In this proposed paper I shall be engaged in a comparative study of the endings of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice(1813) and two of its early 21st century film adaptations. The first of these is Pride and Prejudice, a British film directed by Joe Wright, and released in 2005. The other one is Bride and Prejudice, a British-Indian,Bollywood-style, musical adaptation of the novel, directed by Gurinder Chadha and released in 2004. Pride and Prejudice by far is the most well-known work of Jane Austen and therefore, many researchers and scholars have done a lot of research works regarding various aspects of the novel. But in this paper, I would like to argue how the desperation for marriage in Regency Era has gradually reduced in 21st century and the consent of a couple, and not their parents, has come to attain much significantly greater importance in a 21st century marriage. In Pride and Prejudice Austen reflects the social realities of the English society at late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. She wrote this novel at a time when women were still regarded as the inferior sex and her novel was in a way mirroring her contemporary society. At the same time, the film adaptations of Prideand Prejudice reflect the particular societies which produce them. Therefore, the films depict the changing attitude towards women’s position in 21st century, while the basic story remains same.Although having certain significant departures from the novel, the British version of Pride and Prejudice remains faithful to the novel. On the other hand, Bride and Prejudice takes only inspiration from the basic storyline of the novel, while transforming the entire scenario by setting it in 21st century India. In this proposed paper I intend to deal with the elopement episode of Lydia with Wickham and propose to compare the intensity of this episode in Austen’s novel in 19th century and in the 21st century film versions to show how this same scene has presented differently in two different timeframe. Another episode is of asking for Mr. Bennet’s consent to Darcy’s marriage proposal. Therefore, I proposed to compare, in this paper, their representations in the films of 21st century vis-a-vis Jane Austen’s novel in context. But most importantly, the objective of this paper is to focus on the position of women in the changing society. As the settings of these two films are completely different,I shall be drawing on two predominant features of these two nations, India and England, in early 21st century, to get an idea of the particular society, which itself undergoes certain changes over the years. For India, I shall count post-liberalisation as an important event, which inaugurates the way to the betterment of women’s position in Indian society. And in England twentieth century was marked by several feminist movements, especially the post-modernist feminists were struggling a lot to smoothen the way of gender equality, which eventually resulted as a considerable development of women’s situation in every sphere of life in English society. Therefore, in this paper, I shall consider select aspects of post-liberalisation in India and post-modernism in Britain as the major factors which lead to the improvement of women’s situation in society.