Bride and Prejudice
Original film poster
Directed by	Gurinder Chadha
Produced by	Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayar
Written by	Jane Austen (novel), Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Starring	Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Alexis Bledel
Distributed by	Miramax Films (USA) Pathé (non-US)
Release date(s)	6 October 2004
Running time	107 min.
Language	English, Hindi
Budget	US$7,000,000
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Bride and Prejudice is a 2004 Bollywood style adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It was filmed in English, Hindi, and Punjabi and was directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay was written by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Pride and Prejudice is the title of a number of films: Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) Pride and Prejudice (BBC) Pride and Prejudice (2003 film) Pride and Prejudice (2005 film) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Image File history File links Bride-and-prejudice. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Paul Mayeda Berges is a film writer and director who grew up in Torrance, California. ... Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, Devanāgarī: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Martin Henderson (born October 8, 1974) is a New Zealand actor. ... Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ... Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Pride and Prejudice, see Pride and Prejudice (film). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union along with English. ... “Punjabi” redirects here. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Paul Mayeda Berges is a film writer and director who grew up in Torrance, California. ...

Plot

• Tagline: Bollywood meets Hollywood...And it's a perfect match.

When Lalita Bakshi (Aishwarya Rai) meets Californian blue blood and hotel business heir Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) at a wedding in her Indian hometown, Amritsar, it's hate at first sight. She accuses him of being an imperialist snob, and he brushes her off as a coddled village girl, blinkered to the ways of the world. Eventually, they find themselves drawn together in a series of fractious but increasingly flirtatious encounters. A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ... Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, DevanāgarÄ«: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Martin Henderson (born October 8, 1974) is a New Zealand actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Locations

The film received funding from the UK Film Council and one of the stipulations was that a majority of filming took place in the UK with some of the Indian and US scenes being filmed in UK locations. Locations used include:

• Halton House, Buckinghamshire - Wedding party in Amritsar
• Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire - Exterior shots of Darcy's hotel in Beverly Hills
• Somerset House, London - Dancing through fountain
• Turville, Buckinghamshire - Wedding dream
• Ealing Studios - Interior shots
• Cobstone Windmill, Buckinghamshire

Other locations used in the UK are: Halton House viewed from the north Halton House is a country house situated in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton in Buckinghamshire, England. ... A large park situated close to the town centre of Guildford, United Kingdom. ... The central courtyard of Somerset House in London. ... Turville is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Cobstone Mill was built in 1816 and is located in the hamlet of Ibstone in Buckinghamshire, England, and overlooks the village of Turville. ...

• Little Venice, London
• London Eye
• National Film Theatre
• Southall, London

Other locations used for the film are: Golden Temple of Amritsar, the beaches of Goa, the Grand Canyon, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles California, and Santa Monica Beach (also in California). Little Venice is an area of central London, situated north-west of Paddington station. ... The London Eye at twilight The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is an observation wheel that completed construction in 1999 and opened to the public in March, 2000. ... The used book sale in front of the National Film Theatre The National Film Theatre is located on the South Bank of the river Thames in London. ... It has been suggested that Southalls South Asian community be merged into this article or section. ... For the Golden Pavilion Temple in Kyoto, Japan, see here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... Christmas Day 2006, South Rim The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ...

Selected cast

Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, Devanāgarī: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Elizabeth Lizzy Bennet (sometimes referred to as Eliza or Lizzy) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice. ... Martin Henderson (born October 8, 1974) is a New Zealand actor. ... Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy is one of two protagonists in Austins novel Pride and Prejudice. ... Daniel Gillies (born March 14, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and raised in New Zealand), is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor. ... Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated Indian-English actor. ... For films named Pride and Prejudice, see Pride and Prejudice (film). ... Anupam Kher (Hindi: अनुपम खेर), born March 7, 1955, is an actor in Hindi films in India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... juhi babbar is an Indian actress and film producer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Pride and Prejudice. ... Namrata Shirodkar (born 22 January 1972 in Mumbai) is an Indian actress, sister of actor Shilpa Shirodkar. ... Indira Varma (born 1973 in Bath, Somerset, England) is an English actress of Indian and Swiss descent. ... Sonali Kulkarni is an Indian actress. ... Nitin Ganatra (born 1967 in Kenya) is a British actor. ... Meghna Kothari (born 20th November) is an Indian actress. ... Peeya Rai Chowdhary is an actress. ... Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... Georgiana Darcy is one of the principal characters in Jane Austens beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice. ... Marsha Mason with Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942, St. ... Harvey Virdi is an actress well known as a veteran of British-Asian theatre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Trivia

