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Bride & Prejudice

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With four beautiful daughters of marrying age, Manorama (Nadira Babbar) and Chaman Bakshi (Anupam Kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. Yet their eldest daughter, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. Lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the American William Darcy (Martin Henderson) seems different -- and not always in a good way. Misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.
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A colorful and energetic adaptation of Austen's classic.

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Will Self London Evening Standard 12/26/2017
There is a good film here struggling to emerge, but I would have preferred either an all-Indian Austen adaptation, or a Bollywood musical that tried to incorporate the Hindu diaspora. Go to Full Review Jessica Winter Village Voice 08/19/2005
Every so often, the unseen managers of the galaxy bestow on us mere mortals a vision of rare incongruous beauty: a solar eclipse, a streaking comet, a shooting star, Bollywood goddess Aishwarya Rai happily riding a tractor. Go to Full Review Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films 03/24/2005
B-
As Monsoon Wedding was to Crouching Tiger, Bride and Prejudice is in a measure to, say, Rumble in the Bronx or Jackie Chan's First Strike. Go to Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) 02/24/2022
Great chemistry and does a good job updating the story for modern times with great music and dance sequences Go to Full Review Agnieszka Tennant Christianity Today 11/01/2006
3/4
If you want a wacky multicultural pairing to make you laugh a lot and learn a little, head for the movie theater playing Bride & Prejudice. Go to Full Review Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses 10/03/2006
2.5/5
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fiona p Jun 22 i liked it, i thought it was cute and fun! I'm a huge fan of P&P and this had that with a slightly more rom-com/bollywood/musical vibe! My rating would probably be lower if I did not love P&P/Austen so much. Very much enjoyed the beginning. Chemistry was good enough, but weak compared to that of matthew macfayden and kiera knightley... sometimes a little too montage-heavy and slow. See more Waniya S 07/28/2024 I wasted my time on this. The plot was meh, there was absolutely no chemistry between any of the couple. See more Enkh U 07/21/2024 Lalita Bakshi looks beautiful here See more Bahad j 07/20/2024 This idea of ​​the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people. See more Munkhjargal A 07/20/2024 It is a movie where the director feels that love is not something that can be managed by a simple person. It has become a very interesting movie about the fact that he almost leaves his loved one because of a big lie See more Fred K 03/24/2024 Meh - the plot is thin, the romances are unconvincing, some of the characters are overdrawn. The realities of India are ignored as the characters all seem to be quite wealthy. But, if you like pretty girls and lots of big Bollywood dance numbers, it's for you. See more Read all reviews
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Gurinder Chadha

Director

Aishwarya Rai

Lalita Bakshi

Martin Henderson

Will Darcy

Anupam Kher

Mr. Bakshi

Nadira Babbar

Mrs. Bakshi

Naveen Andrews

Mr. Balraj

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Synopsis With four beautiful daughters of marrying age, Manorama (Nadira Babbar) and Chaman Bakshi (Anupam Kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. Yet their eldest daughter, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. Lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the American William Darcy (Martin Henderson) seems different -- and not always in a good way. Misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.
Director
Gurinder Chadha
Producer
Gurinder Chadha, Michelle Fox, Deepak Nayar
Screenwriter
Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Jane Austen
Distributor
Miramax Films, Pathé Films
Production Co
Pathé Pictures, Bride Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexual References)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 11, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.6M
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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