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Producer/s:
Miramax Distribution (Deepak Nayar)
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin
Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews,
Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar,
Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Chowdhary,
Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Sonali Kulkarni, Anu
Malik
Music: Anu Malik |
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 'Bride
and Prejudice' starts in Amritsar and ends in LA. We
are talking about the love story of Lalita (Aishwarya
Rai) and (William Darcy) Martin Henderson. This explains
the Hindi title, 'Balle Balle Amritsar to LA'.
The film opens with
the Bakshi daughters, Jaya (Namrata Shirodkar), Lalita
(Aishwarya Rai), Meghnaa and Lakhi (Peeya Rai Choudhuri)
getting ready for the neighbour's marriage. The mother
(Nadira Babbar), like all mothers is hopeful that her
daughters will find suitable matches at the wedding.
Balraj (Naveen Andrews),
a close friend of the bridegroom, arrives from the US
with his sister, Kiran (Indira Verma), and his American
friend, Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) to attend the
wedding.
Balraj is the cynosure
of all (mothers of young girls') eyes, for he is an
eligible bachelor. However, he falls in love at first
sight with Jaya. Will too is attracted to Lalita at
first sight but is not aware that it is love. Ditto
for Lalita. Sparks fly between the two and they share
a hate relationship. Lalita misunderstands him to be
a pompous and self-centred person. Her opinion is strengthened
by the slimy Daniel Gillies (Johnny Wickham), poisoning
her mind. She imagines herself to be in love with Wickham.
On the sly, Wickham is also encouraging Lakhi (who is
very open about her attraction to him) to fall for him.
Soon the men leave the
women behind in distress and in comes a distant relative
of the Bakshis, Mr. Kohli (Nitin Ganatra) from the US.
The determined mother decides to get him hooked to Lalita
who turns him down at the first opportunity. On the
rebound, he proposes to Lalita's best friend, Chandra
(Sonali Kulkarni), who agrees. So the Bakshi women are
invited to LA to attend the wedding. Here they run into
their respective men and after a bit of hedging and
hawing, their lives are sorted out.
Gurinder likes to refer
to the film as 'a British musical' when it is actually
a typical Bollywood masala film in the garb of a crossover
film. There is romance, heartbreak, songs, and of course
a predictable but happy ending. The musical bit, especially
in the first half is very noisy but great fun nonetheless
and is definitely worth a watch.
But the film does raise
a few questions. Why does Jaya try to meet Balraj in
the US when he hasn't bothered to keep in touch with
her as promised? That makes her comes across a little
desperate! Doesn't Lalita (like any elder sister would)
realize that something is brewing between Wikham and
Lakhi from the latter's behaviour towards him? While
the older sisters (Jaya and Lalita) are close, there
is no communication at all with the other two. Even
those two do not interact with each other at all!
On the positive side
again, brilliant casting by Gurindher. Aishwarya has
never looked so beautiful before on screen. She puts
in a confident performance and is well in control. Nadira
Babbar is superb. Martin Henderson is handsome and charming.
Anupam Kher, as Mr. Bakshi, is competent. Nitin Ganatra
raises genuine laughs. Santosh Sivan's cinematography
is great. Anu Malik's music sounds good.
While the English version,
'Bride and Prejudice', is for the multiplex audience,
its Hindi version will be a sure hit with the Punjabis
as well as the audience up North.
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