Entertainment Weekly, 02/18/2005, p.53-4, "[T]his festively busy and exuberantly multicultural charmer is its own intriguingly postmodern creation..."
Premiere, 02/01/2005, p.48, "[T]he female lead, Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai, is both beautiful and skilled: a delight to watch."
Rolling Stone, 02/10/2005, p.89, "[Chadha] keeps the movie alive with swirling color, music and movement. The songs are deliciously silly..."
Los Angeles Times, 02/11/2005, p.E4, "[L]ively and cheerful....There's a real sense of unbridled spectacle here..."
Movieline's Hollywood Life, 12/01/2004, p.103, "Director Gurinder Chadha fills the screen with colorful settings and musical numbers. You walk out in an ebullient mood."
THEATRICAL RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2005 (LIMITED)
Bride & Prejudice
A clash of cultures in the spirit of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, this modern musical retelling of Jane Austen's classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is a hilariously entertaining tale of one girl's unlikely search for love! Sparks immediately fly as a love/hate relationship ignites between a small-town beauty (international star Aishwarya Rai) and a wealthy American (Martin Henderson -- THE RING, TORQUE) who's visiting her modest Indian village. In a swirl of music, dance, and comic misunderstandings, these opposites continue to attract and repel each other in a riotous romance that spans three continents! Featuring Naveen Andrews (TV's LOST, THE ENGLISH PATIENT) and a memorable performance from top recording artist Ashanti -- love will eventually conquer all in this acclaimed treat from the director of BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Spinning a Bollywood tale from Jane Austen's classic novel, director Gurinder Chadha, writer Paul Madeya Berges, and producer Deepak Nayar (the BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM team) present this musical full of romance, intrigue, and cross-cultural celebration.