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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | ... | Lalita Bakshi (as Aishwarya Rai) | |
Martin Henderson | ... | William Darcy | |
Nadira Babbar | ... | Manorama Bakshi | |
Anupam Kher | ... | Chaman Bakshi | |
Naveen Andrews | ... | Balraj | |
Namrata Shirodkar | ... | Jaya Bakshi | |
Daniel Gillies | ... | Johnny Wickham | |
Indira Varma | ... | Kiran | |
Sonali Kulkarni | ... | Chandra Lamba | |
Nitin Ganatra | ... | Mr. Kohli | |
Meghna Kothari | ... | Maya Bakshi (as Meghnaa) | |
Peeya Rai Chowdhary | ... | Lakhi Bakshi (as Peeya Rai Choudhuri) | |
Alexis Bledel | ... | Georgina 'Georgie' Darcy | |
Marsha Mason | ... | Catherine Darcy | |
Ashanti | ... | Herself | |
Harvey Virdi | ... | Mrs. Lamba | |
Shivani Ghai | ... | Bride | |
Georgina Chapman | ... | Anne | |
Mellan Mitchell | ... | Bijili | |
Rick Warden | ... | Neighbour | |
rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Saira Banu | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Gurinder Chadha | ... | Herself (uncredited) | |
Prem Chopra | ... | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
Ray Donn | ... | Limo Driver (uncredited) | |
Michael Dotson | ... | Choir Member (uncredited) | |
Robin Hudson | ... | Choir Soloist (uncredited) | |
Anu Malik | ... | Pandit (uncredited) | |
Rahul Nath | ... | Bakshis Relative (uncredited) | |
Neal Orion | ... | Surfer (uncredited) | |
Bill Ridealgh | ... | Vicar (uncredited) | |
Peter Rnic | ... | Airline Passenger (uncredited) | |
Harvey Weinstein | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
Mike Wike | ... | Bell Boy (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
Gurinder Chadha | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
Jane Austen | novel "Pride and Prejudice" | |
Paul Mayeda Berges | ||
Gurinder Chadha |
Produced by | |||
Gurinder Chadha | .... | producer | |
Michelle Fox | .... | line producer | |
François Ivernel | .... | executive producer | |
Cameron McCracken | .... | executive producer | |
Brigitte Mueller | .... | line producer | |
Deepak Nayar | .... | producer | |
Tabrez Noorani | .... | consulting producer | |
Duncan Reid | .... | executive producer | |
Pravesh Sahni | .... | line producer | |
Original Music by | |||
Anu Malik | |||
Craig Pruess | |||
Cinematography by | |||
Santosh Sivan | |||
Film Editing by | |||
Justin Krish | |||
Casting by | |||
Susie Figgis | |||
Production Design by | |||
Nick Ellis | |||
Art Direction by | |||
Nitish Roy | |||
Mark Scruton | (supervising art director) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
Matt Callahan | |||
Julie Signy | |||
Costume Design by | |||
Eduardo Castro | |||
Savinder Kmahil | |||
Ralph Wheeler-Holes | (as Ralph Holes) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
Charmaine Fuller | .... | makeup artist | |
Iain Guthrie | .... | hair stylist | |
Paula Jane Hamilton | .... | additional makeup artist: US | |
Pat Hay | .... | makeup designer | |
Claudia Humburg | .... | additional hairdresser: US | |
Michael Krehl | .... | makeup artist | |
Ravi Kumar | .... | junior makeup assistant | |
Sue Love | .... | makeup dailies | |
Madhuri | .... | makeup assistant: India | |
Liz Mitchie | .... | hair designer | |
Pradeep Mohate | .... | makeup artist | |
Tamara Walsh | .... | makeup trainee | |
Jules Wilson | .... | makeup dailies | |
Julia Wilson | .... | makeup artist | |
Annet Wong | .... | makeup assistant: India | |
Production Management | |||
Jatinderpal Chohan | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Susan Dretzka | .... | production supervisor | |
Nigel Marchant | .... | production supervisor | |
Deepak Nayar | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
Paul Mayeda Berges | .... | second unit director | |
Phil Booth | .... | second assistant director | |
Stacy Christenson | .... | second assistant director: US | |
Mohua Guha Thakurta | .... | assistant director: India | |
Guy Heeley | .... | assistant director | |
Darren Mackie | .... | co-third assistant director | |
Vicky Marks | .... | third assistant director | |
Kristina M. Peterson | .... | second assistant director (as Kristina Peterson) | |
Arif Shamsi | .... | assistant director: India | |
Manish Srivastav | .... | assistant director: India (as Manish Shrivastava) | |
Meta Valentic | .... | second assistant director (as Meta A. Puttkammer) | |
Art Department | |||
Dylan Berry | .... | set dresser: US | |
Phil Clarke | .... | production buyer | |
Shannon Curfman | .... | on-set dresser: US (as Shannon Curfman-Dayan) | |
Jamie Davies-Evans | .... | hod painter | |
Lee Gordon | .... | set dresser | |
Ryan Patrick Kelly | .... | set dresser | |
Jo Kornstein | .... | stand-by art director | |
Neil McCarrick | .... | set dresser | |
Ray McNeill | .... | property master | |
Paul Meek | .... | set dresser: US | |
Jono Moles | .... | construction coordinator | |
Lucy Moles | .... | construction coordinator | |
David Morison | .... | assistant art director | |
Shambu Nath | .... | stand-by props: India | |
Charlie Nicholson | .... | lead man: US | |
Barnaby Papworth | .... | stand-by carpenter | |
Steve Parnell | .... | set dresser | |
Clive Pickard | .... | stand-by props | |
Scott Rogers | .... | props | |
Doug Scott | .... | set dresser | |
Dave Simpson | .... | stand-by props | |
Udai Prakash Singh | .... | set dresser | |
