Chances are that Jane Austen is turning in her grave - either because she is deliriously happy or terribly distressed at Gurinder Chadha's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice .

It's all a matter of perception. For Bride and Prejudice is a full Bollywood thali - complete with achar, papad and gulab jamun , which should actually impress the angrez audience, more than us desis , who have grown up on a diet of sagas about sagais , shaadis , joint families and geometric love.

By the way, if you are looking for a serious review of Chadha's masala meal then this ain't the right place. However, I was at the premiere!

For starters, the film begins with how Aishwarya Rai meets Martin Henderson at a Punjabi engagement ceremony - where they play Gujarati dandiya . He is a Kiwi, who speaks with an American accent. She is an Indian who also speaks with an American accent. So they look made for each other.

That apart, he also has the expression of somebody who has just learnt trigonometry but has no idea where to use it! So he goes about the entire film trying to figure out the sin, cos and tan of his love life. But it's hate at first sight.