Bride and Prejudice

• 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 Chandra Ganatra .... Mr. Kohli
• Meghna Kothari .... Maya Bakshi
• Peeya Rai Chowdhary .... Lakhi Bakshi
• Alexis Bledel .... Georgina " Georgie " Darcy
• Marsha Mason .... Catherine Darcy
• Ashanti .... Himself

Love Prejudice ( Original title: Bride & Prejudice ) is incurred in British- American co-production film by director Gurinder Chadha 's 2004 The submission made ​​the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen..

Action

Middle-class family Bakshi from the Indian city of Amritsar has four wonderful daughters, Jaya, Lalita, Lakhi, and Maya. Mama Bakshi wants to bring their daughters under the hood as soon as possible. When the charming foreign Sinder Balraj Bingley with his friend William Darcy comes to visit, find Mama Bakshi that Balraj would be the perfect match for Jaya. Jaya itself is also like him and he feels for them the same.

The arrogant, rich, American hotel owner William Darcy, of an "India - Fan" is not straight, the Indian folk dances go pretty much on the mind. No wonder he gets a basket of Lalita. But then Lalita him, Balraj, Jaya and Balraj 's sister Kiran must accompany on a journey into the city Goa and becomes acquainted with the penniless American Johnny. Johnny is the son of Darcy's former nanny and tells Lalita that Darcy had treated him badly.

Back in Amritsar Mama Bakshi has already made plans with Lalita, they should Mr. Kholi, an Indian who has come to the U.S. to marry money. But Mr. Kholi 's a pretty annoying and arrogant contemporary, with the Lalita will have nothing to do. Then Johnny reappears and flirts with Lalita, but a lot more impression on her little sister Lakhi. At the same time can not stop thinking about Darcy Lalita.

Finally, Darcy and Balraj depart and Balraj did not contact Jaya at what the whole family Bakshi is very disappointed. Even Johnny disappears. Lalita succeeds, meanwhile, rid of Mr. Kholi, who then Lalita's best friend Chandra Lamba makes a proposal of marriage, the latter accepts.

The whole family is invited to the wedding of Bakshi Mr. Kholi and Chandra Lamba in California. First, the family flies to London to reunite with Balraj, which however is absent. Instead, Lakhi where it meets secretly with Johnny. In California, Lalita meets Darcy again, which the hotel is one in which takes place the wedding. Lalita and Darcy get closer and spend a romantic time, but then learns of Darcy's sister Lalita Georgie that it was Darcy, who advised his friend Balraj, no longer to report to Jaya. Lalita then turns to Darcy from, although these confesses his love.

The Bakshi family flies to London again. There Lakhi leaves with a lie the house and burns with Johnny by. Shortly thereafter, Darcy arrives. He apologizes for his mistakes at Lalita and tells her that he has Balraj only advised not to report to Jaya because he thought that it would be only for family compulsion with him. In addition, Darcy tells the truth about Johnny: this has knocked up years ago Georgie and wanted to marry her, to get to the heritage of the family.

Lalita and Darcy search for Lakhi and can finally take her home. After tackling any misunderstandings Jaya and Balraj and Lalita and Darcy celebrate an Indian double wedding.

Reviews and secondary literature

• Cinema magazine: ". Watching the large choir - unrestrained corny, outrageously funny, and in the middle the most beautiful woman in the world"

• Review in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (August 19, 2005) by Bert Rebhandl: " ' Love Prejudice ': Jane Austen, postcolonial filmed ", also available online at at bücher.de:

• Review in the Guardian by Peter Bradshaw ( October 8, 2004, English):

• Review in the Observer by Philip French (10 October 2004 English):

• Mathur, Suchitra (2007). "From British ' Pride ' to Indian 'Bride ': Mapping the Contours of a Globalised ( Post? ) Colonialism. " M / C Journal 10.2.

• Wilson, Cheryl A. (2006). " Bride and Prejudice. A Bollywood Comedy of Manners. " Literature / Film Quarterly 34.4, 323-331.

Awards

• 2004, the film was nominated in two categories at the British Independent Film Awards.
• He was nominated as the best love film for a Golden Trailer Award 2005.

This and That

• During the credits of the film you can see posters from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
• This was the first English-language film directed by Aishwarya Rai.
• Kareena Kapoor refused one job offer ( or likely Jaya Chandra ).
• Ashanti and Alexis Bledel ( known from the series Gilmore Girls) had cameo appearances.
• The film was made in the USA, in England and in India.

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