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《我愛碧咸》導演好玩悅目新搞作
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《愛鬥氣 愛上你》
11月18日 共証絕配奇緣
"妙絕! 將會是今年度的《真的戀愛了》!"Essentials - Joani Walsh
"像極亞洲版的《四個婚禮一個葬禮》，一樣清新浪漫!"BBC - Linda Gray
"完全帶出中西合璧的色彩繽紛、異國風情及奇妙迷人的感覺。"Mail on Sunday
"一部極之出色的電影，洋溢溫暖、充滿活力，無論主角抑或配角，都有令人喜出望外的演出。"Screen International - Tim Dams
內容簡介:
故事改編自珍•奧斯汀(Jane Austen) 的經典愛情小說《傲慢與偏見》 (Pride and Prejudice)，故事背景由維多利亞年代換作二十一世紀的今天，女主角變身為印度美女，男主角則是從美國而來的鑽石王老五，原來，男女間愛情的障礙不再局限於社會階級觀念，更多的是國籍文化差異所帶來的各種衝擊。
白斯家的四個女兒都已長得婷婷玉立，卻苦了白先生及白太太，他們日夜惦記著為女兒們物色金龜婿。由英國來印度參加婚禮的年輕富商巴澤，正是他們為大女兒查雅挑選的理想對象，兩人亦互生情愫。聰敏漂亮的二女兒娜麗達忠於愛情，堅決不受父母支配而要找到心目中的「Mr. Right」，她的新思維令到母親非常頭痛。
此時娜麗達遇上巴澤的好朋友--來自洛杉磯的酒店業鉅子達西先生，兩人郎才女貌，看似天作之合，然而卻非一見鍾情。達西在娜麗達心目中只是個自大勢利、滿身銅臭的生意人，同樣地，達西亦看不起娜麗達，認為她只是個空有美麗軀殼、見識淺薄的印度鄉下妹，再加上大家文化上的差異，每次見面總是針鋒相對。然而衝突的同時，卻令雙方更了解大家，不知不覺間擦出愛火花……
但白家姊妹的情路卻非一帆風順，首先因巴澤家姐從中作梗，令到查雅以為巴澤移情別戀；最令人擔心的是四妹麗琪竟跟一個愛情騙子私奔；而達西的母親亦竭力阻撓兒子發展異國情緣；面對這種種難題，究竟她們將情歸何處？而娜麗達和達西會否收起傲慢的態度、放下偏見、排解父母的反對，最終有情人終成眷屬?
玩轉英倫Icon 從碧咸到珍•奧斯汀
兩個風馬牛不相及的英倫人物，同樣啟發導演古蓮達查達，成為她的創作靈感。在構思《我愛碧咸》的時候，她巧妙地利用最流行的玩意、最受歡迎的人物，以輕鬆幽默的手法，帶出新舊思維、東西文化的不同，結果一鳴驚人。
《我愛碧咸》的空前成功，激發古蓮達查達再玩轉另一個英倫經典 - 著名文學作家珍•奧斯汀的愛情小說《傲慢與偏見》，究其原因，除了《傲慢與偏見》是導演成長期間最喜歡的文學著作外，最重要的是書中的故事情節及人物角色，竟然在現今的印度社會隨處可見：一群待嫁女兒再加上一個急著為她們找夫婿的母親，在嫁人大過天的大前提下，她們生存唯一的目標就是嫁得一頭好人家。古蓮達查達以珍•奧斯汀筆下的世界為藍本，炮製了一齣浪漫溫馨、輕鬆惹笑的愛情喜劇，當中當然不乏英倫電影的特質--對白睿智幽默，令人忍俊不住，而她的拿手好戲 - 探討種族文化差異問題 ， 亦令本片的內涵更豐富。
古蓮達查達身為英籍印度人，一直鍾愛傳統的印度歌舞電影，但同時也是荷里活歌舞片的超級擁躉，《仙樂飄飄處處聞》、《綠野仙蹤》、《油脂》等等都是她的至愛。所以她特別在影片中加入歌舞表演，並揉合印度歌舞片及荷里活歌舞片的精髓，集齊動人情感、豐富色彩及華麗歌舞於一身。
東西匯聚 完美crossover
「無論鏡頭前鏡頭後，我都希望《愛鬥氣 愛上你》可以國際化。」- 古蓮達查達
鏡頭內，男女主角排除萬難，誓要成為異國鴛鴦；鏡頭外，電影幕後製作一樣東西合璧。今次古蓮達查達繼續率領《我愛碧咸》的英倫及印度班底，再加上荷里活精英，大玩crossover。
" 集英美印三種風格"
由於故事需要不同國籍的角色，故集合了紮根荷里活的美國演員、接受傳統英國戲劇訓練的英國演員及演慣本土電影的印度演員，他們各有自己的一套演繹風格，在古蓮達查達的引導下，他們大鬥演技之餘，亦互相學習。此外，電影分別在美國、英國及印度進行拍攝。由於三地文化背景各有不同，所以於三地分別僱用了三組攝製隊，以配合當地的工作模式。正如古蓮達查達指出：「在英國，我們就像一支英國的攝製隊；在印度，我們儘量好像印度的工作人員那樣辦事；在美國，我們就跟隨美國人的工作方式。」
尋找東西歌舞混合的平衡點
古蓮達查達最大的心願是「希望將傳統印度電影帶入每個英國家庭、每個英國人的心屝。」但要拍出一部東西方觀眾都受落的電影並不容易，特別是歌舞的環節，既要帶有異國色彩而又可取悅西方的觀眾，為了達到中間的平衡點，她再度找來《我愛碧咸》的拍檔格域貝斯和印度首屈一指的作曲家亞勞馬力，負責音樂創作。在舞蹈編排方面，請來了有印度舞蹈之母美譽的莎露金，她從十三歲開始從事編舞工作，作品過百。他們為這齣電影所精心創作的歌舞，最能表現東西文化匯聚的精髓。
" 古蓮達查達亦特別邀請來自紐約的歌壇小天后Ashanti客串一角，她做回自己 - 一個能歌擅舞的R&B女歌手，在戲裡施展渾身解數。"
取景橫跨歐亞美三洲
電影的取景遍及歐亞美三洲，從到處都是狗吠聲牛角響的印度北部城鎮阿姆利則、喧鬧繁華的孟買，去到充滿歷史古蹟的倫敦、朝氣蓬勃的洛杉磯、以至一片浮華的比華利山，多個截然不同的地方，各自擁有獨特的風貌，為電影帶來更豐富的畫面。
導演古蓮達查達簡介
