A modern adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, that features the lives of four unmarried daughters in an Indian family.
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Stars: Martin Henderson, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nadira Babbar.
Saroj Khan ... choreographer
14 songs in the Soundtracks; some lyrics are in Punjabi.
Delightful! Wish more Bollywood films had crossed my path, but I think this is the first. (On c.track, woman director, (b. '60) talks about growing up on B'wood films.) It has funding from US, UK & India, and all spoken dialog and most lyrics are in English. [Of the 112 feature films with keyword "bollywood" (1st in '73), only 1 has English before this, in 2002, from UK, low rating; only 7 have genres music/al.]
Story takes place in all 3 countries of funding, but characters only break out in song/dance in India. Costumes during dance routines are usually very colorful for women (and the cross-dressing men in saris.)
Really does contain elements of the novel about as closely as the other 2 P&P films I watched. Class is part of the prejudice issue, but cultural differences even more so. Within the Indian characters, culture gaps exist between India-raised versus British or American -residing ones, and especially the American Mr. Darcy. (Yes, several characters retain names from the novel.)
Rated 6.2 (18,845)
distr. Miramax, dir. Chadha; 7+