• There was no counterpart for Kitty Bennet in the film.
• The director, Gurinder Chadha, wanted Shahrukh Khan in the movie, however he was not available. During the ending credits, a large promotional poster of Khan is shown from the movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
• During the song "A Marriage Has Come To Town" there is a 'blink and you'll miss it' shot of a billboard with Rani Mukerji, Kajol and Shahrukh Khan from the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
• Kareena Kapoor was offered a role but she wasn't available either.
• Aishwarya Rai did not read the novel prior to filming because she did not want the character of Elizabeth Bennet to influence her. However during the pool scene in Goa she is reading another Jane Austen novel.
• It has been a long-held tradition in Bollywood movies that, even though there is much romance and sexual tension, there would not be shown scenes of intimate contact such as kissing, etc. When such did occur the scene would shift to a euphemistic setting -- i.e. birds chirping, wind blowing through trees, waves crashing, etc. So in Lalita's wedding dream when Darcy leans to kiss her she falls back in a faint.
• This was Aishwarya Rai's first English-language movie.
• Aishwarya Rai gained about 20 pounds for this film because Gurinder Chadha felt it was more suitable for her character to not look like a fashion model and to give her a more realistic appearance.
• The Punjabi wedding song and dance number took six days to shoot.
• Many of the background dancers and extras in "A Marriage Has Come To Town" were cast from the local Sikh temple. Gurinder Chadha didn't care if he or she could dance as long as they looked like they were having fun while dancing.
• Although the movie was filmed in Hindi, English and Punjabi, it also features a brief Mariachi performance in Spanish, bringing the number of languages to four.
• Mellan Mitchell had one line during the scene in the kitchen when Lalita and Johnny are talking, but it was cut out of the film.
• Ashanti was on tour during the filming. She had to fly into India during her break to film her part just in time to head back on tour.
• Ashanti's appearance in the film is meant as a homage to a tradition in Bollywood films where a celebrity would make a cameo appearance to sing a song that has no direct involvement in the plot. The rest of the characters do not interact with the celebrity but rather are seen in the crowd enjoying the show. This tradition began in old Hollywood movies, one prominent example being Fran Jeffries' cameo in The Pink Panther, where the bulk of her role was singing a song called Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight) while sashaying around a fireplace.
• Just a year after Bride and Prejudice was released, a more traditional adaptation of Jane Austen's novel was released, starring Keira Knightley whose breakthrough role was in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham.
• When Lalita tells Anne her name, Anne gets her name confused with Lolita.

Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Shahrukh Khan (born November 2, 1965) (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Hindko: شاہ رخ خان) is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and recent host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. ... Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Hindi: कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म, Urdu: کبھی خوشی کبھی غم - Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness) is a Bollywood film released in India and countries with large NRI populations on December 14, 2001. ... Rani Mukerji (Bengali: ), born on March 21, 1978, is a six-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian film actress. ... Kajol Devgan, née Mukherjee (Bengali: Kajol Debgôn, Marathi: काजोल देवगण, IPA: , ITRANS: kajol), born August 5, 1975 in Mumbai, India, popularly known as Kajol, is an award-winning popular Bollywood actress. ... Shahrukh Khan (born November 2, 1965) (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Hindko: شاہ رخ خان) is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and recent host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. ... Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Hindi: कुछ कुछ होता है, Urdu: کچھ کچھ ہوتا ہے) is a Bollywood romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on October 16, 1998. ... Kareena Kapoor (Hindi: करीना कपूर, born 21 September 1980)[1] nicknamed Bebo is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. ... Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, Devanāgarī: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Elizabeth Lizzy Bennet (sometimes referred to as Eliza or Lizzy) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, Devanāgarī: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Aishwarya Rai (Tulu-Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ರೈ, Devanāgarī: ऐश्वर्या राय, IPA: ) (born November 1, 1973), is an award winning Indian actress. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. ... Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980), better known as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, model and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. ... Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980), better known as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, model and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. ... Fran Jeffries singing in The Pink Panther Fran Jeffries (born 18 May 1937 in San Jose, California) was a singer/actress/model in the 1960s and early-1970s. ... The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, is a 1963 comedy film, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Robert Wagner. ... Meglio Stasera (known in English as It Had Better Be Tonight), is a 1964 song with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Modigliani (songwriter) and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. ... Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Pride and Prejudice, see Pride and Prejudice (film). ... Keira Christina Knightley (pronounced ;[1] born 26 March 1985) is an Academy Award-nominated English[2] film and television actress. ... Image:Gurinder Chadha. ... Bend It Like Beckham is a British film released in 2002 in the UK and released in the United States in March 2003. ... Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ...

Quotes

• Lalita: There's so much to see in India, Mrs. Darcy; you must come sometime.
  • Mrs. Darcy: (with slight hostility) Well, if I had a hotel I might have. But with yoga and spices and Deepak Chopra and wonderful Eastern things here I suppose there's just no point in traveling there anymore.
  • Lalita: Well, I don't know about that. After all, people haven't stopped going to Italy just because Pizza Hut's opened around the corner.

• Mr. Kholi: You know what they say. No life - without wife!

• Kiran: (to Darcy as music starts) The Indian version of American Idol. Hope you brought your earplugs.

• Kiran: (as Balraj walks off to dance) Watch yourself, Darcy, he's about to transform into an Indian MC Hammer!

• Mr. Kholi: As Gloria Estefan says, "The Rhythm Is Going to Get You".

• Will Darcy: I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in a light bulb with one hand and pet the dog with the other.

• Mrs. Bakshi: Our guest Mr. Kholi is soon arriving: be demure and don't say anything too intelligent. (pointing to Lalita) You!.

• Mr. Kholi: (on Indian "Amrikan" girls) You know, in U.S., they're all too outspoken and career-oriented. And some, have even turned into...The Lesbian. (shocked silence from Mrs. Bakshi, stifled laughter from the sisters)

• Darcy: Oh, I think there's a lot we can learn from India. For example, I like the way families come together to celebrate. Something my sister and I never had.

• Lalita:(facing Darcy) When I first met you I thought you were rude, selfish and arrogant. Over the past few days, I thought maybe I was wrong. But I was right. You are the last person I would ever want to be with!

• Lalita: (in song) I want a man who talks to me, and not my rack!

• Mrs. Bakshi: He's your father's sister's husband's sister's son!

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External links

• Official site
• Bride and Prejudice at the Internet Movie Database
• Bride & Prejudice at Rotten Tomatoes
• upperstall.com, review
• Exclusive picture and article pertaining to Gurinda Chanda's Bride by Ashanti OMkar