古蓮達查達最初於BBC電視台當新聞記者，其後為BFI、英國BBC電視台及第四台(Channel 4)執導多部獲獎的紀錄片。1994年她憑首次導演的電影《Bhaji on the Beach》初露頭角，於盧卡洛國際電影節獲得評審獎，並得到英國電影電視藝術學院獎的最佳英國電影提名。她的第二部作品《What's Cooking?》成為2000年聖丹斯影展的開幕電影，她亦榮獲英國影評人協會選為最佳英國導演。2002年，《我愛碧咸》單在英國的票房收入就超過1,100萬磅，並高踞美國、澳洲、紐西蘭、瑞士及南非各地的票房，此片亦同時於盧卡洛、多倫多、悉尼等地影展，獲觀眾評選為最喜愛的電影。
"世界上最漂亮的女人 -艾絲維亞莉"
這句讚美說話，出自另一個漂亮女人 -茱莉亞羅拔絲。女主角艾絲維亞莉傾倒的，不只茱莉亞羅拔絲一個。憑住一張令人驚艷的面孔，艾絲維亞莉於1994年擊敗各國佳麗，勇奪世界小姐冠軍，此後星途平步青雲，近年一直是印度電影的第一女主角。她更是廣告商的寵兒，先後獲得百事可樂廣告合約，並為著名化妝品牌L'Oreal 擔任代言人。於2003年更成為歷來第一位印度演員，獲邀為康城電影節擔任評審委員。艾絲維亞莉深被國際肯定的，不只美貌還有她的才華。
當紮型男 - 馬田肯迪遜
馬田肯迪遜生於奧克蘭，自十三歲開始於紐西蘭的電視台演戲，演過不少受歡迎的電視劇。其後，馬田肯迪遜往澳洲發展演藝事業，參演過多部電影。直至1997年，他把自己的事業基地轉到荷里活，同時修讀一個為期兩年的演技課程，並於改編自日本恐怖片《午夜凶鈴》的《七夜冤靈》中擔任男主角。馬田肯迪遜現定居於洛杉磯。
《愛鬥氣 愛上你》
11月18日 共証絕配奇緣
導演： 古蓮達查達 (Gurinder Chadha)《我愛碧咸》
監製： 古蓮達查達 (Gurinder Chadha)《我愛碧咸》
迪柏拿也 (Deepak Nayar)《我愛碧咸》
演員： 艾絲維亞莉 (Aishwarya Rai) (1994年度世界小姐冠軍)
馬田肯迪遜 (Martin Henderson)《七夜冤靈》《烈血追風》
尼維安德魯斯 (Naveen Andrews)《別問我是誰》
安爾柏加查 (Anupam Kher)《我愛碧咸》
原著故事： 《傲慢與偏見》(Pride and Prejudice) 珍•奧斯汀 Jane Austen
編劇： 古蓮達查達 (Gurinder Chadha)《我愛碧咸》、
保羅梅達貝哲斯 (Paul Mayeda Berges)《我愛碧咸》
攝影總監： 杜雪絲雲 (Santos Sivan)
製作設計： 力奇艾禮士 (Nick Ellis)《我愛碧咸》
剪接： 查斯丁加殊 (Justin Krish)《我愛碧咸》
音樂： 格域貝斯 (Craig Prues)《我愛碧咸》
發行： Lark Films Distribution Ltd.
級別： 待定
片長： 124分鐘
A FILM BY
GURINDER CHADHA
BRIDE & PREJUDICE
Opens November 18
Aishwarya Rai
Martin Henderson
Daniel Gillies
Naveen Andrews
Produced by Gurinder Chadha and Deepak Nayar
Screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
"Great film. Will be this year's Love Actually." Essentials - Joani Walsh
"Really feel good, like an Asian Four Weddings." BBC - Linda Gray
"East Meets West clichés of 'colourful!', 'exotic!', 'magical!'." Mail on Sunday
"It looks fantastic, has great warmth, energy and colour - and wonderful performances, in particular from Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson, plus great supporting roles." Screen International - Tim Dams
DIRECTORS' STATEMENT
At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, days before I started shooting 'Bend it like Beckham', my friend Cameron McCracken at Pathe Films asked me if I wanted to make a musical. He knew that in 1997 I had tried to make a British Bollywood extravaganza which combined my love of Bollywood and American musicals. A month into that shoot the money from the Indian stars/producers dried up and the picture was never completed. It remains the only bad experience I've ever had making a film.
