Love" and "Touch My Body" in the film. Ashanti's appearance in the film is an homage to the tradition of a celebrity making a cameo appearance to sing a song that has no direct involvement in the plot in Bollywood films.
The film received funding from the UK Film Council with the stipulation that a majority of filming had to take place in the UK. Locations used include
Halton House ,Stoke Park ,Turville , andCobstone Windmill inBuckinghamshire , andSouthall ,Somerset House ,Little Venice , theLondon Eye , and theNational Film Theatre inLondon . Other locations used for the film include the Golden Temple ofAmritsar , the beaches ofGoa , theGrand Canyon , theWalt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Santa Monica Beach.elected cast
oundtrack
* "Deh Shiva Bar Mohe"
* "Punjabi Wedding Song"
* "A Marriage Has Come to Town"
* "My Lips Are Waiting" - Ashanti
* "Superstylin'"
* "Dola Dola"
* "Take Me to Love"
* "No Life Without Wife"
* "El Tilingo Lingo"
* "Nagin"
* "Take Me to Love (Part Two) - P J Lequerica
* "Ride with Me" -Nelly
* "Touch My Body" - Ashanti
* "My Lips Are Waiting" (Reprise) -Ashanti and Aishwarya RaiExternal links
* [http://www.miramax.com/bride/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0361411|title=Bride and Prejudice
*rotten-tomatoes|id=bride_and_prejudice|title=Bride & Prejudice
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Bride and Prejudice — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Liebe lieber indisch Originaltitel: Bride Prejudice Produktionsland: UK, USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2004 Länge: ca. 107 Minuten Originalsprache … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pride and Prejudice — This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Pride and Prejudice (disambiguation). Pride and Prejudice … Wikipedia
Pride and Prejudice — Orgueil et Préjugés Orgueil et Préjugés Auteur Jane Austen Genre Roman Version originale Titre original Pride and Prejudice Éditeur original T. Egerton Langue originale Anglais Pays d orig … Wikipédia en Français
Pride and prejudice — Orgueil et Préjugés Orgueil et Préjugés Auteur Jane Austen Genre Roman Version originale Titre original Pride and Prejudice Éditeur original T. Egerton Langue originale Anglais Pays d orig … Wikipédia en Français
Pride and Prejudice — Stolz und Vorurteil (Originaltitel: Pride and Prejudice) ist der bekannteste Roman der britischen Schriftstellerin Jane Austen. Er erschien 1813. Der Roman ist ein Entwicklungsroman, in dem die beiden Hauptfiguren Elizabeth Bennet und Fitzwilliam … Deutsch Wikipedia
List of artistic depictions of and related to Pride and Prejudice — The following is a list of artistic depictions of and related to the classic novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which was originally published in 1813.Film, television, and theatrical adaptations Film versions*2005: Pride Prejudice ,… … Wikipedia
Pride and Prejudice (disambiguation) — Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, but the title may also refer to:* Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) * Pride and Prejudice (1980 TV serial) * Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV serial) * , a 2003 film * Pride Prejudice (2005 film)ee also*… … Wikipedia
Duty and Desire — Author(s) P … Wikipedia
Sense and Sensibility — This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). Sense and Sensibility … Wikipedia
Mail-order bride — is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another, usually more financially developed, country.[1] This term is considered offensive by some definitions.[2] The mail order bride industry is the economic trade of … Wikipedia