Nathan A. Smith | .... | set dresser | |
John Michael Tillotson | .... | property master: US | |
Aman Mohan Vidhate | .... | assistant set dresser | |
Rob Zylowski | .... | set dresser: US | |
Visual Effects by | |||
Steve Boag | .... | digital effects supervisor | |
Martin Bullard | .... | optical supervisor | |
Dave Kiddie | .... | digital compositor | |
Matthew Symonds | .... | digital compositor | |
Anthony Wonsoff | .... | digital compositor | |
Jim Davey | .... | digital color timing (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
Nrinder Dhudwar | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Levan Doran | .... | stunts | |
John Street | .... | stunts | |
Casting Department | |||
Chris Gray | .... | extras casting: USA (as Christopher Gray) | |
Ghanteshwar T. Guru | .... | casting director: India | |
Lucy St Giles | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
Johnathon de Domenico | .... | costume supervisor | |
Himani Dehlvi | .... | wardrobe supervisor: India | |
Tamlin French | .... | costume supervisor | |
Samantha Green | .... | costume assistant | |
Stephanie S. Kim | .... | set costumer | |
Amy Lin | .... | costumer: USA | |
Marina Lorde | .... | costume trainee | |
Helen Monaghan | .... | costume supervisor: USA | |
Lucy Sheffield | .... | costume assistant | |
Lupt Utama | .... | costume assistant | |
Editorial Department | |||
Ruth Coulson | .... | second assistant editor | |
Lalit Goyal | .... | assistant editor: avid | |
Sze-Wun Li | .... | editor trainee | |
Karoline Moser | .... | editor: end credit sequence | |
Matthew Tucker | .... | first assistant editor | |
Jason Wheeler | .... | negative cutter | |
Music Department | |||
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak | .... | engineer: songs (as Deepak P.A.) | |
Farhan Akhtar | .... | lyrics | |
Zoya Akhtar | .... | lyrics | |
Christopher Benstead | .... | music editor (as Chris Benstead) | |
Matt Dunkley | .... | orchestrator | |
Isobel Griffiths | .... | orchestra contractor | |
Angela Leus | .... | soundtrack coordinator | |
Andrew McKenna | .... | orchestrator | |
Steve Price | .... | music recording engineer | |
Craig Pruess | .... | orchestrator | |
Emily Rogers Swanson | .... | music editor (as Emily Rogers) | |
Randy Spendlove | .... | executive music producer | |
Bruce White | .... | viola | |
Gavyn Wright | .... | orchestra leader | |
Transportation Department | |||
Doug Dovichi | .... | transportation captain | |
Anthony Gregorio | .... | unit driver: Los Angeles | |
Hugo Ocana | .... | unit driver: Los Angeles (as Hugo R. Ocana) | |
Jason Wozny | .... | unit driver: Los Angeles | |
Allan Yamauchi | .... | transportation coordinator: USA | |
Thanks | |||
Matthew T. Gannon | .... | thanks | |
Joue-la comme Beckham | Orgueil & préjugés | Deux soeurs pour un roi | Géant | Jane |
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Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, this Western-style Bollywood musical can't possibly achieve the heights that a union of the best of East and West movie making and English literature might suggests, but it manages to fulfil a delightful couple of hours of song and dance that Western cinema these days struggles to accomplish.
Like the novel, Bride and Prejudice uses the ideas that that first impressions are often wrong, and that a person can mature if he or she keeps an open mind. The unlikely courtship of Mr Darcy and (in our movie) a beautiful Indian girl starts with mutual contempt, but moves forward as they become wiser and learn that their first instincts, based on pride, prejudice and illusions, were wrong.
The scene moves between Amritsar and Goa to London and Beverley Hills, all in brighter-than-bright super-saturated colour, with an assortment of equally colourful characters, wonderful costumes, lavish dance pieces and heavenly bollywood-style ballads. While almost everything is in English (except for a few subtitled songs), nearly all the characters are top Indian performers.
In the golden age of musicals, stars such as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire had a whole sub-industry to draw on for good dancers who could also sing and act well, plus the technicians used to producing high-end musicals. As demand waned, so did supply, and the West is now hard pressed to produce song and dance films that don't rely on snappy editing to suggest good dancing from top actors, or heavy coaching to suggest top dancers can act. Bollywood, on the other hand, has no such shortage, and Bride and Prejudice is the sumptuously choreographed musical with Indian dancing that has become nigh impossible with western dancers.
Admittedly it's a bit cheesy at times - but it's self-consciously so, and as endearing as warm, gushy Indian hospitality. The sets and dialogue give authentic, if stereotypical, glimpses of Indian life and values. Like many east-meets-west movies, the stereotypes are a handle to allow easy assimilation of foreign ideas, and the heavy Indian involvement wards off any tendency to patronise (which is one of the themes explored in the film).
This is not high drama or high art, but it's an accomplished romantic comedy / song-and-dance film, and one that warms the heart and makes you want to wave your arms in the air Indian-dance-style for the sheer joy and exuberance of happy endings.