Sensory Thinking

Most, in fact all Bollywood films give the audience a chance to be taken away to “another world”. Because the Bollywood film industry is a different culture, it helps that the Bollywood directors use different techniques and ideas to convey the movie properly to us. Watching these films, takes us to a completely different world and we as the audience are able to feel the Indian culture throughout the whole movie. Gurinder Chadha uses things like music, costume, lighting, camera angles and setting changes to illustrate the ideas of a “different world”.
Through the use of music in the film, Chadha is able to create a sense of emotion and mood to the audience. Throughout the film music plays an important role in establishing what’s currently going on in the film and how the characters are feeling. In the beginning of the film, Bollywood music plays in the wedding party scene. This part of the movie highlights the happiness and excitement of the family for the couple. Dancing plays an important role in all Bollywood films, and the Indian culture is shown through its movement. In this particular scene along with the happy up beat music, the audience is also baffled by the wonderful colours present by the characters. Through this song the boys and girls have a chance to sing, both in separate parts. In the song the boys say “Oh these girls are sharp as knives” and the girls say “you’re all talk, all you know is how to tease”. The contrast between these two lines shows the whole idea of the boys and girls in Indian culture. This scene is when the boys and girls look at eachother and flirt their way through. Music plays a vital role in this film, through its use in each scene as it captures emotions such as sadness, anger and happiness. Chadha uses a particular song, in both completely different scenes; however she twists the melody and tempo which then matches with the scene. In one scene the song “take me to love” is played through both sunset and sunrise scenes with Lalita and Darcy. In one scene it is when the two protagonists are completely separated which shows clearly, they’re annoyance with eachother. The next time the song is played is first of all, in a different location, but this time the two protagonists are falling in love, and they are close to eachother. The way the song is translated through its tempo shows the different mood from before.
In the market place scene Chadha uses particularly many different aspects to convey the message of love and marriage. In this scene, the use of props, colours, costumes and also the song plays an important role. The props of this scene include the food and also the way the colours are arranged. Throughout this scene, the colours become dominant and we can see how the costumes are beginning to be in colour coded groups. Chadha uses are sense of sight in this scene by challenging us with the idea of the Indian culture. This scene opens up to us the different statuses in the Indian society such as the transvestites that are shown as happy and jolly characters. However at the same time we also see the message of love and marriage through the song as well.
Gurinder Chadha uses many different techniques to illustrate the message of a “different world” to the audience. Using the sensory method through the film, she captures our attention. The importance of this is that, as the audience we gain a feel of what the characters are going through and how they are currently feeling. Through the use of different camera angles, costume, music, lighting, quotations and many more we are able to see this effectively in the film.

Bollywood is an entirely different world that many of us in the western world are not used to. It is very different from ‘traditional’ Hollywood films, therefore creating for us a different world that appeals to all our senses as the audience and allows us to enjoy Indian culture.

Gurinder Chadha creates a different world for us and appeals to our senses through the music used in the movie. In the song ‘No Life Without Wife’, the catchy tune and the lyric of the song creates a different world for the audience. The title alone ‘no life without wife’ presents to us the traditional aspect of Indian culture that is that women are expected to get married and love is supposed to happen after they are married. It also presents to us the fact that men think that getting married is the ultimate achievement in life and that you are not really living life without a wife. In this scene also, the part where Lalita is dreaming about an English wedding also presents a different world. A traditional Indian girl would want to get married to whoever her parents want her to marry and would have a traditional Indian wedding. However, through costume and setting we see Lalita not want this and therefore presenting a different world through a non-traditional Indian wedding. We see that she ‘dreams of what it would be like to be an overseas bride dressed in white’. This, along with the English country setting and the white wedding dress shows us a different world in Indian culture and therefore for the audience.

We are also presented a different world that appeals to our senses through the settings. In Amritsar we are presented with a different world that we are not used to. It is a world that is set in the country side and is not a developed and westernised as other places in India and other parts of the world. However in Goa, we are presented with an entirely different world yet it is in the same country. While Amritsar was a very working class area and very traditional, Goa is very modernised and westernised. Goa is a beautiful beach scene and is a place which is more built up than other places in India, such as Amritsar. The setting makes us feel like we have been transported to a farming area and a beautiful beach in India. Lalita believes that ‘you can’t go to India without seeing India’ and in that she means that you can’t go to India without seeing places like Amritsar. By just seeing Goa, she is does not believe you are seeing the real India. It is this fact that transports us to a different world through the settings and makes us feel like we are really in India.

