Synopsis
A Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinions threaten to get in the way of romance.
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Cast
- Aishwarya Rai BachchanLalita Bakshi
- Martin HendersonWilliam Darcy
- Naveen AndrewsBalraj
- Daniel GilliesJohnny Wickham
- Indira VarmaKiran
- Marsha MasonCatherine Darcy
- Nadira BabbarManorama Bakshi
- Anupam KherChaman Bakshi
- Namrata ShirodkarJaya Bakshi
- Sonali KulkarniChandra Lamba
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Under the direction of "Bend It Like Beckham's" Gurinder Chadha, this festively busy and exuberantly multicultural charmer is its own intriguingly postmodern creation. - 75
Rolling Stone
Lightweight but utterly beguiling. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Like an Elvis Presley musical from the '60s, filled with shiny bright colors, bouncy music and happy, smiling, pretty people. - 70
Variety
Austen nuts may rend their frocks, and Bollywood buffs may split their cholis, but there's an immensely likable, almost goofily playful charm to Bride & Prejudice that finally wins the day. - 50
Newsweek
This clumsy attempt to merge Jane Austen's classic with Bollywood musical conventions falls painfully flat. - 50
Time
Heart and art can make a beguiling pair. Those are mostly missing in this strained hybrid, which is less Bollywood than Follywood. - 50
Village Voice
Money can't buy happiness, but as Bride and Prejudice teaches us, it can get patience in bulk from a smart young woman of a practical mind-set. - 50
Dallas Observer
Unfortunately, it's also pretty banal -- translating the songs into English reveals just how dull their lyrics and sentiments really are. The colors are pretty though.
