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I Have Found It is Aishwarya Rai's third Tamil film after The Duo and Jeans. In her own way, she elaborates on the basic motifs from Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." That in and of itself is not a problem, but I am surprised that Indian cinema doesn't use Jane’s works more often. Also, where better to recharge those everlasting love games full of pre-wedding stress with enough emphasis on family members and other complementary characters of all kinds? There is thus no shortage of a range of characters in I Have Found It, each of whom always has something to discuss and comment on. Viewers familiar with the book can then gradually calculate what else may happen. Viewers will then receive the "fatal" encounter in a furious rain, Aishwarya as Meenakshi (the middle "Dashwood") properly bruises her leg... The older "Dashwood" also gets her due and prefers to get her eye almost gouged out by a script from a budding director. Injustice moves the world and I have absolutely no idea how Ajith Kumar and I made it to the Egyptian Sphinx to court Tabu. The point is that the numerous musical interludes maintain a very high standard and the exteriors are great (once again traveling outside of their home turf and Egypt all over the world). A.R. Rahman's music (he also appears in a few cameos) is fabulous, and the pre-Devdas Aishwarya is wonderful to watch because she has matured like a fine vine with each film (and today finds new inspiration to keep herself fresh apparently forever ;)). It's also interesting to see how in the first years of her career she managed to out-act the entire ensemble without having to tear herself to shreds. That was also likely the reason why she returned to Tamil cinema again only when she was fed up and could be offered ambitious projects. (15/01/2011)