Gurinder Chadha and Bollywood create for us a different world that appeals to our senses. This then makes us feel like we are in a different world and creates an enjoyable and educational experience for us ‘westerners’ as the audience.

Every country and city emanates its own unique sounds, smells, ambience, textures and culinary cuisine. Every culture’s music as well the sounds of the streets, its food along with its smell, the sights and images as well as the texture of clothing, sculptures and art, the engagement of all five senses are the key features which define every culture and make it unique. Thus Gurinda Chadha has worked to enhance the cultural experience of the audience through the film Bride and Prejudice by incorporating the unique and vibrant music, sounds, sights, images, clothing and even cuisine of the Indian culture to allow the audience to become feel a part of the culture and ‘different world,’ to the point in which one can almost experience and feel the textures and smells.

In order to evoke the sense of a ‘different world’ Gurinda Chadha has amalgamated all the cultural aspects and features of the Indian culture which evoke virtually all five human senses. The best example in which the film evokes a sense of a ‘different world’ is through the scene in which Belraj brings William Darcy to a wedding party. Being a musical, the film Bride and the Prejudice boasts beautiful and vibrant soundtracks including Hindi songs as well as contemporary English songs. In the wedding party scene the Hindi song “Punjabi wedding song” is played, accompanied by a show of energetic dancing which is common in Bollywood films. The Indian people are too dressed in elaborate traditional clothing which evokes the sight, hearing, in addition to encouraging the audience to dance in their seat. A lot of camera movements, panning and high angle shots are used to illustrate the number of people dancing, to emphasize the celebratory mood as well as the use of zoom and close ups on the faces of the characters to highlight their emotions. The director demonstrates the cultural wealth of the Indian culture by the intricate detail in the colourful costumes, food, spirited choreography, speech in an authentic Indian dialect, pulsating music as well as vibrant sounds.
This creates a festive ambience which appeals massively and profoundly engages the audience as this scene definitely stirs up and enhances the sensation of a ‘different world’.

Another example in the film in which the feeling of a ‘different world’ is evokes through the senses is through the scene in which the Bakshi sisters go to a market place. This scene depicts and emphasizes the importance of the Indian market place, the jobs and its people whilst also delving into the issues of love and marriage. The gorgeous colours in the costumes, setting, food and props evokes the senses of sight as well as visually representing smells, touch and taste. This scene is an example of fusion of music as it depicts dancing typical to Bollywood film, while also incorporating a song sung in English with an Indian tone and cinematic technique as it uses a lot of panning and movement throughout the song to show the dancing as well as close ups on characters’ faces and bodies to accentuate their emotions and choreography.

Thus by evoking and exploiting the five senses Gurinda Chadha has successfully created a movie which transports the audience to a ‘different world’ as it heavily appeals to their senses.

The movie Bride and Prejudice is a very entertaining film which contains many techniques both in literature and in film. The director, Gurinda Chadha has produced a movie which appeals to our senses through many shapes and forms and evokes the sense of how there are more than one ‘worlds’ in the movie. The terminology of ‘worlds’ in this context is not necessarily the idea of a planet but takes form of the variety of cultures, traditions, statuses and even a way of thinking and an example of a different world is the one of Bollywood. This world creates an array of senses which appeal to us as illustrated in the film. Some examples that help the audience to visualise the world of Bollywood is the costumes that are worn throughout but the actors, the music and lyrics that is engaged with cohesion to the traditional dances of the Indian people, the setting of the beautiful Amritsar which facilitates in reinforcing the idea of how Bollywood is set in the Indian culture and how unique it may be to your world or mine.
Bollywood creates a different world for the audience by appealing to our senses through the use of costume. This technique can be seen in the scene where the Bakshi family attends the wedding reception of Lalita’s friend and the range of saris that were worn demonstrates the colourful tradition showing the diversity (different worlds of Indian society) of India. The costumes are visually appealing to the audience and some are “Killing” as Lahki would have stated.
The music and lyrics that are played throughout the film generates an aural appeal to the viewer as Gurinda Chadha would have approximated to. In a Bollywood film, it is traditional for singing and dancing to take place and an example of this technique is shown in the song “No Life, Without Wife”. In this segment of the film, Lalita and her sisters sing and dance their feelings of what the outrageous Mr. Kohli stated about Indian marriage. The song choice compliments the scene as when the lyrics progress, she has a vision which shows the future of the protagonist married to Mr. Kohli and being quite the subservient wife as quoted “You make all the Gobi he'll make the money. Everyday will be the same according to his plans. Forget what you want Mr. Kholi's now your man...” The line itself creates an aural and comedic reaction to the audience and when combined with the visual aspect, makes it all the more entertaining.
Gurinda Chadha constructs her film in a number of areas around the world such as Los Angeles, London and the jewel of India, Amritsar. The family estate and country-side forms a visual image in our mind of relaxation and peace. This could visually and mentally appeal to the audience as it is in a different ‘world’ than to the one we are so familiar with (of the urban cities and suburbia).
The different worlds that are evoked in the film are many; from the world of culture, finance, location and even the opposite gender. Each of these have evoked the sentiment of how there are more worlds than the one we live in and this is clearly portrayed in the film Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinda Chadha.

