Sensory Thinking

'Bride and prejudice' by Gurind Chanda uses many film techniques to convey and evoke the audience's senses of 'different worlds.' Through the use of music and costume, Chanda sets the mood for the audience, and uses these effective techniques to place his audience 'into' the movie. Our hearing and visual senses are the two used when watching a film, and evidently the techniques appeal to both of these.

The music at the beginning of scenes or events, subliminally tells the audience where they are culturally. The music also tells the audience a perspective or view that they are being put in- hence putting the audience into the scene and setting the mood of one type of world. When we view the perspective, lifestyle and traditions of Lalita, most of the scenes begin with traditional Indian music, for example when they are celebrating the wedding of Lalita's friend. From this scene we can extract that we are witnessing Indian tradition, culture and celebration. In contrast, when Lalita and her family travel to the US and America, we are presented with contemporary music, showing that the perspective and view is from the eastern civilisation. The film appeals to our hearing sense, and the american music foreshadows that we will eventually witness the tradition, culture and lifestyle of east. When Lalita, Darcy, Jonni, Jaya and Balraj attend the Indian 'night-life' we are appealed because we are hearing both eastern and western traditions combined. We are evoked into this scene because we are viewing the effect of one world onto another as well as seeing the contemporary aspects of Indian life. We re-witness contemporary aspects of Indian life when Lalita, Darcy, Jaya, Balraj and Keiran visit the island of Goa. In the opening scene of this segment, the music is a combination of Indian and Hawiian music, showing the audience yet another contemporary aspect of Indian life. Evidently, we can state that music evokes our sense of hearing through the film of Bride and Prejudice as it sets the theme of each different world.

Costume and setting plays a vital role in Bride and Prejudice as it evokes the audience's visual senses. Similarly to music, costume sets theme, tradition, culture and perspectives in each. When the protagonists have the advantage in their flamed relationship, we can not help but notice that they are set in their own society. For example when Lalita tends to seem most of her arguments with Darcy, she is set in India. However, when Darcy seems to win over Lalita, we are set in modernised civilisation. Overall, we can see that through film techniques this movie appeals to two of the main senses, visual and hearing, to evoke a sense of many different worlds.

Gurinder Chadha uses many film techniques in her movie Bride and Prejudice. These film techniques are used to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ in our viewing of the movie. It helps us understand and achieve an idea about Orientalism as opposed to the West.

In the film we see many examples of the sight element of sensory thinking. Through wide camera shots in the opening scene, we see the female protagonist, Lalita, in expanses of green crop in the Indian countryside which contrasts with the close up shots of Darcy arriving into the hustle and bustle of city India. The wide shots of Lalita show space and comfort, being in her country of origin she is totally suited to the setting whereas Darcy, the male protagonist is awkward and unsuited in the Oriental setting he has been thrown in to. Costumes are also a way Gurinder Chadha has used sight in her creation of the film. In the wedding celebration scene Darcy is clothed in Indian garments of white colouring. The white colour shows the innocence of Darcy towards Indian culture, it also shows his discomfort and inability to fit in. Therefore sight is used to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ in the film Bride and Prejudice.

The sense of sound is used by Gurinder Chadha to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ in the film. It helps to establish setting and contrast between East and West. In the opening scene of the movie, we have some beautiful traditional Indian music. This helps to establish the location of the movie and some ideas that perhaps these are traditional Indians rather than the modernised generation taking over the country. Also, at the Goa Beach scene we see Indian holiday goers dancing on the beach to Superstylin’ by Groove Armada which is a quite well known clubbing song from England. This represents the overlap of East and West in the modernisation of traditional Indian culture.

Sight and Sound are two senses used by Gurinder Chadha to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ in her film Bride and Prejudice. They are effective in establishing ideas and opinions in the area of multiculturalism concerning the Orient, America and England. Thus is can be said that Gurinder Chadha’s use of sensory thinking helps us the audience to appreciate different worlds.

Bollywood movies use techniques such as music and colours along with setting as shown in various scenes allowing us to find Bollywood interesting as it is very different to westernised culture.

