Category: Musical
All Genres: Musical, Comedy, Romance
Release Year: 2004
Country: USA, UK
Runtime: 107
Rating: 5.8 (0)
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Bollywood meets Hollywood… And its a perfect match


    • Writing by: Jane Austen – novel "Pride and Prejudice"
    Paul Mayeda Berges – writer
    Gurinder Chadha – writer

    Produced by: Gurinder Chadha – producer
    Michelle Fox – line producer
    François Ivernel – executive producer
    Cameron McCracken – executive producer
    Brigitte Mueller – line producer
    Deepak Nayar – producer
    Tabrez Noorani – consulting producer
    Duncan Reid – executive producer
    Pravesh Sahni – line producer

    Cast: Aishwarya Rai – Lalita Bakshi
    Martin Henderson – William Darcy
    Nadira Babbar – Mrs. Manorama ChjamanBakshi
    Anupam Kher – Mr. Chaman Bakshi
    Naveen Andrews – Balraj Bingley
    Namrata Shirodkar – Jaya Bakshi
    Daniel Gillies – Johnny Wickham
    Indira Varma – Kiran Bingley
    Sonali Kulkarni – Chandra Lamba
    Nitin Ganatra – Mr. Kohli
    Meghna Kothari – Maya Bakshi (as Meghnaa)

    Music: Anu Malik Craig Pruess
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    Plot Outline: Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice gets a Bollywood treatment.
    Plot: Lalita Bakshi is a daughter of a farmer. Lalita is introduced to Mr. William Darcy, an American businessman. Lalita tries to juggle William out of her life, while he tries to be in hers. Lalita falls in love with Johnny Wickham, a London tourist. Darcy tries to warn Lalita about Johnny. A secret from the past threatens to repeat itself and Darcy will do anything to prevent this. And indeed he does. During this part in the movie Lalita falls in love with Darcy. They get married and live happily ever after.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Out-takes, behind the scenes footage and clips of the cast and crew singing along to the music are shown during the credits.

    Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: During the confrontation between Lalita and Darcy after the L.A. wedding, Lalitas earrings change. First they match, then one is longer than the other and a slightly different style.

    Trivia: There are 15 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Bollywood version of Jane Austens “Pride and Prejudice”.
    • Before filming had started, Aishwarya Rai didnt want to read the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen because she didnt want the character of Elizabeth to influence her.
    • In Bollywood cinema, it is taboo to show any sort of sexual contact, even kissing. Instead they usually show some abstract representation of sexual contact, (birds chirping, waves crashing, etc.) or nothing at all. This is why in Lalithas wedding fantasy, even though she and Darcy lean in to kiss, she leans back before their lips even touch.