The movie, Bride and Prejudice effectively evoke a sense of a ‘different world’ through music and colour with the involvement of lighting. Gurinder Chandha has used traditional Bollywood conventions and manipulated them to transform a Hollywood film about love and marriage to create a bridge between two of the most influential countries today, India and America.

Music is a exceptional component in this film, as it transports the viewers to a new world, where emotions of love, hate and anger are demonstrated to song and dance. Bollywood is famous for their song and dance, and how they influence and even express the feelings of the characters, without using direct dialogue. The main theme of marriage is a celebration of harmony and achievement towards those of Indian heritage, and this is shown in the first song, ‘Balle Balle’. The expression and happiness of the people dancing and singing in captivates us to enjoy and indulge in a different world, through the vivid colours of the Indian costuming and the dance movements. We experience a different world when we come to realise that Gurinder Chandra’s use of lyrics such as, “Girls like electric wires” and “Like kites, without string” demonstrates to us of how people of different traditions and ways express their love, with a sense of mischief. Like previously mentioned, the bright colours of the setting and costuming used evoke our sense of sight. In American movies, we do not see much colour being expressed as the emotions of the protagonists, whereas the Bollywood convention of a variety of colours allows us to gain the aspect of Bollywood, another world.

Lighting, which plays with colours, is an unnoticed editing effect that constantly allows us to see the different worlds in a absolute differing aspect. Gurinder Chandra has used this lighting effect to evoke our sense of sight, the used one of them all. The lighting of America and India shows the lifestyle and disadvantages of both cultures. For example, we are in the beginning placed in the setting of Amritsar, India, where we see a soft sunlight upon a rural farm, demonstrating that although this place is polished with famine and poverty, there is always a hope in the family. As the movie progresses, we see how we are indulged in the developed country of America, where L.A is the main reference. We see the fluorescent lights and extreme pollution curtaining the whole city. The lighting lets us perceive the different aspect of a new world, the disadvantages that they have. In one scene, Amritsar experiences a black out, and the whole family sit together with candles and torches. Gurinder Chandra has manipulated this scene very well, as we begin to be nostalgic in remembering the beautiful memories with our family, evoking emotions and our senses as we remember. However, there is no moment of family moments in the progressing scenes of L.A, or Mr. Darcy’s world, which lets us realise how one world can compare to another world through family and financial status.

Gurinder Chandra has evoked our senses through a traditional twist of a Bollywood and Hollywood movie. She has used many techniques such as lighting and music to effectively portray different worlds, yet leaves enough room for us to imagine and realise the differences and similarities of both worlds.

The film ‘Bride and Prejudice’ by Director Gurinda Chadha evokes a sense of a different world by appealing to our senses, this is done by transporting the audience into the Indian culture where our perception of the world is challenged. Throughout the film we are called to look at a different way of life through the use of traditional Bollywood film conventions along with Western characters and their prejudices in the one film.

The contrasting characters that appear throughout the film make it clear that the Indian culture is very different to the American/British culture. The prejudice of Western culture towards Eastern culture is evident throughout the film, Darcy’s cultural prejudice based on his western upbringing is shown in the line “the computer’s always crashing, the electricity comes and goes... I don’t know how business functions here”. Another character who represents a different world is Mrs Bakshi who says, “Don’t talk unnecessarily and don’t say anything too intelligent”. This gives us an insight into Indian culture and the role of marriage and it’s connections to security. Through this diverse range of characters a sense of a ‘different world’ is clear because of their conflicting ideals on topics such as love, marriage and wealth.

