MR. DARCY TAKES AN INDIAN BRIDE. BRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A PREVIEW

» Binte - Austen and Indians

“…the more I looked into working on that and breaking down the novel to see how we would make it work in this Indian setting, the more I thought man, this Jane Austen, she must have been a Punjabi in a previous life…

LOL! I think this every time I read an Austen novel and I've read every one of them. I thought I was a little mad to see similarities between cultures supposedly as different as Indian and English!

I think that's partly what makes Austen one of my favourite authors - her settings and issues appeal to a subsconcious part of me. It's like coming home

Can't wait to see the movie too!

-- posted by Binte

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» bingley - I saw the film a couple of weeks ago, and loved it.

I saw the film a couple of weeks ago, and loved it. It's amazing how much of Pride and Prejudice they managed to transplant. Even down to the opening sentence.

Mr. Kholi isn't really a villain, just impossibly vulgar and self-satisfied -- Mr. Collins in fact. He's not English, though. He's an Indian who's emigrated to the US.

Watch out for Maya's (Mary's) cobra dance. It's hilarious.

I did think Lalaita's (Elizabeth's) change of heart towards the end was a bit rushed. I watched the film with an Indonesian friend who doesn't know the book at all, and he was a bit perplexed by why she'd changed her mind so suddenly as well.

I was going to say which was my favourite song and dance routine, but I can't pick just one.

My friend enjoyed it, so you don't need to be a Janeite, but knowing the book certainly adds something to the film.

-- posted by bingley

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