Lalita Bakshi is a young woman living in Amritsar, India with her family. The family is invited to a friend's wedding ceremony, where Lalita meets Will Darcy, a handsome and wealthy American who is a long-time friend of the Indian-British barrister Balraj, and Balraj's sister Kiran. Balraj is instantly attracted to Lalita's eldest sister Jaya and likewise, Darcy is attracted to Lalita. During the wedding reception, Lalita takes a disliking to Darcy but when Balraj invites Jaya to Goa, Mr. Bakshi asks Lalita to go with them and she eventually agrees to do so. In Goa, Lalita and Darcy clash over their ideas on men and women and India's economic future. Later that night on the beach, Lalita meets Johnny Wickham, Darcy's former friend from London, and he validates her low opinion of Darcy.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance |
Country: | India, United Kingdom, United States, France |
Produced By: | Pravesh Sahni, Deepak Nayar, FranÇOis Ivernel, Brigitte Mueller, Michelle Fox, Cameron Mccracken, Tabrez Noorani, Duncan Reid, Gurinder Chadha |
Directed By: | Gurinder Chadha |
Written By: | Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Jane Austen |
Cast: | Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Nadira Babbar, Naveen Andrews, Martin Henderson, Anupam Kher, Indira Varma, Anu Malik, Neal Orion, Marsha Mason, Sonali Kulkarni, Daniel Gillies, Nitin Ganatra, Mellan Mitchell, Alexis Bledel, Ashanti, Meghna Kothari, Georgina Chapman, Shivani Ghai, Harvey Virdi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rick Warden, Michael Dotson, Ray Donn, Rahul Nath, Namrata Shirodkar, Peter Rnic |
In Theaters: | Mar 11, 2005 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Production: | Pathé Pictures International, UK Film Council, Kintop Pictures, Bend It Films, Inside Track Films |
Budget: | $7,000,000 |
Box Office: | $6,605,592 |
Available On: | Amazon, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |