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{{Infobox film
| name = Bride and Prejudice
| image = Bride-and-prejudice.jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Gurinder Chadha]]
| producers = {{Plain list|
* Gurinder Chadha
* Deepak Nayar
}}
| writers = {{Plain list|
* [[Paul Mayeda Berges]]
* Gurinder Chadha
}}
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''|[[Jane Austen]]}}
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Aishwarya Rai]]
* [[Martin Henderson]]
* [[Daniel Gillies]]
* [[Nadira Babbar]]
* [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Naveen Andrews]]
* [[Indira Varma]]
* [[Namrata Shirodkar]]
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]]
}}
| music = [[Anu Malik]]
| cinematography = [[Santosh Sivan]]
| editing = Justin Krish
| studio = {{Plain list|
* [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]
* [[Pathé]]
* [[UK Film Council]]
* Kintop Pictures
* Bend It Films
* Inside Track Films
* Media
* Bride Productions
}}
| distributor = {{Plain list|
* '''United Kingdom and France:'''
* Pathé Distribution
* '''United States:'''
* Miramax Films
* '''India'''
* [[Panorama Studios]]
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2004|10|06|United Kingdom|2005|02|11|United States}}
| runtime = 111 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/bride-prejudice-3 | title=''Bride and Prejudice'' (12A) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=24 September 2004 | access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
| country = {{Plain list|
* United Kingdom
* United States
* India
}}
| language = {{Plain list|
* English
* Hindi
* Punjabi
}}
| budget = $7 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brideandprejudice.htm |title=Bride and Prejudice (2005) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=26 May 2005 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
| gross = $24.7 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com" />
}}
'''''Bride and Prejudice''''' (also known as '''''Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical''''') is a 2004 [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (modern genre)|drama film]] directed by [[Gurinder Chadha]]. The screenplay by Chadha and [[Paul Mayeda Berges]] is a [[Bollywood]]-style [[Film adaptation|adaptation]] of [[Jane Austen]]'s 1813 novel ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. It was filmed primarily in English, with some [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] dialogue. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2004 and in the United States on 11 February 2005. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics.

==Plot==
Loosely based on Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice'', Lalita Bakshi ([[Aishwarya Rai]]), is a young woman living in [[Amritsar]], India with her father ([[Anupam Kher]]), her mother ([[Nadira Babbar]]), her older sister Jaya ([[Namrata Shirodkar]]) and her two younger sisters, Lakhi ([[Peeya Rai Chowdhary]]) and Maya ([[Meghna Kothari]]). Mrs. Bakshi is determined to marry off all her daughters to respectable and wealthy men.

The family is invited to a friend's ([[Shivani Ghai]]) wedding ceremony along with Lalita's best friend Chandra Lamba ([[Sonali Kulkarni]]) and her Mother ([[Harvey Virdi]]), where Lalita meets Will Darcy ([[Martin Henderson]]), a handsome and wealthy American who is a long-time friend of the Indian-British [[barrister]] Balraj ([[Naveen Andrews]]), and Balraj's sister Kiran ([[Indira Varma]]). Balraj is instantly attracted to Jaya and likewise, Darcy is attracted to Lalita. During the wedding reception, Lalita takes a disliking to Darcy but when Balraj invites Jaya to [[Goa]], Mr. Bakshi asks Lalita to go with and she reluctantly agrees to do so.

In [[Goa]], whilst Jaya and Balraj enjoy themselves in the pool, Lalita and Darcy clash over their ideas on men and women and India's economic future. Later that night on the beach, Lalita meets Johnny Wickham ([[Daniel Gillies]]), Darcy's former friend from [[London]], and he validates her low opinion of Darcy.

When Jaya and Lalita return from [[Goa]], Mrs. Bakshi announces that they will be hosting Kohli Saab, an obnoxious distant relative living in [[Los Angeles]] who has come to India to find a "traditional woman" to marry. When Kohli Saab is attracted to Jaya, Mrs. Bakshi steers him towards Lalita, making Lalita uncomfortable. At night, Lalita fantasizes about moving to [[England]] to marry Wickham over Kohli Saab. In her dream, Wickham transforms into Darcy at the altar, scaring Lalita away.