Throughout the film ‘Bride and Prejudice’ there are many changes in setting, this allows the director to portray a number of different worlds and the interactions between them. The film setting starts in Amritsar and soon changes to Goa to London and then finally, to Los Angeles. These changes in setting allow the director to further explore her characters and the effect their cultural identity has on their judgments of others. The various setting changes also allow the audience to be transported to a different world visually, in one scene Darcy and Lalita explore the various sights of Los Angeles such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Grand Canyon, this scene not only transports the viewer into a different world but shows the two protagonists blossoming romance. The purpose of the changes in setting in the film are to symbolise the transition and effect that moving into a different world can have on a person and the different views of different characters.

In conlusion, the director Gurinda Chadha uses characters, dialogue, setting and film techniques to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ through engaging scenes. Chadha appeals to our senses and allows the audience to grasp a concept of the way of life in different societies as well as the comical interactions between characters from different worlds.

The Bollywood remake of Pride and Prejudice, Bride and Prejudice, appeals to our senses through sight and sound, which create a sense of a ‘different world’. The director, Gurinder Chadha, incorporates, music, costuming and lighting to emphasise the Indian context.
A sense of a ‘different world’ is maintained through the typical Bollywood theme based throughout the movie. The Indian music and Bollywood melodramatic features add to the culture theme of the setting. This is evident immediately after the establishing shot, where the Indian wedding guests burst into song and dance, participating in a ceremony called Sangeeth. Additionally, a different culture is established by the change in music styles. The lyrics to the song in Lalita’s dream, “To be an overseas bride dressed in white” refers to the Indian perspective of Indian girls marrying overseas men who are financially stable. The director has intentionally used traditional Indian culture and Bollywood conventions to portray the theme of marriage then love through music.
Costuming is a vital part to any movie. It gives you a sense of time, place and to the persons personality. Gurinder Chadha has used many visual techniques such as costuming to capture the whole lifestyle of a ‘different world’. The costuming of the Bakshi girls have conservative values however, it also show the modernising and westernising India when Lakhi wants to wear a mid-drift.
Also, Darcy’s white, traditional Indian clothing are symbolic of the change and contrast in cultures. Darcy is portrayed uneasy, out of his ‘world’ and comfort zone, which is evident by the way he wears and fidgets with his clothing. The continuous viewing of costumes distinguishes the ‘different worlds’ and traditions.
The director’s use of lighting make the movie appealing and evokes a sense of other cultures. The sudden use of bright lights in Lalita’s dream created a sense of security and hopefulness, however once Darcy lifts the wail darkness, thunder and lightning cause a negative effect. This explores the typical Bollywood conventions, which are overdramatic yet manages to establish the main themes within the culture. Therefore, Gurinder Chadha’s use of lighting dramatised the Bollywood theme and invites the viewer to experience the culture.
In conclusion, the movie Bride and Prejudice is a cultural movie which uses sensory thinking such as sight and sound to evoke a sense of exposure to a foreign place. Techniques such as music, costuming and lighting are all intentionally exposed, hence introducing to the audience a ‘different world’.

‘Bride and Prejudice’ triggers and appeals to our senses to evoke a sense of the ‘different world’ by demonstrating the fundamentals of a Bollywood film contrasting between a Hollywood style film of which we are more familiar with. Therefore from our perspectives, we’d say that India is the ‘different world’ in this circumstance because we are unfamiliar with their culture, customs and lifestyles. The elements that portray this idea of the ‘different world’ include setting, music, costume, film techniques which is all evident in the scene where Lalita and her friends are in the markets of India defining their values and importance of marriage. The setting, song lyrics, music, costume and dance is very significant in this scene, as it establishes an overseas bride and brings forth the importance of tradition and what marriage holds. The line, “you are the golden girl, centre of the world” depicts Lalita’s friend, who is getting married to be joyous, content and living a better comfortable life. Also in the lyrics of the song, there is a discreet political statement by Lalita singing, ‘if you get that, you got to ask the Queen’ because during the 19th century, British ruled and stole the wealth of India and the lyrics suggest that England should return the diamond while Lalita puts on a tiara. As Lalita and friends travel through the setting of busy markets, we gain a sense of Indian culture by the different groups in the community that represent an element in a traditional Indian wedding, getting involved in the song and dancing along, truly reflects their happiness and cheerful atmosphere that this song achieves to bring whilst still conveying the theme of marriage. It enlightens our mood and entices us to join in and have fun too. The wide range of colours on their saris, clothing and costumes symbolise and demonstrate the diversity of Indian culture, outlining the visible and audible differences between the Western cultures. As the camera zooms out into an aerial shot of the Indian community from different walks of life emerging into one, creates a strong sense of solidarity and unity also portraying the country’s identity of blending worlds. In conclusion we are able to discern the fact that Bollywood films produces a different perception and world, appealing to our senses through the setting, music, costume and other film techniques.

