bollywood and Jane Austen...

Its official! Bride & Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha's (Bend it Like Beckham) newest film, is about to be released. Ok, so the Washington Post's review is not glowing, but as the reviewer notes, "...you're not watching "Bride" for narrative structure and precise plot development, are you? No, you're watching it so you can snicker along as Lalita and her sisters decry boorish beaus in "No Wife, No Life" or watch an entire village burst into song as a young bride-to-be dances through a marketplace. Just look at the pretty pictures, and nod your head to the beat..." Jane Austen, eat your heart out! I, for one, think that Jane would love it if she were alive today. She's probably one of literature's finest writers of social satire, and I think she would appreciate Chadha's clever adaptation. Hmmm...methinks maybe Jane Eyre might be next...