Wickham later arrives, stays at the Bakshi's home, and is invited to join the family and Kohli Saab at the [[Garba (dance)|Garba]], despite Mrs. Bakshi's disapproval. At the [[Garba (dance)|Garba]], Lakhi shows Wickham around and Lalita is surprised to see Darcy, who attempts to warn her that Wickham is not a good person. Lalita dismisses his concerns and happily accepts a dance from Wickham much to the disliking of Darcy. This also concerns Kiran.

Kohli Saab formally proposes to Lalita, but she rejects him, angering her mother. As Kohli Saab leaves, Balraj comes to the house to bid farewell to Jaya and promises to write to her from [[London]]. Lakhi later announces that Chandra is marrying Kohli Saab much to the surprise of Jaya and especially Lalita. Wickham also announces that he is leaving and promises to write to Lalita. Neither Balraj nor Wickham writes to the two older sisters, but Wickham is shown secretly writing to Lakhi. Kohli Saab and Chandra phone to invite the Bakshi family the wedding ceremony in [[Los Angeles]]. The family accepts and Jaya is excited to stopover in [[London]] hoping to see Balraj again.

In [[London]], Kiran invites the Bakshi family to tea and informs them that Balraj is in [[New York City|New York]] with their parents to meet potential brides, devastating Jaya, Lalita and Mrs Bakshi. At [[Heathrow Airport]], Lakhi, Jaya, Lalita and Mrs Bakshi coincidentally run into Darcy, who is also a guest at Kohli Saab and Chandra's wedding. On board Darcy offers his [[First class travel|First class]] seat to Mrs. Bakshi so he can sit next to Lalita in [[Economy class]] for the remainder of the flight. During their stay in [[California]], Lalita's opinion of Darcy slowly improves, and the two fall in love.

At the wedding, Darcy's condescending mother, Catherine ([[Marsha Mason]]) introduces Lalita to Darcy's former girlfriend, Anne ([[Georgina Chapman]]) who mispronounces Lalita's name as the movie "[[Lolita (1997 film)|Lolita]]". Jaya and Lalita also meet Darcy's younger sister, Georgie ([[Alexis Bledel]]), who tells Lalita that Balraj and Darcy are not in contact because Darcy convinced Balraj not to marry an Indian girl with a "[[Gold digger|gold-digger]]" Mother. Lalita furiously realizes that Darcy is the reason why Jaya never heard from Balraj. Georgie waves Darcy over who runs to Lalita and confesses his feelings for her and asks her to marry him. Lalita angrily refuses, blaming him for Jaya's unhappiness, and validates her low opinion of him once again.

Back in [[London]], Lakhi uses the family's layover as an opportunity to sneak away and meet Wickham. Darcy apologizes to Lalita, telling her that he has gotten Balraj to reconcile with Jaya. Lalita later realizes that Darcy was right about Wickham and calls for his help to find Lakhi. Darcy explains that Wickham got Georgie pregnant at age 16, tried to marry her for their family's money, and ran away when his plan did not work. They both rescue Lakhi and Lalita accepts Darcy's proposal. The film ends with a double wedding of Jaya to Balraj and Lalita to Darcy.

==Cast==

Names in parentheses are the characters in the original Austen novel.

* [[Aishwarya Rai]] as Lalita Bakshi/Lalita William Darcy ([[Elizabeth Bennet]])
* [[Martin Henderson]] as William "Will" Darcy ([[Fitzwilliam Darcy]])
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Mr Chaman Bakshi ([[Mr. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)|Mr Bennet]]), Lalita's Father
* [[Nadira Babbar]] as Mrs Manorama Bakshi (Mrs Bennet), Lalita's Mother
* [[Naveen Andrews]] as Mr Balraj Uppal (Mr Bingley), Will's best friend
* [[Namrata Shirodkar]] as Jaya Bakshi/Jaya Balraj Uppal (Jane Bennet), Lalita's older sister
* [[Meghna Kothari]] as Maya Bakshi (Mary Bennet), Lalita's younger sister
* [[Peeya Rai Chowdhary]] as Lakhi Bakshi (Lydia Bennet), Lalita's youngest sister
* [[Indira Varma]] as Kiran (Caroline Bingley), Balraj's sister
* [[Daniel Gillies]] as Johnny Wickham (George Wickham), Will's former friend
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Chandra Lamba (Charlotte Lucas), Lalita's best friend
* [[Nitin Ganatra]] as Kohli Saab (Mr William Collins)
* [[Alexis Bledel]] as Georgina "Georgie" Darcy (Georgiana Darcy), Will's sister
* [[Marsha Mason]] as Catherine Darcy, (Catherine de Bourgh), Will's Mother
* [[Shivani Ghai]] as Bride, Lalita's and Chandra's best friend
* [[Georgina Chapman]] as Anne, Will's former girlfriend
* [[Harvey Virdi]] as Mrs Lamba, Chandra's Mother
* Mellan Mitchell as Bijili, Bakshi's servant
* Rick Warden as Neighbor
* ([[Ashanti (singer)]]) as Ashanti (Special Guest Appearance)