When watching Bollywood movies, the audience is immediately captivated in the exoticness of the Indian culture of amazing traditions, costumes, colours, dancing and music. This is done for the audience by appealing to our senses and the director Gurinda Chadha for the film Bride and Prejudice does this well through, scenes and setting
In the movie of Bride and Prejudice, there are a few scenes that we can clearly make out as being a Bollywood feature. In Bollywood movies, it is very dramatic and over the top and sometimes things happen out of the blue. For example when Lalita is playing her guitar around the camp fire, the camera quickly takes a shot of the water in which Whickam [now a new character to the film] emerges out of nowhere. It is dramatic and allows the audience to feel excited about what is happening next, which appeals to our visual sense. Another scene is of when Lalita’s sub conscience is in her dreams when she is running through a field to Whickam, walks down the aisle in a white dress, lifts up her veil and then sees Darcy in which we hear thunder and see the scene totally change to darkness. Although not aesthetically pleasing, the audience is still captivated by what is happening because it is so dramatic and quick and really dramatized in the sense that not even words are needed to explain the moods the characters are feeling.
Setting also plays a crucial role in the film with many scenes occurring in Amritsar, Goa, LA and London. In LA, the two protagonists are falling for each other, and we as the audience feel happy for them. During this time the song “take me to love” is played, and with this, the two protagonists are exploring and sightseeing LA in which we as the audience also get to experience the beauty of LA, with one of the sights being The Great Canyon. With these gorgeous sites the audience is once again taken away by the beauty of the landscape. In India the audience is also captivated by the vast vibrant colours that the Indian streets hold, which automatically has the audience wanting to be part of the celebration and fun that they are experiencing and the dancing and costumes are visually appealing and the music is upbeat and lively appealing our sound senses.
In conclusion, the director Gurinda Chadha through setting and various scenes allows for the audience to have the taste of Bollywood films and at the same time appeal to our senses and allow us to feel part of the movie, with the settings and characters emotions.

In watching Bollywood movies the audience is transported to a world of colours, music, dancing and Indian traditions, by appealing to our senses. Gurinda Chadha does this throughout the movie Bride and Prejudice, with the constant setting changes, music and lighting.

Throughout the movie Bride and Prejudice there are many setting changes, starting at Amritsar, and moving through Goa, London and Los Angeles. Through these setting changes the audiences senses are overwhelmed by a number of different things the characters have to face. For example in Los Angeles the protagonists Lalita and Darcy are shown together in various iconic places. Such setting changes call for the audience to pay attention to the movie and are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Gurinda Chadha has also used setting changes to symbolise each protagonists comfort zone in regard to culture, and to provide some comic relief.

Music is used very often during the movie Bride and Prejudice to satisfy the audiences ears and to reflect the mood during the scene. This is done particularly well by Gurinda Chadha by the use of the same song, but at different tempo's to reflect the mood of the scene at the time- the song both reflects a sad and melancholy mood, and also a mood of happiness and love. This is pleasing to the audience as the song becomes recognisable and iconic and the mood of the scene becomes very clear.

Lighting throughout the play is another visually appealing technique that Gurinda Chadha uses to engage the audience. The contrast between the bright sunshine in LA , Amritsar and Goa, and the bright lights at night in LA as compared to the blackouts and rain in Amritsar help the audience to perceive each setting very well. Gurinda Chadha also uses lighting to allow the audience to perceive the movement of time and feel as though they belong to the world of Bride and Prejudice.

In conlusion Gurinda Chadha uses setting, music and lighting to engage the audience's senses and to all them to see the contrast in cultures of the movie and feel a connection with the characters and places shown in the movie.