Film: “What’s Your Raashee?”; Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Hurman Baweja; Director: Ashutsoh Gowariker; Rating: *** 1/2)

A Gujarati downmarket wannabe bride dragged out of her traditional habitat into tight skirts tops and a 7-star hotel by her parents to meet the eligible bachelor from Chicago. The girl’s longing to go West leaps out at you even when the guy politely rejects her.

“It must be snowing in Chicago,” she says with a warm wistfulness that melts your heart.