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Bride and prejudice - Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Gurinder Chadha

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Movie propaganda

It all begins in a modest Indian village when the determined Mrs Bakshi (Nadira Babbar) sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets the wealthy American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate? Darcy comes off to Lalita as an arrogant California snob. Lalita looks to Darcy like a small-town Indian beauty who knows nothing of the world. Alternately enchanted by and suspicious of one another, Lalita and Darcy nearly fall prey to assumptions, gossip and a comedy of errors... until pride is humbled and prejudice overcome so that love can triumph.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Bollywood India Pride and prejudice Jane Austen romance marriage

Persons of interest

Aishwarya Rai .... Lalita Bakshi
Martin Henderson .... Will Darcy
Daniel Gillies .... Mr Wickham
Naveen Andrews .... Mr Balraj
Namrata Shirodkar .... Jaya Bakshi
Indira Varma .... Miss Bingley
Nadira Babbar .... Mrs Bakshi
Anupam Kher .... Mr Bakshi
Meghna Kothari .... Maya Bakshi
Peeya Rai Chowdhary .... Lucky Bakshi
Nitin Chandra Ganatra
Sonali Kulkarni .... Chanda
Jane Austen .... Author: Pride and prejudice
Paul Mayeda Berges .... Screenwriter
Gurinder Chadha .... Screenwriter
Gurinder Chadha .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Bride and prejudice official movie site
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Bride and prejudice QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Bangkok International Film Festival 2005: Windows on the World

NB: Watch the end credits for some out-takes
See also Kaante, Pride and prejudice
Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Hee, hee, hee. Bride and prejudice is a romantic comedy that will have you rolling in the aisles. The snake dance is a hoot! All the bold beauty of Bollywood with the warm fuzziness of Hollywood. What more could you ask for?

[Special Agent Matti hasn't seen Pride and prejudice, not even the cult BBC version - Director of Intelligence.]