Movie review - "Bride and Prejudice" (2005) **1/2

The world of Jane Austen adapts comfortably to Indian society - no kissing, and lots of class division, with mum worried about marrying off her three daughters. It's bright and colourful and a bit dim with some not very memorable songs - the lead girls are all stunners and it is good natured with a lot of Austen's dark stuff removed (even the idiot sister comes to realise the bad man is bad by the end). All the shots of the male torsos here indicate the "female gaze" from its director.