Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice on DVD’

Jane Austen Meets Bollywood – A DVD Review of Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice is Gurinder Chadha’s 2004  attempt to fuse Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Bollywood glitz, British satire and Hollywood schmaltz into a single film. The movie follows Lalita (Bollywood goddess Aishwarya Rai) in the Elizabeth Bennet role, who in this adaptation is a middle-class Indian girl with three sisters (presumably four would have [...]

1980 Pride and Prejudice; A DVD review of the BBC TV adaptation

This adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, still available on DVD, was produced and shown on the BBC in 1980 and aired on PBS Masterpiece Theater the following year. Directed by Cyril Coke, it remains a favorite of Jane Austen purists even now – 29 years after its production. This Pride and prejudice dramatization certainly shows [...]