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SCOOP!! & NEWS ‘Austen-tacious’ Bollywood ‘Bride’ gets mixed reviews in UK06th Oct 2004 19.02 IST By Aparajita Ghosh Gurinder Chadha’s ‘ Bride and Prejudice ’ is getting mixed reviews in UK. Some critics lauded the movie for its adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel into a colorful Indian setting, while others opined that the film is not half good as the real thing by Austen. After an Austen-tacious (read ostentatious) premiere in London, Aishwarya Rai , Martin Hendersen starrer ‘Bride and Prejudice’ is subjected to the scrutiny of critics. 
The BBC gave the movie four out of five stars but also remarked on the lack of chemistry between Ash and Hendersen. As quoted, the two “did not generate the electricity quite befitting their suppressed passion.” But, the review said, the “inherent charm (of the story) wins out over their characters' foibles." The movie’s preview at website icwales, goes on to say that while “English literature professors may be shaking their heads in disapproval…the mainstream audiences will be treated to the lip-synched musical spectaculars of Bollywood at its cheesiest.” Another website empireonline.co.uk expressed the apprehension that the movie “may prove rather too Bollywood and not enough of a fusion, and Austen may not mesh terribly well with musical numbers. Still, with its good-looking cast and Bollywood influences, ‘Bride and Prejudice’ should look fabulous.” More unsparing criticism was forthcoming from another British site futuremovies.co.uk which, although, called the movie spectacular and resplendent in look but also criticized it for being too conservative and gaudy. The site also commented about the lack of chemistry between Ash and Martin. Other British critics accuse the film of taking too much cinematic liberty in telling Austen’s story. (The conflict between Darcy and Elizabeth in the original was the result of their different social standings, but in ‘Bride and Prejudice’ the conflict arises because of the cross cultures of the two leading characters.) However, Gurinder Chadha is adamant that the themes of Jane Austen's timeless novel – which was voted by the British public as one of their favorite books in a recent BBC poll - are a perfect fit for a 21st-century, Bollywood-style film. | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Dostana – Movie Preview and Slideshow ~ Salman Khan won't promote 'Hello' ~ John gifts Bipasha an expensive Gucci bag ~ Sonam Kapoor to act in her dad's film ~ Kamal Haasan's 'Marmayogi' has five heroines ~ The question that upset Aishwarya Rai ~ Now, a Shahrukh Khan Boulevard in Dubai ~ Katrina Kaif too busy for the small screen ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Preity Zinta visits Vaishno Devi ~ Aamir Khan to be felicitated at Asian film festival ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Drona, Kidnap, Welcome To Sajjanpur, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Hulla, The Last Lear, 1920, Ru-Ba-Ru, A Wednesday, Rock On, Phoonk, Chamku, Dostana , Hello , Horn Ok Pleassss , Golmaal Returns MUSIC Drona , Kidnap celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | more... POPULAR WALLPAPERS Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Salman Khan | Aishwarya Rai | Shahrukh Khan | Akshay Kumar | Kareena Kapoor | Ranbir Kapoor | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Mallika Sherawat | Rani Mukherjee | Hrithik Roshan | Vidya Balan | Amrita Rao | Genelia D'Souza | Sneha Ullal | Riya Sen | Preity Zinta | Bipasha Basu | Minissha Lamba | Ayesha Takia | Imran Khan | Nigar Khan | John Abraham | Sherlyn Chopra MOVIE TRAILERS & VIDEOS Drona | Kidnap | Hello | Fashion | EMI | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Raat Gayi Baat Gayi | Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai | Aashayein | Paathshaala | Dostana | Toonpur Ka Superhero | Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi | Rang Rasiya | Chal Chala Chal | Heroes | Karzz | Horn Ok Please | Golmaal Returns | Ghajini | Yuvvraaj | Kambakth Ishq | Dil Kabaddi | Billoo Barber | | 
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