‘No Life Without Wife’, has a catchy tune which is simple to memorise and the lyrics along with title are a hint into the traditional aspects of Indian ethnicity, that is that women are expected to get married and love is supposed to grow subsequent to their marriage. Sound is used express and further present detailed meaning to improve and assist the audiences understanding as to the specific events occurring through certain period of the film or particular emotions. Bollywood movies typically are also “musicals” which further enhances the responders understanding of the content.

Colour is appealed towards us, however it also appeals our tactile sense towards the concept of different worlds, being produced by Gurinda Chadha. As through colour of traditional Eastern India, the colours of celebrations are various as scene in the marriage scenes giving an introduction to the Indian culture, it gives a visual imagery of how together everyone in the community’s colours really portray the country of India. Colour also creates mood within the film, as through the use of what the protagonist wears sometimes may also correspond to their mood and emotion within the scene, for example when darcy is wearing indian clothes he is wearing white for the first time, white symbolises pure, vulnerable and feeling uncomfortable. Colour also displays tradition, for throughout wedding scenes, the bride wears red which is traditional within the Eastern culture, whereas in Britain the woman would wear white. Colours represent diversity

Through the use of setting Gurinder Chadha evokes the concept of different worlds, throughout the film, the protagonists are not all situated in one place, they are eventually in different parts of India and also travel to London and LA. This gives an introduction or invitation towards new surrounding, therefore conveying towards the audience, the community being a whole, the setting also portrays the old housing and how India isn’t as wealthy as America. Therefore it reveals the atmosphere of India is so traditional and everyone in the community knows each other. However, in London and LA, the settings are visualized as such a modern society, of wealth, also shows the developed country it is. The shots of the settings of America, we can easily see that it isn’t as traditional as India. This technique establishes towards the audience different feels and atmospheres to the two different worlds.

Gurinder Chadha creates for us a different world that appeals to our senses making us feel apart of the different worlds.

The 2005 film ‘Bride and Prejudice’ directed by Gurinda Chadha creates a different world by appealing to the senses producing a complete sensory connection with the audience. This connection is made through film techniques such as colour, costumes, setting, music and lyrics which heighten the traditional Bollywood feel and create meaning for the viewer.

Visual imagery is a pivotal part of all Bollywood films, including ‘Bride and Prejudice’ as it allows the viewer to gain insight into the culture of India and the characters in the film. This is seen through techniques such as setting and colour in ‘Bride and Prejudice’. During the scene in the streets of Amritsar, where the sisters are celebrating Jaya’s likely marriage to Balraj, visual senses are extremely heightened by the colourful costumes and streetscape of the markets. The range of colour in the scene demonstrates how diverse Indian culture is, however it also shows that it is still unified and in harmony. Not only this, but the setting of the streets of Amritsar gives the viewer a sense of different worlds by illustrating the dissimilar nature of India to western culture. This is in complete contrast to the setting of the Goa beach resort, as Chadha uses visual images to communicate to the viewer how westernised parts of India had become, also establishing that different worlds can be evident within only one culture.

Appealing to the responder's aural senses is also crucial in Bollywood films such as ‘Bride and Prejudice’. This is seen through techniques such as music and lyrics which effectively highlight traditions in Indian culture and show the forming relationships between the protagonists. The song ‘Take Me to Love’ is used very effectively throughout the movie – as it highlights separation and sadness as well as joy and love. A simple change in the beat of the song transforms it from the depressing song used to create an understanding of the heartbreak felt by both Jaya and Lalita to a song celebrating the joys of being in love. The lyrics (in the upbeat context) ‘lost in the twilight of your eyes, show me that world, take me to love’ illustrate the love that the two protagonists from different worlds feel for each other. The use of music and lyrics in these two juxtaposed scenes effectively evokes a sense of different worlds for the viewer, as Chadha shows how two different worlds can come together harmoniously as one.

Hence, it is evident through Gurinda Chadha’s use of film techniques such as colour, costumes, setting, music and lyrics that Bollywood films such as ‘Bride and Prejudice’ create a different world by appealing to the audience’s senses.

