Bride & Prejudice

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1. #001

   Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gained about 20 kilos for this film because she felt it was more appropriate for her character not to look like a model and to be given a more realistic appearance.

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2. #002

   This was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's first entirely English-language film.

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3. #003

   According to Gurinder Chadha, Ashanti's appearance in the film is a tribute to the Bollywood tradition in which a celebrity makes a small appearance to perform a song that has no direct bearing on the plot. The other characters do not interact with the celebrity; instead they are seen in the crowd enjoying the number.

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4. #004

   The thick green book Lalita opens at the Goa pool belongs to Jane Austen.

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5. #005

   The phrase "No life without wife" is an old saying of Gurinder Chadha's father.

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6. #006

   The filming of the Punjabi wedding song and dance sequence took six days.

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7. #007

   This film is at least the second Jane Austen adaptation to be transplanted to the Indian subcontinent. The other was the Tamil version of Sense and Sensibility titled Kandukondain Kandukondain, whose Telugu version was called I Have Found It (2000).

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8. #008

   Ashanti was on tour during the shoot. She had to fly to India during a break to film her role just in time to return to the tour.

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9. #009

   Johnny Depp and Joaquin Phoenix were considered for the role of Darcy.

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10. #010

    Karisma Kapoor was originally offered the role of Lalita.

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11. #011

    Along with many other similarities between Pride and Prejudice and Bride & Prejudice, there are obvious connections between the names. Some of the parallel characters with similar or altered names are: Lalita = similar to Elizabeth Bennet's nickname Lizzy; Jaya = Jane; Lahki = Lydia; Will Darcy = Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr. Kohli = Mr. Collins. Wickham is still Wickham. Even Darcy's sister is named Georgie, compared with Georgianna in Pride and Prejudice.

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12. #012

    Both Martin Henderson and Daniel Gillies grew up in New Zealand.

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13. #013

    The fantasy wedding scene in the 'No Life Without Wife' sequence was shot in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England. This is also the same location used for the exterior scenes of the series The Vicar of Dibley (1994).

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14. #014

    Shah Rukh Khan was offered a role in the film but declined.

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15. #015

    In the kitchen scene where Lalita and Johnny talk, Mellan Mitchell had a line, but it was cut from the film.

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