It doesn’t work on film, however. The transitions into song and dance numbers feel jarring and forced. The movie laughs at, rather than with, its buffoon. Worse, Aishwarya Rai, as the Indian version of Elizabeth Bennet, is neither as fetching nor as interesting as Meghna Kothari as the Indian Mary Bennet – your supporting actors should never fascinate more than your leads!
Nevertheless, Naveen Andrews and Martin Henderson made for a fine Bingley and Darcy, respectively. Further, the picture looks fantastic, with great use of color and sound to illustrate cultures and attitudes. If it could’ve handled the transitions to the production numbers a little better, this picture would’ve had me.
Perhaps if they'd included zombies.
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