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The movie Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinda Chanda appeals to our senses through many characters, dialogue, setting and film techniques which evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ through engaging scenes.
Bride and Prejudice opening introduces our senses to the intriguing scenes of a different country to our own culture but subtly shows similarities with the airport and traffic jam. It then starts to demonstrate the cultural differences through scenes and dialogue. It quickly identifies the stereotype American who considers Indian and Indians to be culturally and intellectually inferior. This offends my sense of fair play and draws me towards the daughter who cleverly evens things out with her smart responses to his patronising attitude.
The film seems to move along slowly until a shopping trip by three girls suddenly explodes on our senses with extravagant sight and sound. The amazing colour range as the scene develops is like a rainbow coming to life. Then our vision is further developed by the addition of more people in traditional colourful clothing. The excitement of the scene is enhanced by the addition of singing and dancing which completes the whole scene.
The film reaches a stage where we think that it is a trite “feel good” film when the director introduces some intrigue and undercurrents through the development of some of the characters. Attitudes start to change when some people start to realise that their views may not correct. Humour is introduced and maintained through an Indian, Mr Kholi who has moved to Los Angeles and made a reasonable fortune. He is shown as the stereotype bumbling comic Indian. His appearances always lighten the story line.
Through music and lyrics played in the film, an aural appeal to the viewer and the mood during the scene are given. This is evident when Gurinda Chadha uses the same song several times in the movie, but at different tempo’s to show the changing emotions between the characters. This technique works very well as we get a feel of their moods and the song becomes recognisable and makes the scene very easy to understand.
In conclusion Gurinda Chadha uses setting, lighting, costumes and music to engage the audience's senses and to connect them with the characters and places shown in the movie. We see the contrast in cultures therefore introducing to the audience a ‘different world’.

The film, Bride and Prejudice, by Gurinda Chadha, creates different worlds for the audience by appealing towards our sense. Our senses are exposed through different aspects within the film, such as setting, colour, music, speech and camera shots. These aspects appeal towards are sense of oral, visual and tactile sensory, through the use of many techniques, scenes and dialogue within the film, displaying different worlds of the Eastern Indian culture and the Western American culture.
Through the use of setting, it appeals towards our visual sense, as Gurinder Chadha evokes the concept of different worlds. As throughout the whole film, the protagonists are not all situated in one place, they are eventually in different parts of India and also travel to London and LA. Through the use of wide angled shots and aerial shots, each setting is introduced towards us, to evoke different worlds, as through many shots of each place, it reveals towards our visual sense, an introduction or invitation towards the new surroundings. Therefore it conveys the meanings of different worlds, as in India, it conveys towards the audience, the community being a whole, and the streets being packed, farms of India, the setting also portrays the old housing and how India isn’t as wealthy as America. Therefore it reveals the atmosphere of such a traditional setting, of as the country is so small, the communities are so well known and everyone is friends with everyone. However, in London and LA, the settings are visualized as such a modern society, of wealth, also shows the developed country it is. The shots of the settings of America, we can easily see that it isn’t as traditional as India. This technique establishes towards the audience different feels and atmospheres to the two different worlds.
Colour is another visual sensory being appealed towards us, however it also appeals our tactile sense towards the concept of different worlds, being produced by Gurinda Chadha. As through colour of traditional Eastern India, the colours of celebrations throughout the scene of the before marriage party were various, and it gave an introduction towards the Indian culture once again, through the different colours, it gives a visual imagery of how together everyone in the community is, and also how these colours really portray the country of India. Colour also creates mood and tension within the film, as through the use of what the protagonist wears sometimes may also correspond to their mood and emotion within the scene, for example within the scene of when Darcy was wearing white and Lalita was wearing red, both protagonists were arguing, as Darcy unintentionally talks about India as having the marriage concept all wrong, towards Lalita. The colour of white establishes Darcy’s innocence and also ignorance, whereas Lalita wearing red portrays her frustration and anger. Colour also displays tradition, for throughout wedding scenes, the bride wears red which is traditional within the Eastern culture, whereas in Britain the woman would wear white.
Music and speech being produced within the film by Gurinda Chadha is appealing towards the audience due to their oral senses. Throughout the film music, is essential, as throughout Bollywood films music creates mood, emotions and atmosphere, also establishes many traditions. Throughout the film, Gurinda Chadha in the scene of the celebration before marriage of Jaya and Lalita’s friend the music in which introduces the Indian women and the Indian men were placed within the film to give the audience a better feel of what Indian culture is like. Also throughout the film, as London or LA are being introduced, the producer places in English music, to allow the audience to be properly introduced and also allowing them to get prepare on where the film is heading towards, these Western parts of the world.
Speech is also appealed towards the oral sense towards the audience, as through speech we can clearly identify the protagonist’s intentions and thoughts also their personality. Dialogue also introduces many tension and emotion through conversations. For example, within the airport scene where Lalita says “no mama, first class goes in first” and where Darcy is placed on a high angle shot showing he’s wealth and superior status and also the Bakshi family in a low angle shot showing inferiority, this dialogue and camera shot differentiates towards the audience the two different worlds, where Eastern Indian culture are poor and the Western American culture are wealthy. Also another particular similar example will be when Lalita says “We may not have your families money but that does not make us inferior to you” she uses a strong and deep tone, standing up to her intention on what she thinks Darcy really believes. The dialogue throughout the film, appeal towards the audience by oral sense, as they enable us to feel the emotion and tension throughout the characters words.
Therefore Gurinda Chadha, through this film Bride and Prejudice appeals towards the audience’s sense to distinguish the sense of “different worlds”.