Did I want to go back there - to the world of glamorous stars, endless costume changes, flamboyant musical numbers with hundreds of dancers and erotically charged fountains? Of course I did. A week later I had an epiphany and knew exactly what I wanted to do. Growing up, 'Pride & Prejudice' was my favourite book. I decided that like David Beckham, Jane Austen was another delicious English icon ripe for subversion. I would take her Elizabeth Bennet - the ultimate, feisty independent heroine of Brit Lit - and transform her into Lalita Bakshi, a proud firecracker with brains and balls who wants more than is expected of an Indian girl.
Whereas Austen explored 18th century class divisions, I wanted to look at the first impressions we make of each other culturally in today's increasingly small world. 'Bride & Prejudice' was born. The Bennets would now be the Bakshis from Amritsar - Hicksville, India. Darcy would be a rich hotelier from LA and his best friend Bingley, a British Indian. Instead of meeting at dancing balls, the characters would meet at weddings on three different continents.
My life (and my work) has always been about celebrating the diaspora, about seamlessly moving from England to India to the States. If so many people like me move happily across every corner of the world then why couldn't my characters and my film language do the same? This was my shot at moving British filmmaking into a whole new direction.
Once I started adapting the novel, I was convinced Jane Austen was Indian in a previous life! The characters adapted so freely and the story and themes fit perfectly into contemporary India. A hysterical mother with four daughters to marry off, who couldn't relate to that?
Because I grew up watching Bollywood films in the same cinema that screened 'The Sound of Music' and 'West Side Story', I've always had a great
affection for the playful chaos of Bollywood. Like India itself, it's a cinema of vibrant contradictions that works when it seems it shouldn't. Any cinema which combines boundless emotion with heartfelt innocence (no kissing, we're Indian!), laugh-out-loud humour, cheesy punch-ups and a minimum of seven spectacular musical sequences is alright by me.
I could always see behind the kitsch (which is fab in all its camp glory) and see the gifted technicians beneath the colourful surface. I wanted to fuse Bollywood legends in front of and behind the camera with an international cast and crew that would take Bollywood places it's never travelled.
Choosing my collaborators to bring the script to life was a joy. Anu Malik is the greatest Bollywood composer of infectious pop songs with joyful melodies. Saroj Khan is the godmother of Indian dance who's choreographed hundreds of songs since she started at age 13. Santosh Sivan (a director in his own right of 'The Terrorist' and 'Asoka') is a masterful cinematographer who's won more National Awards (India's equivalent to the Oscars) than anyone can remember.
For my Lizzie Bennet, I chose Aishwarya Rai ('Devdas'), a bewitching talent Julia Roberts described as 'the most beautiful woman in the world'. For Darcy, I cast Martin Henderson ('The Ring'), a Kiwi Cary Grant who's a serious hottie with heart. All that was left was to update my passport and shoot the thing.
80 days later after a whirlwind shoot in London, Amritsar, Goa, Bombay, Sedona, Beverly Hillls, Santa Monica and Downtown LA, I have a film which honours Bollywood because it covers the gamut of all your emotions. And - as is always the case when you make a film - it somehow captures all the different sides of who I am and how people like me see the world. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it's romantic, it's funny, it's camp and it's genially subversive!
Gurinder Chadha, Director
"It is a combination of Bollywood and Hollywood, all tied up with a very British overall sensibility. "
- Bride and & Prejudice director, Gurinder Chadha
From the team behind international smash hit Bend It Like Beckham, comes a Jane Austen adaptation like never before.
Pride and Prejudice gets the Bollywood treatment and the result is a spectacular fusion of East meets West. Austen's classic love story unfolds in a riot of colour and emotion, song and dance that jet-sets from rural India via London to Los Angeles.
A must see for lovers of Bollywood, musicals, Bollywood, and ultimately for romantics everywhere, the warmth, affection, humour and enthusiasm of director Gurinder Chadha's interpretation is inescapable. Plus for sceptics, there's a serious side tackling Western preconceptions about India and Indian women in particular.
Bollywood's reigning queen Aishwarya Rai debuts in her first English language film as our heroine Lalita ([Austen's Lizzie Bennet)]. Rising star Martin Henderson takes on Darcy in a wet T-shirt. ([Martin's work includes Gore Verbinski's The Ring and forthcoming feature Little Fish opposite Cate Blanchett and Sam Neill)]. Naveen Andrews ([The English Patient)] is Balraj. Indira Varma is his sarcastic sister Kiran. Nitin Ganatra ([Canterbury Tales [BBC]) is Kholi, [Austen's comic relief Mr Collins], and Daniel Gillies, [impressing this summer as Tobey Maguire's nemesis in Spiderman II,] is attractive bounder Wickham.
