Bride and Prejudice by Gurinder Chadda offered a few well-cherished smiles this weekend!The funny take on the matrimonial process in India was a treat to watch mainly because I was able to relate well to the digs taken at both the Indian families and the NRI guys!But the story seemed to fit much into the year 2020 time period wherein it would have been apt to display the way this movie portrayed the Indian families having no reservations against marrying their daughters off to any phirangi fellow,ranging from Brits to the Americans,encompassing the green card holding confused desi junta too!
The songs seemed to be out of place due to the 'sound of music' like interlacing of songs and dialogues with no real demarcation between the scenes!The music,which screamed of its Indianness seemed to have been majorly screwed around with random English words,although one particular song seemed to very funny with the American people ranging from the Baywatch junta to the African American church Choir people humming to the punjabi beats!
The movie portrayed a colourful India and wonderfully dressed desis in every frame,but it lacked the depth everytime Aishwarya Rai tried to justify the cultural significance and beauty of India.Aishwarya Rai seemed to speak a passable accent of English and yet again reminded that she lacked some kind of a natural instinct while acting.It did seem to be a well rehearsed effort from the start till the end.The hero of the movie played his role with ease,although he failed to represent the normal american guy who you might see here in the U.S.A!
The Kohli Sahab character seemed to be a funny element in the movie,quite successfully exaggerating the ABCD outlook!Some of his mannerisms,albiet evoking some laughter,made it look horrible!
Overall a decent timepass movie for the Indian audience.Not at all a good example to showcase India in front of the entire world as a poor country laden with desperate girls ready to forsake their families and culture just to get married to white men!
-Raapi
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