Gurinda Chadha’s film Bride and Prejudice creates the concept of a different world and is appealed to the responders through senses. The Bollywood movie allows us to further understand this idea using techniques such as music and colours along with lighting as shown in various scenes.

Music, as in most Bollywood films, plays a very important role in Bride and Prejudice, creating insight into both the Indian culture and characters. The use of music allows the audience to understand the protagonist and various characters’ thoughts as well as creating the mood of the scene and characters. The song ‘Marriage Comes to Town’ creates a cheerful mood through the use of an upbeat tempo and lyrics. The tempo changes throughout the song starting slow while the three girls talk about not seeing each other anymore however abruptly quickens showing the changing moods throughout the song. The responders come to realise that the Indian town of Amritsar hold pride for the bride in this song through the lyrics “you’re the golden girl, the centre of the world” while the natural lighting produced by the sun creates a layback atmosphere. Through these techniques, Gurinda Chadha has created a different world for the audience by appealing to the senses of sight and sound.

The use of colours in the Chadha film allows the audience to understand various moods in scenes and emotions felt by the characters at the time. The predominant colour in the scene of Will Darcy and Lalita’s date is red which, in this context, symbolises the blossoming love and romance between the two protagonists. It is set in a Mexican restaurant showing that the Los Angeles is multicultural. Red flowers, drapes and various objects in corporation with the dimming lights help set the atmosphere. In another scene including the protagonists, the personalities of characters can be determined through the colour of the clothes. At Kholi’s wedding, Lalita is introduced to Darcy’s ‘girlfriend’ who is wearing a yellow, western dress. This symbolises that she has the character of being untruthful and cowardice. In the same scene, Lalita wears a white Indian dress representing her innocence to the situation. Through these two scenes, it is evident that Chadha continuously uses colour and lighting throughout the scene to create a different world for the audience.

It is evident that, through the movie Bride and Prejudice, Gurinda Chadha has created a different world through the use of music, colours and lighting by appealing to the audience’s senses.

Through her portrayal of the movie ‘Bride and Prejudice’ the director Gurinda Chada has effectively presented the audience with a film full of sensory content and the notion of establishing ‘different worlds’ allowing and assisting the viewers ability to distinguish the vivid sensory senses of sight and sound. Through her superior abilities she ultimately establishes the basis of which the movie has been created, following that of a traditionally contemporary Bollywood themed film which however possess a seemingly evident Western influence.