Director/producer/writer Gurinder Chadha ([Bhaji on the Beach, What's Cooking, Bend It Like Beckham)], producer Deepak Nayar ([Heat and Dust, Lost Highway, The Buena Vista Social Club, Bend It Like Beckham)] and writer Paul Mayeda Berges ([What's Cooking, Bend It Like Beckham)] combine their knowledge of commercial Western cinema with the established Bollywood expertise of choreographer Saroj Khan ([Devdas)], composer Anu Malik, lyricists the Akhtar family and cinematographer Santosh Sivan ([Asoka)].
Bride & Prejudice is a fully-fledged first. Living proof that by interweaving Eastern and Western filming traditions, acting styles and talent - both on and off camera - a film of universal accessibility and impact can be created. Hold onto your Sari's because as Gurinder puts it ... "In Bollywood anything is possible."
The Players
Aishwarya Rai - Lalita Bakshi [Elizabeth Bennet]
Martin Henderson - William Darcy [Mr Darcy]
Naveen Andrews - Balraj [Mr Bingley]
Indira Varma - Kiran [Miss Bingley]
Namrata Shirodkar - Jaya Bakshi [Jane Bennet]
Peeya Rai Chodhuri - Lakhi Bakshi [Lydia Bennet]
Meghnaa - Maya Bakshi [Mary Bennet]
Nadira Babbar - Mrs Bakshi [Mrs Bennet]
Anupam Kher - Mr Bakshi [Mr Bennet]
Daniel Gillies - Johnny Wickham [Lt. Wickham]
Nitin Ganatra - Mr Kholi [Mr Collins]
Marsha Mason - Catherine Darcy [Lady Catherine De Bourgh]
Alexis Bledel - Georgie Darcy [Georgiana Darcy]
Sonali Kulkarni - Chandra Lamba[Charlotte Lucas]
Running Time: 124 minutes
'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'
- Jane Austen
"No Life Without Wife"
- Chadha Family Saying
Meddlesome mother Mrs Bakshi ([Nadira Babbar)] is an eligible-bachelor-seeking missile for her four long-suffering daughters. And, when the ultimate wealthy single male, one Balraj (Naveen Andrews), jets into town for a wedding, he's a match made in heaven for her eldest daughter Jaya ([Namrata Shirodkar)].
Balraj has dragged along his disdainful sister Kiran ([Indira Varma)], and his best friend, American hotelier Darcy (Martin Henderson). During the spectacular wedding dance [a number best described as 'spectacular'], Balraj is bewitched by Jaya and Darcy's eyes alight on Jaya's younger sister Lalita ([Aishwarya Rai)] - an intelligent feisty beauty. But Darcy's incompetence on the dance floor combined with a pair of falling-down trousers conspire that he snubs Lalita and she resolves he's a pompous snob - taking the first opportunity to put his naive views on India to rights.
Balraj continues to court Jaya and invites her and Lalita on holiday with them in Goa. The romance of the beautiful beach setting is offset by Darcy and Lalita's sparring. While there, Lalita meets handsome traveller Johnny Wickham ([Daniel Gilles) who] emerges from the surf, and who tells her Darcy is a nasty piece of work.
The sisters return home, arriving simultaneously with Mr Kholi ([Nitin Ganatra)], a distant relative, now gauche a wealthy but lovably bumbling and awkward LA accountant who has come to choose one unfortunate sister to be his bride.
With Jaya practically engaged to Balraj, Lalita knows she's first in the proposal firing line and is hugely relieved when Wickham pays a visit, endears himself to her loving father ([Anupam Kher)] and flirts outrageously with her.
At a local traditional dance, Lalita re-encounters Darcy, risks life and limb dancing with Kholi and introduces the latter to her best friend Chandra. Meanwhile Mrs Bakshi invites Balraj, Kiran and Darcy to dinner in the hope that Balraj will propose to Jaya.
Balraj disappoints poor Mrs Bakshi ([not helped by sister Maya's [Meghnaa's] mad cobra dance before dinner)] but Darcy, speaking candidly about the death of his father and relationship with his mother and sister, finally impresses Lalita.
The same cannot be said for Kholi's subsequent proposal and Lalita rejects her comedy suitor. Mrs Bakshi is devastated; Mr Bakshi delighted.
Suddenly all glamorous visitors evaporate, leaving the house quiet and the girls saddened but still checking email for news from suitors - to no avail. [P.S Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the family, On the quiet little sister Lakhi has developed a serious crush on Wickham].
The quiet is broken by the shock announcement that Kholi and Chandra are to marry in LA and that the sisters are invited. They travel via London, Southall specifically, where Jaya's attempts to see Balraj are thwarted by his sister, whose invitation to tea and cucumber sandwiches at their estate in Windsor is a slight as she informs them that Balraj has gone to investigate a far better marriage proposal.
Checking in at Heathrow, who should be on the same flight to LA but Darcy? Lalita, distinctly chilly at the prospect, is again forced to reconsider her views of him when he relinquishes his seat in first class to their mother. And guess how much Mrs Bakshi loves that!
Hello to Hollywood and wedding preparations at Darcy's Beverly Hills Hotel. The family meet his formidable mother Catherine ([Marsha Mason)] - though Lalita is up to the challenge and she and Darcy begin a tentative romance.
But Lalita's feelings are dashed at Kholi and Chandra's wedding where not only does Mrs Darcy introduce her to Darcy's 'girlfriend' Anne (actually his mother's choice of a girlfriend), [!] but to make matters worse, his sister Georgie [(Alexis Bledel)] tells her that it was Darcy who put Balraj off marrying Jaya.