==Soundtrack==
The songs were composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics were written by [[Farhan Akhtar]] and [[Zoya Akhtar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?223942 |title=Farhan Akhtar |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |first=Saumya |last=Roy |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=19 March 2012 |archive-date=25 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125233217/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?223942 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Title !! Singers
|-
| Balle Balle
| [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Gayatri Iyer]]
|-
| Tumse Kahen Ya, Hum Na Kahen ("Take Me to Love")
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| No Life Without Wife
| [[Gayatri Iyer]], Nisha Mascarenhas, [[Sowmya Raoh]]
|-
| Lo Shaadi Aayi
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Anu Malik]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Gayatri Iyer]]
|-
| Tumse Kahen Ya, Hum Na Kahen (sad) ("Take Me to Love" reprise)
| [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| Dola Dola
| [[Gayatri Iyer]]
|-
| Payal Bajake (Goa Groove)
| Gayatri Iyer, [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|}

==Production==

''Bride and Prejudice'' received funding from the UK Film Council with the stipulation that a majority of filming had to take place in the UK. Locations used include [[Halton House]], [[Stoke Park Club]], [[Turville]], and [[Cobstone Windmill]] in Buckinghamshire, and [[Southall]], [[Somerset House]], [[Maida Vale|Little Venice]], the [[London Eye]], and the [[National Film Theatre]] in London. Other locations include the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]] of [[Amritsar]], the beaches of [[Goa]], the [[Grand Canyon]], the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica Beach]].

[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] sings "Take Me to Love" and "Touch My Body" in the film. According to director Gurinder Chadha in "making-of" extras on the DVD release, Ashanti's appearance is an homage to the tradition of a celebrity making a cameo appearance to sing an "[[item number]]", a song that has no direct involvement in the plot in Bollywood films.

==Critical reception==
The [[review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 64% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 134 reviews, with an [[average rating]] of 6.09/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A colorful and energetic adaptation of Austen's classic."<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bride_and_prejudice |title=Bride and Prejudice (2005) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "positive reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bride-prejudice |title=Bride & Prejudice Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>

Peter Bradshaw from ''[[The Guardian]]'' reviewed, "''Bride and Prejudice'' could be any unremarkable Bollywood picture".{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} Stella Papamichael at the [[BBC]] noted that "swapping corsets for saris, and polite pianoforte for the [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]] beat, director Gurinder Chadha reinvigorates Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice'' with fun and flamboyance".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last=Papamichael |first=Stella |date=7 October 2004 |title=Bride & Prejudice (2004) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/09/16/bride_and_prejudice_2004_review.shtml |publisher=[[BBC|BBC Film]] |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>

{{Prose|section|date=August 2013}}
{| style="float: middle;" border="1"
|-
! Professional reviews
|-
| [[BBC]] {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="bbc" />
|-
| Hollywood.com {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/review/Bride_and_Prejudice/2434980|title=Bride and Prejudice Review|first=Sharon|last=Knolle|date=15 February 2005|website=Hollywood.com|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[USA Today]]{{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/bride-and-prejudice/|title=Showtimes, reviews, trailers, news and more - MSN Movies|website=movies.msn.com|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612033145/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/bride-and-prejudice/|archive-date=12 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rolling Stone]] {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/bride-and-prejudice-20050127|title=Bride and Prejudice|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| reelviews.net {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/bride_prejudice.html|title=Reelviews Movie Reviews|first=James|last=Berardinelli|website=Reelviews Movie Reviews|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times]] {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/movies/mr-darcy-and-lalita-singing-and-dancing.html|title=Mr. Darcy and Lalita, Singing and Dancing|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=11 February 2005|access-date=4 September 2017|website=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Australia]] {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1299386.htm|title=At the Movies: Bride and Prejudice|website=Abc.net.au|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607023246/http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1299386.htm|archive-date=7 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==

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