Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Anupam Kher, Namarata Shirodkar, Meghana Kothari, Piya Rai Choudhray, Naveen Andrews, Nadira Babbar, Indira Verma, Daniel Gillies.
Director: Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham.)
Release Date: February 11, 2005.
Distributor: Miramax.
Produced by: Chadha and Deepak Nayar, Francois Ivernal and Cameron McCracken.
Running time: 111 minutes.
Review: Marcy's Bride and Prejudice review.
Description: Gurinder Chadha, the acclaimed director of "Bend It Like Beckham," marries Jane Austen's refined social comedy to a most unexpected partner: the all-singing, all-dancing spectacles of Bollywood. The result is a new twist on Austen's timeless tale of finding love - re-told as it has never been before with the cheeky humor, sweeping dance numbers and unabashed romance of Bombay's box-office hits. As in Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," BRIDE & PREJUDICE brings together two people with polar opposite views, but this time they are also from opposite ends of the earth, as East literally meets West in a riot of color, comedy and emotion.
Gurinder Chadha directs BRIDE & PREJUDICE from a script by Chadha and her husband, Paul Mayeda Berges. The film features a cast and crew thatincludes both Bollywood and Hollywood talent. The cast includes Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai ("Chaos") as Lalita; rising star Martin Henderson ("The Ring", "Torque") as Darcy; as well as Daniel Gillies ("Spiderman 2"), Naveen Andrews (ABC's "Lost", "The English Patient"), Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher ("Bend it Like Beckham"), Meghna Kotari, Peeya Rai and Nitin Ganatra.