Lalita rejects Darcy's explanation and confessions of love and storms back to Blighty very blue. Here there's more trouble in store, as Lakhi runs away with Wickham. Darcy appears in pursuit, full of apology and promises to reunite Jaya and Balraj, then puts the fear of Shivagreat fear into the family with evidence to prove Wickham is a supreme cad who has previously compromised Darcy's little sister Georgie. Darcy and Lalita scour London for the runaways, finally apprehend Wickham and rescue Lakhi.
Phew! All return to India where Jaya and Balraj, Darcy and Lalita clamber on elephants and tie the eternal knot in a lavish and vibrant twin wedding ceremony.
The Bluffers Guide to Bollywood
For all of us Bollywood virgins out there - the lowdown please.
Bollywood is a tradition of Hindi speaking cinema, based in Bombay.
Bollywood is an equivalent industry to Hollywood due to a range of striking similarities:
Every Bollywood film is punctuated by a series of elaborate song and dance numbers.
Bollywood films follow the same narrative formula.
No Sex Please, We're Bollywood. Sorry but in Bollywood, there's simply no kissing - it's heavily frowned upon by the Indian censors and the public. The musical numbers are used to substitute for sexual contact, dancing is eroticized and the camera has a field day with the female stars erogenous zones (there's a common focus on the navel - left bare by traditional saris). Stars also often get wet - their clothes sticking to the bodies in a provocative and sensual manner.
Bride and Prejudice subscribes to the Bollywood formula in all respects bar the following:
Recent attempts to broaden Bollywood's market appeal have included:
Bollywood in Blighty fuses with Hollywood From department store Selfridges launching a Bollywood installation [2003] to the exercise trend in Bollywood Workouts and Indian Dancing, to the incorporation of Bollywood fashion on the catwalk, East has long been meeting West on British soil. In cinema too the influence has already begun with the success of East is East, The Guru and Bend It Like Beckham.
And the same is true of television, given the huge recent popularity of Channel 4 documentary Bollywood Star. Finally - Say a Little Prayer.Film Fact At the beginning of every day on a Bollywood film set a prayer is said to the camera - viewed as a demi-god. We pleased to hear Gurinder was pleased to keep up the tradition.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
East Meets West
Like your fave Indian eaterie that serves fab madras alongside superlative fish and chips, Bride and Prejudice is an edible feast of both Eastern and Western filmmaking traditions.
From Pride to Bride
"One day I was standing in my kitchen, washing dishes when I thought "Let's take something so British, so English, a great English literary classic like Pride and Prejudice and adapt it into a Bollywood setting."
- Gurinder Chadha 2004.
"One day I was standing in my kitchen, washing dishes and I was just thinking about Bollywood. I then realised the way to do the film I wanted to do, is to make it accessible to a Western audience. That's when I came up with the idea of, let's take something so British, so English, a great English literary classic like Pride and Prejudice and adapt it into a Bollywood setting."
Gurinder Chadha
Pride and Prejudice has been voted by the British public as one of their BBC Britain's favourite books in a recent BBC poll, and is a novel that's welcomed a plethora of adaptations. So why was it ripe for a Bollywood Gurinder Chadha's interpretation?
"The themes of Jane Austen's novel are a 'perfect fit' for a Bollywood style film," explains Gurinder. "The themes are so pertinent to contemporary India, especially a place like rural Amritsar, where I decided the Bakshi family should live. Austen's focus on money and marriage, false pride and false nobility are alive and well in modern India.'
The 19th century issues pertain to 21st century India, particularly in relation to women. Gurinder continues, "Jane Austen was preoccupied with the horrendous idea that women were not worthy of anything, unless they were married, or unless they had money. Intelligence didn't count for anything. And in Indian society, all mMost Indian parents today dream isto have their daughters married off respectively."
Feature Ideas
Who's Done Darcy? Compare and contrast interpretations of Austen's anti-hero from Laurence Olivier in 1940, to David Rintoul in the first BBC adaptation [1980], to the prior champion - Colin Firth in BBC's 1995 version - and then bring in Martin Henderson and anticipate how Matthew MacFadyen will fare in the forthcoming 2005 feature opposite Keira Knightley.
East Goes West. An examination of key Indian/British fusion films of recent years and their international impact (Bend It Like Beckham, East is East, The Guru).
Bollywoman Bites BackCharacter Study. Lalita Bakshi as an inspirational figure and representative of feisty Indian woman tackling established prejudices. Source real life case studies to accompany her story.
Compare and contrast interpretations of Austen's anti-hero, William Darcy, from Laurence Olivier in 1940 to David Rintoul in the first BBC adaptation (1980), to the prior champion - Colin Firth in BBC's 1995 version.
Not Just The Marrying Kind. Strong Female Leads. A profile of Aishwarya Rai, Miss World 1994, and Namrata Shirodkar, Miss India 1993, as Bollywood role models. Proof that Indian women are now achieving global recognition!
Fashion - How to be the ultimate goddess and get the Bollywood look from the high street. Interview costume designer Savinder K Mahil, who made a splash of late designing a sari for Cherie Blair.
Making a Song and Dance of It. How to get fit the Bollywood way [Bollywood workouts available on VHS/DVD and source which Indian dance classes are available in your locality].
