The Culture Club (Film: Bride and Prejudice) March 13, 2011

This is the next study session in a series of culture studies where something from the media (e.g. a book, a film, a music album) is discussed from a Christian perspective but the session is for people of all faiths and people of no faith at all who want to explore the message behind the media.

The session will start at 5:30pm when we will watch the film on the big screen in Madisons Cafe and then discuss the film from 7:30pm.

There is no charge for this event and is open to all. The DVD is certificate 12. Info about that classification @ http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/12a12.

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The following summary is taken from the Damaris study guide @ http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=1&id=214:

Bride and Prejudice is a modern re-make of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice with a Bollywood twist. The story centres around the Bakshi family and their four daughters who live in a run-down mansion in Amritsar, India. The domineering Mrs Bakshi (Nadira Babbar) wants nothing more than to see her four daughters married off, with the eldest daughter Jaya (Namrate Shirodka) the first in line. When Mr Balraj (Naveen Andrews) arrives from the UK to attend his best friend’s wedding, he and Jaya fall in love. The second Bakshi daughter – Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) – is not so flattered when Balraj’s best friend, the American hotelier Will Darcy (Martin Henderson), pays her attention. She finds him too proud and his comments about the backward state of India upset her. Instead, Lalita is charmed by Jonny Wickham (Daniel Gillies), who actively embraces Indian culture and even comes to stay with the Bakshi family. However, Wickham is not the man of honour that he appears to be, and his affections take a turn towards another of the Bakshi girls. Meanwhile, Lalita is trying to escape the affections of Los Angeles resident Mr Kholi (Nitin Ganatra), whose hilarious ideas about marriage and complete lack of self-awareness add humour to the story.

Bride and Prejudice takes the audience from India, through London and on to Los Angeles. It is an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza; a colourful Bollywood movie written for western audiences to enjoy. However, it also remains true to Austen’s novel and most of the original characters are instantly recognisable in their Indian counterparts. It is a love story for our multi-cultural world.

Previous Sessions
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Previous evenings have looked at "The Hurt Locker" (film), "The Road" (film), "Last Chance Harvey" (film), "Sherrybaby" (film), "The Visitor" (film), "One Day" (book), "LIe To Me" (TV), "Crash" (film), "Helvetica" (film), Athlete's "Black Swan" (music album), Man Dancin' (film), "Looking For Eric" (film), "Rachel Getting Married" (film), "Vantage Point" (film), "Slam" (book), "Black Gold" (fim), "Heima" (Sigur Rós) (film/music), "The Squid and the Whale" (film), "The Bourne Supremacy" (film), "Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling" (book), "Into The Wild" (film), "Atonement" (film), "Iron Man" (film), "The Lives of Others" (film), "Pan's Labyrinth" (film), "Utopian Dreams" (book), "Breaking and Entering" (film), "Little Miss Sunshine" (film), "Evan Almighty" (film), "Babel" (film), "The Zahir" (book), "Paradise Now" (film), "Life on Mars" (TV series), "Collateral" (film), "Arthur and George" (book), "Moulin Rouge" (film), the Robbie Williams album "Intensive Care", "Lost in Translation" (film), "Whale Rider" (film), "The Incredibles" (film), "The Da Vinci Code" (book), the U2 album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" and "Chocolat" (film).