Bride and Prejudice is a 2004 Indian / British / American romantic musical film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges is a Bollywood-style adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It was filmed primarily in English, with some Hindi and Punjabi dialogue.
The plot closely follows the plot of Pride and Prejudice, with many elements compacted to brief references. Some character names remain the same, wh...
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Bride and Prejudice is a 2004 Indian / British / American romantic musical film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges is a Bollywood-style adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It was filmed primarily in English, with some Hindi and Punjabi dialogue.
The plot closely follows the plot of Pride and Prejudice, with many elements compacted to brief references. Some character names remain the same, while others are changed slightly, using localized names with similar pronunciation (such as Lalita for Lizzy).
Lalita Bakshi is a daughter of a farmer in Amritsar. She has three sisters, Jaya, Maya, and Lakhi. Lalita is introduced to William Darcy, an American businessman, but initially deems him to be self-absorbed and resists his advances. Meanwhile, William's friend Balraj and Jaya fall in love, much to the delight of Jaya's mother, who wants her daughters to marry rich men. Meanwhile, a distant relative of the family named Kholi decides...
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