Pop Princesses. Ashanti has a key number at the centre of Bride & Prejudice. Look at how other R&B stars/musicians are infiltrating blockbusters: Beyoncé (Austin Powers: Goldmember); J-Lo (Enough, Angel Eyes, Maid in Manhattan, Out of Sight), Samantha Mumba (The Time Machine); and Kylie Minogue (Moulin Rouge).
Rising Sun. An examination of young British Asian British acting talent: Profile Nitin Ganatra, Indira Varma, Naveen Andrews alongside the likes of Jimi Mistry, Naveen Chowdhry and Parminder Nagra,
She Makes and She Breaks. Gurinder Chadha, through Bend It Like Beckham, launched Keira Knightley (King Arthur) and Parminder Nagra (ER) into the international forum. We speculate that the same will be true for Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson.
Bride and Prejudice Cast & Crew Biographies
MARTIN HENDERSON (William Darcy)
"Martin is like an old-fashioned, good-looking hero. He's got a bit of the Cary Grant about him."
- Gurinder Chadha
"It was hard to play a character so reserved and dismissive of the Indian culture when I was having such a ball revelling in all its wonders."
- Martin Henderson
Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Martin started acting at age thirteen when an open casting at his school landed him a role in the television show Strangers. Martin then moved on to starring in the popular New Zealand drama Shortland Street for three years. In 1995, he moved to Sydney, where he played an Olympian in training on the series Sweat. He then was cast as the male lead, opposite Radha Mitchell in the feature ick, a film set in the world of the Sydney ballet. In 1997, Martin moved to New York and began a two-year program of study in acting at the Neighbourhood Playhouse. His major Hollywood break came with the horror hit, The Ring, opposite Naomi Watts. Martin currently lives in Los Angeles.
�hStarted acting at 13 when an open casting at his school landed him a role in TV show Strangers. �hStarred in New Zealand drama Shortland Street for three years. �hIn 1995 moved to Sydney, where he played an Olympian in training on the series Sweat. Cast opposite Radha Mitchell in the feature Kick, a film set in the world of the Sydney ballet. �hMoved to New York in 1997 and began a two-year program of study in acting at the Neighbourhood Playhouse. �hSnaffled major Hollywood break in hit horror The Ring opposite Naomi Watts. �hCurrently lives in Los Angeles.
'Thankfully for everyone watching the film I'm not doing a lot of singing. First time I went into the studio, I was so nervous. I looked up and Gurinder was holding her stomach and laughing at me.' Martin
AISHWARYA RAI (Lalita Bakshi)
"It was really critical to have a screen goddess like her leading the Bollywood charge. Ash embraces everything that is great about Bollywood in terms of beauty, emotions, singing and dancing. Plus she's really smart and delivers her lines with assertion and power. Just what we needed for Lizzie.'
- Gurinder Chadha
"Elizabeth is the one character I have always connected with in the novel."
- Aishwarya Rai
As a science and architecture student, modelling on the side culminated in Aishwarya (nicknamed Ash) winning Miss World for India in 1994. With her stunning looks-Julia Roberts calls her "the world's most beautiful woman"-Ash fast became one of India's most famous models having landed a prestigious Pepsi campaign and several Vogue spreads. Bollywood called and she debuted in Mani Rathnam's Iruvar (1997). Aur Paar Ho Gaya' (1997), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (2000), Mohabbatein (2000), Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2001) and Devdas (2002) followed. In 2003, Ash became the first Indian actor to be a member of the Cannes jury. Of late, she has joined Catherine Deneuve and Andie MacDowell as a member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team. She's graced the covers of India Today, TIME Magazine and was listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List". For 2004, she's starring in Chaos opposite Meryl Streep, Singularity opposite Brendan Fraser for director Roland Joffe, and will end the year with Mistress of Spices, once again working with Gurinder who will produce the film with Paul Mayeda Berges as Director..
DANIEL GILLIES (Wickham)
"Wickham was the one that we just kept scouting for in London and the USA. When we saw Daniel on tape he had the charisma to ensure Lalita couldn't help but be attracted to Wickham.'
Deepak Nayar
"Wickham is the polar opposite to Darcy. He's the earth bound traveller - the bohemian."
Daniel Gillies
Daniel is currently starring as Tobey Maguire's nemesis and Kirsten Dunst's new love interest in the blockbuster, smash hit Spiderman II. Next up Daniel will star in John Duigan's Head in the Clouds, opposite Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz.
Born in Canada and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand, Gillies trained in Auckland at The United School of Performing Arts.
NAVEEN ANDREWS (Balraj)
"Naveen is one of the great British actors who I feel is totally undervalued. I was so impressed by how he embraced the role and spent hours rehearsing the dance numbers."
- Gurinder Chadha
"Balraj is one of those bloody rich Indians and there's a lot of baggage associated with that." Naveen Anderews. Having gained world-recognition with his heart-stopping role in Anthony Minghella's Academy AwardR-winning The English Patient, Naveen plays Balraj - the best friend to William Darcy. Naveen also starred in Mira Nair's Kama Sutra, and the acclaimed TV series The Buddha of Suburbia.
NITIN GANATRA (Mr Kholi)
"I think Nitin had so many levels of performance I couldn't see anyone but him playing Mr Kholi now."
