Rating: PG13
Genre:
Musical
Theatrical Release: 02/11/2005(USA
Release Date: 07/05/2005
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Miramax
The very British sensibilities of
Jane Austen are introduced to the exotic flavors of the Bollywood
musical in this
romantic comedy with songs from the director of
Bend It Like Beckham,
Gurinder Chadha.
Lalita Bakshi (
Aishwarya Rai) is the lovely and eligible daughter of her socially ambitious mother and father (
Nadira Babbar and
Anupam Kher). Mother and father want to be sure that
Lalita, the most beautiful of their four daughters, settles down with a man worthy of her, but she has proven resistant to matchmaking, announcing that she will choose her own husband, and will choose him for love. While mother is keen on the profoundly annoying
Kholi (
Nitin Chandra Ganatra),
Lalita has had her head turned by a handsome vagabond from England,
Johnny Wickham (
Daniel Gilles). But while attending the wedding of a friend,
Lalita meets
Will Darcy (
Martin Henderson), a college buddy of family friend
Raj (
Naveen Andrews) who is the son of a wealthy hotel magnate.
Lalita finds that
Will makes a strong impression on her -- she can't stand him, but she also can't get him out of her mind.
Will feels the same way about her, and as they inadvertently chase one another over three continents, will morbid fascination grow into true love?
Bride and Prejudice marked the first English-speaking role for
Aishwarya Rai, who had firmly established herself as India's leading female star when this film was made.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