Through the use of her sighted senses she presents to the audience a colourfully enticing film, which is further exemplified through the use of specific camera angles and shots to further establish and portray the feelings and emotions of the characters. Specifically the relationship between the protagonist Darcy and antagonist Lalita, using commonplace shots to capture facial expressions. For example the use of close, medium and pan shots to present the differentiation of opinion between characters. While her use of sight sensory thinking is also represented through her ability to depict and relate the comparison and therefore evident contrasting factors between both the Western and Eastern cultures in a somewhat humorous and atypical genre.
This opinion can be most evidently demonstrated through the scene where Balraj brings Darcy to his first Indian wedding party. It through this initial scene where the audience is presented with the ability to familiarise themselves with the character of William Darcy and it is here where initial feelings of contempt and cultural prejudice emerge on his part.

This opinion can be further portrayed through Chada’s incorporation and inclusion of the vivid Indian cultural wealth represented through the colourful attire worn by each of the participants, the atypical Hindi music including ‘Punjabi Wedding Song’. Here we establish the feeling of unity, however through Darcy decision to wear a seemingly plain outfit, sarcastic remarks and ability to associate with the community opinions of prejudice begin to form. However she makes the evident link between the differences and opinions held by each Lalita and Darcy, while also making evident the somewhat evident differences, colourful and vibrant Indian culture and blandly strict evolvement of Americanism which at the end of the day ultimately separates these lovers.

On the other hand the film also possesses an appealing factor through the specific use of musical content hence incorporated. Sound is used convey and further provide detailed meaning to somewhat enhance and benefit the audiences understanding as to the specific events occurring through a certain duration of the film or particular emotions. Without the incorporation of musical and audio content would leave the responder somewhat confused about the specific meaning or emotions felt by the character in response to a specific quote. One could say that through the use of sound the responder’s understanding of the content is enhanced.

Hence we can observe the director Gurinda Chada has effectively portrayed a movie which established the connection between the themes of ‘different worlds’, ultimately appealing to each of our sensory thinking senses.

Bollywood creates a different world for the audience by appealing to our senses. The director, Gurinda Chadha, constructs this for the viewer through music, lighting and colours used in the various movie scenes.
An example of how Bollywood appeals to our senses is the restaurant scene in L.A where Lalita and Darcy are having a romantic Mexican dinner. The main colour used in this scene is red- representing romance, passion and love. This appeals to our senses because it adds to the sense of romance that is being portrayed, and sends us the message that Lalita and Darcy are slowly falling in love. Another example of how Bollywood appeals to our senses is the scene at Goa, when Lalita and Darcy are at opposite ends of the beach whilst the sun is setting. This is designed to show us that the sun is setting on their relationship, and they are at complete opposite ends of the beach. Gurindha Chadha constructs this for the viewer through the use of colour in this scene by having yellows and blues everywhere, and having darker colours throughout the scene to emphasise sadness and loss.
A third example of how Bollywood appeals to our senses is the repetitive use of the theme song of the movie. This song has many different versions played in different parts of the movie. The same song has been used to denote sadness, separation and love. It is used when Lalita is dreaming about marrying Darcy, to show separation from him and how much she dislikes him. It is used again when Darcy and Balraj have left India and have not kept in contact with Jaya and Lalita. Again, it is used in the Mexican restaurant scene, when Lalita and Darcy are running through the water, to emphasise the love they feel for each other. This is how music appeals to our senses to create a different world for us. The music in the film is used to portray what different worlds the two main characters are from. This can be seen through both the Indian version of the main song, and also the slightly more Westernised version of it used when Darcy is in the scenes.
Another example of how Bollywood appeals to our senses to create a different world is through lighting. Gurinda Chadha very cleverly uses lighting in her scenes to denote emotions and create the scene for the viewer. For example, the lighting in the scene when Lalita is dreaming of marrying Darcy is very dark and gloomy, and shows how Lalita imagines America to be, dark and full of evil men. Another example is in the scene at the dance, when Darcy asks Lalita to dance but she prefers Wickham, the lighting is very bright and there are many colours cast onto the ground and walls, to emphasise the different cultures that they are from.
In conclusion, Bollywood does create a different world for the viewer through appealing to the senses. Gurinda Chadha is particularly skilled at this, through her use of music, lighting and colours throughout the film.