- Gurinder Chadha
"Bollywood has had a bad rap for many years - Iit's kitsch, it's camp, it's melodramatic, but it's big and it's wild and combined with a Western take…it works. Bride & Prejudice is the first of its kind."
Nitin Ganatra
While he has appeared in Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply and Mike Leigh's award-winning Secrets & Lies, Bride & Prejudice is Nitin's first major film role. He has previously focused on working in theatre - including with Sam Mendes and the Donmar Warehouse, and garnered great reviews for his television work in The Canterbury Tales. He can soon be seen in Brian W. Cook's Colour Me Kubrick.
NAMRATA SHIRODKAR (Jaya Bakshi)
"Namrata is very good at playing the traditional roles. That's one of the many reasons I cast her as Jaya; she Jaya is the more conventional sister. The one who wants to keep her parents happy.'
Gurinder Chadha
"It's a true fusion of East and West-a getting together of different schools of acting, accents and ways of working."
- Namrata Shirodkar
Namrata was crowned Miss India in 1993 and went on to be runner-up in the Miss Universe competition that same year. Namrata continued modelling then followed her elder sister, the famous Shilpa Shirodkar, to Mumbai. In 1998, Namrata debuted in Hero Hindustani, followed by Vaastav, Aghaaz and Tera Mera Saath Rahen.
Namrata was crowned Miss India and runner up of the Miss Universe competition in 1993.
INDIRA VARMA (Kiran)
"She is so good. She played her bit so well - you'd never guess she was really nice. The guys would love watching her in action."
Aishwarya Rai
"Bollywood actors have amazing camera skills. AND they can dance and act at the same time. We Brits learnt a lot from watching them in action." - Indira Varma
Having appeared in several television series', including BBC 1's The Cantrebury Tales and The Whistle Blower, Indira's film roles include Kama Sutra and Clancy's Kitchen.
ANUPAM KHER (Mr Bakshi)
"I cast Anupam as Mr Bakshi because I think he did such a fantastic job in Bend It Like Beckham. He has delivered a very still performance in a film where everyone else is just moving all the time."
- Gurinder Chadha
Born in 1955, Anupam is a veteran of the Hindi film industry with over 300 films to his credit. Anupam debuted in Saraansh in1984 for director, Mahesh Bhatt. Over his career, he has won 8 Filmfare awards, the Indian equivalent to the OscarR, as well as numerous other awards. Anupam was last seen as Parminder Nagra's father in the world-wide smash hit, Bend it Like Beckham. He is chairman of the National School of Drama in India, as well as chairman of India's Film Censor Board. He has been awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Padam Shri, for his contribution to cinema and theatre. He also is probably one of the few actors in the world to have performed his own autobiography on stage.
Born in 1955, Anupam is a veteran of the Hindi film industry with over 300 films to his name. "Debuted in Saraansh [1984] for director Mahesh Bhatt. "Has won eight Filmfare awards. "Has his own chat show in India. "No stranger to British cinema, Anupam and was last seen as Parminder Nagra's father in Bend it Like Beckham. "Chairman of the National School of Drama, India. "Chairman of India's Film Censor Board. "Awarded India's highest civilian honour - Padam Shri - for his contribution to Cinema and Theatre. "Probably the only actor in the world to have performed his own autobiography on stage. His television roles include Second Generation and Spooks.
ASHANTI (as Herself)
"The Ashanti song is politically very important. In Bollywood movies there's always an 'item' number, where a very sexy girl gets up and sings a song accompanied by a provocative dance. It's a long tradition which can be entirely disassociated from the action. Here we've adapted it to an MTV groove in Goa and it coincides with sexual tension and sparks between our four leads."
- Gurinder Chadha
New Yorker Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas launched her R&B career in 1994. Astoundingly, she wrote all twelve tracks on her hit debut album appropriately titled, Ashanti. Her songs Foolish, Always on Time and What's Luv made the top 10 in one week. Her second album, Chapter 2, has been released to critical acclaim and most recently Ashanti has appeared in the highly popular television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. She also is co-starring with Samuel L Jackson in the upcoming feature, All Day Long.
New Yorker Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas launched her R&B career in 1994. "She wrote all twelve tracks on her debut album, Ashanti. Her songs Foolish, Always on Time and What's Luv made the top 10 in one week. "Her second album Chapter 2 has just been released. "Ashanti has appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and co-stars with Samuel L Jackson in the forthcoming feature All Day Long.
Crew
GURINDER CHADHA (Director, Producer, Writer)
"She a little mini party on her own." Indira Varma. "I want to bring traditional Bollywood into Western homes and Western hearts."
- Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha began her career as a BBC news reporter. She went on to direct award-winning documentaries for the BFI, BBC and Channel Four. Her debut feature Bhaji on the Beach won the jury prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, received a BAFTA Nomination for Best British Film (1994) and won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Newcomer to British Cinema. Her second feature What's Cooking? was the opening night film of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and was voted joint audience award-winner in the New York Film Critics' 2000 season. Gurinder won Best British Director at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards. Gurinder's Bend It Like Beckham was a UK box-office smash taking over £11 million. A critical and commercial success internationally, it topped box-office charts in the U.S, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and South Africa. Bend It Like Beckham won the audience favourite film awards at the Locarno, Sydney and Toronto film festivals. The film also garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film, a European Film Academy nomination for Best Film, and a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Gurinder Chadha began her career as a BBC news reporter. "She went on to direct award-winning documentaries for the BFI, BBC and Channel Four. "Her debut feature Bhaji on the Beach won the jury prize at Locarno, received a BAFTA Nomination for Best British Film [1994] and Gurinder won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Newcomer to British Cinema. "Her second feature What's Cooking? was the opening night film of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and was voted joint audience award winner in the New York Film Critics' 2000 season. Gurinder won Best British Director at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards. "Bend It Like Beckham was a UK box-office smash taking over £11 million. A critical and commercial success internationally, it topped box-office charts in the U.S, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and South Africa. Bend It won audience favourite film awards at the Locarno, Sydney and Toronto film festivals. A Golden Globe Nomination for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), a BAFTA Nomination for Best British Film, a European Film Academy Nomination for Best Film, and a Writers Guild of America Nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
DEEPAK NAYAR (Producer)
"We're making something really innovative. No one, anywhere in the world is doing anything like this."
- Deepak Nayar
Deepak began working as a production manager with Merchant Ivory on Heat and Dust. Subsequent collaborations include work with David Lynch as Assistant Director on the television sensation Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the feature Wild at Heart and as producer on Lost Highway. Deepak also produced Wim Wenders' The End of Violence and The Buena Vista Social Club. After working together on Bend It Like Beckham, he and Gurinder have become firm friends - Deepak and Gurinder are producing Mistress of Spices, which will be the directorial debut of writer Paul Mayeda Berges.
Deepak began working as a production manager with Merchant Ivory on Heat and Dust. "Subsequent collaborations include work with David Lynch [Assistant Director Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [1992], Wild at Heart [1990] and producer on Lost Highway]. And Wim Wenders [Producer The End of Violence and The Buena Vista Social Club]. "This is the first time he and Gurinder have worked together - but now firm friends - it's not going to be their last. Deepak is producing her next feature Mistress of Spices.
PAUL MAYEDA BERGES (Writer)
"Bollywood is a very non-cynical cinema - it's incredible."
- Paul Mayeda Berges
"When Bollywood gets it right - it's incredible." Paul
Bride & Prejudice is the third film written by Paul and Gurinder. Their first collaboration was What's Cooking?-the first British script to be invited to the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab. It was nominated for Best British Screenplay at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards. Paul is the former Director of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. He will next make his directorial debut with Mistress of Spices, starring Aishwarya Rai.
SANTOSH SIVAN (Director of Photography)
"Santosh is the best cinematographer in India and certainly one of the top DOP's in the world. I knew he could blend a glamorous rich Bollywood flavour with Western visual storytelling techniques."
- " Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder. "He told me he agreed to do the film because I used one word to describe the kind of movie I wanted to make. The word was 'affectionate." Gurinder.
Santosh is one of India's premiere directors of photography. His credits include Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities, Tehzeeb, Asoka - which he directed as well - Marudha Naayagam, Theeviravadhi, Fiza, Phir Bhi Dir Hai Hindustanti. Santosh has also gained acclaim for his directorial work on Theeviravaathi, The Terrorist, Malli and Halo.
DOP credits since 2000: Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities [2004], Tehzeeb [2003], Asoka [2001], Marudha Naayagam [2000], Theeviravadhi [2000], Fiza [2000], Phir Bhi Dir Hai Hindustanti [2000]. "Work as a director: Asoka [2001], Theeviravaathi [2000], The Terrorist [1999], Malli [1998], Halo [1997].
JUSTIN KRISH (Editor)
Currently, Justin is editing Kirk Jones' Nanny McPhee, starring Emma Thompson. His previous credits include Bend it Like Beckham, Al's Lads, Sorted, Green Fingers, Beautiful People, The Life of Stuff and Silent Scream for which Justin won Best Editor at the Atlantic Film Festival. He was also Associate Editor on Shekhar Kapur's OscarR-winning Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and Joseph Fiennes
Film credits include: Currently working on Emma Thompson's film Nanny McPhee [2004]. Bend it Like Beckham, Al's Lads, Sorted, Green Fingers, Beautiful People, The Life of Stuff and Silent Scream. "TV credits include: Carla [ITV], Watermelon [ITV]. "Won Best Editor at the Atlantic Film Festival for Silent Scream. Associate Editor on Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth.
NICK ELLIS (Production Designer)
Nick was the Production Designer on Bend it Like Beckham and OscarR winning short Killing Joe (Mehdi Norowzian)
Film credits include: Bend it Like Beckham and Oscar winning short Killing Joe [Mehdi Norowzian].
CRAIG PRUESS (Composer)
Pruess runs Heaven and Earth Music, a publishing, record & production company and has worked with Joe Cocker, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Manic Street Preachers, Def Leppard, Cutting Crew, Dire Straits and Elton John.
His film credits include Bend it Like Beckham, Bhaji on the Beach, What's Cooking?, A Little Princess, Golden Eye, Hear My Song and Funny Bones.
Film credits include: Bend it Like Beckham, Bhaji on the Beach, What's Cooking? A Little Princess, Golden Eye, Hear My Song and Funny Bones. "Pruess runs Heaven and Earth Music, a publishing, record & production company and has worked with Joe Cocker, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Manic Street Preachers, Def Leppard, Cutting Crew, Dire Straits and Elton John.
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