The Bottom Line
- Hollywood Meets Bollywood Meets Jane Austen
- Luscious colors and fun performances
- Irresistible, infectious musical numbers
- A commentary track with any of the lead actors would have added a lot to the experience
Description
- Six deleted scenes
- 'Conversation with Martin Henderson' - Henderson on Bollywood and working on this musical
- 'Conversation with Aishwarya Rai' - On the mix of Hollywood and Bollywood
- Four extended songs
- 'Bringing Bombay to LA: The Making of Bride and Prejudice' - Interviews with the cast and crew
- Ashanti's Song - With an introduction by director Gurinder Chadha
- 'The Crew Does the Songs' - The crew sings, dances and enjoys themselves
- Feature commentary by writer/director Gurinder Chadha and writer Paul Mayeda Berges
- DVD RELEASE DATE: July 7, 2005
Guide Review - "Bride and Prejudice" DVD Review
Set in a small town in India, this updated version follows the four beautiful Bakshi sisters. Their mother's life centers around her quest to find the perfect husbands for her eligible daughters (by 'eligible' she means available and wealthy) and the girls know going against her wishes is pretty much a lost cause.
Into their lives comes Balraj (Naveen Andrews from "Lost") and Will Darcy (Martin Henderson), two extremely attractive and well-to-do young men who catch the attention of all mothers of single daughters seemingly within a 100 mile radius. But it's two of the Bakshi sisters who have the advantage as Balraj and Will appear to be taken with the oldest sisters.
Backed by bouncing pop numbers and romantic ballads, "Bride and Prejudice" is basically an innocent, old-fashioned love story that effectively mixes Hollywood musicals and the best of Bollywood with pleasing results.
"BRIDE AND PREJUDICE" DVD BONUS FEATURES:
None of the deleted scenes would have added anything to the feature film however they are fun to check out, as are the four extended song sequences included with the bonus features. And writer/director Gurinder Chadha is always interesting to listen to so her commentary track is definitely worth catching.
