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Bride and Prejudice  (12A)   115 mins (estimated)

Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, this Western-style Bollywood musical 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 idea that first impressions are often wrong.  The unlikely courtship of Mr Darcy and a beautiful Indian girl starts with mutual contempt, but moves forward as they 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 brilliant super-saturated colour, with an assortment of equally colourful characters, wonderful costumes, lavish dance pieces and glorious Bollywood-style ballads. This is not high drama or high art, but it's an accomplished and heart-warming romantic comedy / song-and-dance film, and one that makes you want to wave your arms in the air Indian-dance-style for the sheer joy and exuberance of happy endings. 

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Last modified: 23-Jul-2006

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