Books, tv, etc.

Bride and Prejudice

starring Aishwarya Rai as Lalita/Lizzie and Martin Henderson as William Darcy

I’ve seen this before, but it was on tv the other night and I caught the opening number.

Yes, cheesiness but so entertaining. If you are a Pride and Prejudice fan I recommend it for kicks. The Bennets are reimagined as the Bakshi family with one less sister (Kitty is nowhere to be found). It was great to see Naveen Andrews (Balraj/Mr. Bingley) dance and sing like ‘an Indian MC Hammer’ in the opening number when his role as Sayid on Lost is so serious. The cobra dance by Maya, the equivalent of Mary’s piano playing and singing – priceless. Also fun was the ‘No life, without wife’ number (phrase coined by Mr. Kohli/Mr. Collins).