Namastey London (2007-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Namastey London Movie Details :

Namastey London is a 2007 Bollywood comedy drama Movie directer Vipul Amrutlal Shah, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. It also starring Rishi Kapoor, Javed Sheikh, Upen Patel and Clive Standen in supporting roles.The movie is originally based on a true life story of Akshay Kumar’s friend. Riteish Deshmukh has a cameo role in the film. Critics have noted similarities between the film and the 1970 Manoj Kumar-directed Purab Aur Paschim, though the director denied it being a remake. The film became a box-office success upon release and also earned Kumar a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination.

• Directer : Vipul Amrutlal Shah
• Producer : Vipul Amrutlal Shah
• Screenplay : Suresh Nair
• Story : Suresh Nair
• Starring : Akshay Kumar,Katrina Kaif,Rishi Kapoor,Clive Standen,Upen Patel,Javed Sheikh
• Music/Songs : Himesh Reshammiya
• Background score : Salim-Sulaiman
• Cinematography : Jonathan Bloom,Dariusz Wolski
• Editer : Amitabh Shukla
• Casting : Claire Saunders
• Production Design : Paul Burns
• Art Direction : Rupert Allan
• Costume Design : Alison Forbes-Meyler
• Makeup Department : Jenna Roseanne Drew,Karen O’Sullivan,Manny Samra,Caitlin Tanner
• Production Management : Joshua Clement
• Assistant Director : Sanziiv Chauhan,Saahil Prem,Kevin Westley
• Art Department : Jon-Claude Bates,Joe Borowski,Lennie Payne
• Visual Effects : Kumar Abhishek,Avik Banerjee,Devrishi Chatterjee,Sarang Deshpande
• Production Company : Blockbuster Movie Entertainers
• Distributors : Studio 18,T-House Productions,Ultra Media & Entertainment
• Genres : Comedy,Drama,Romance
• Release date : 23 March 2007
• Running time : 128 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Star Cast of The Film :

• Akshay Kumar … Arjun Ballu Singh
• Katrina Kaif … Jasmeet ‘Jazz’ M. Malhotra
• Rishi Kapoor … Manmohan Malhotra
• Clive Standen … Charles ‘Charlie’ Brown
• Upen Patel … Imran ‘Immi’ P. Khan
• Javed Sheikh … Parvez Khan
• Tiffany Mulheron … Susan
• Nina Wadia … Bebo M. Malhotra
• Shaana Levy … Laila (as Shaana Diya)
• Riteish Deshmukh … Bobby Bedi (as Ritesh Deshmukh)
• Aanchal … Sister
• Baby Aditi … Kid
• Master Gurjap Aulakh … Kid
• Ishita Awasthi … Sister
• Ayushi … Sister
• Dimple Bagroy … Mother
• Neelam Bakshi … Salma Khan
• Manpreet Banga … Prospective Groom 3
• Master Atul Banmoria … Kid
• Amritpal Billa … Brother 2
• Ray Callaghan … Priest
• Shruti Chauhan … Sister
• Jaswant Daman … Daadi
• Veer Das … Prospective Groom #2
• Renato De Fazio … Waiter
• Sandra De Sousa … Engagement Party Guest
• Poonam Dhillon … Sister in Law 2
• Khushi Dubey … Kid (as Baby Khushi)
• Gagan Duggal … Bank Staff
• Hal Dyer … Susan’s Mom
• Amber Elizabeth … Party Quest
• Richard Field … Mr. Pringle
• Liam Evans Ford … Steve
• Gurpreet Ghuggi … Taxi Driver (as Gurpreet Guggi)
• Paul Gregory … Susan’s Dad

Story of The Film :

Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra decided to re-locate to London, England, established himself, returned to India, got married to Bebo, and after a period of 4 years got a visa for her so that she could live with him. Shortly thereafter she gave birth to Jasmeet. Manmohan was always embarrassed of Bebo, as she was overly healthy and not quite sophisticated, as a result he always left her at home, while he socialized. Bebo did not want Jasmeet to end up like her, so got her admitted in an English Medium school, encouraged to mingle with Caucasian friends, and as a result Jasmeet was transformed in to Jazz – a stunningly beautiful young woman, British in looks, talk, habits, and heart. Manmohan’s plans to get her married to an Indian boy are all in vain. His friend, Parvez Khan, is in a similar situation with his son, Imran, openly romancing a Caucasian blonde, Susan. Manmohan decides to take his family for a tour in India, and ends up getting her married to Arjun Singh.

On their return to London, Jasmeet announces that she is getting married to Charles Brown, who is well connected, even with Prince Charles, and refuses to recognize her marriage with Arjun as there is no proof of this wedding.

When Jasmeet is introduced to the friends of the Brown family, she is subjected to considerable racial profiling (snake charmers, Indian rope tricks, tandoori chicken) as well as a quote from Winston Churchil to wit: ‘When we leave India, the country will be in the hands of goons’. while Imran is asked by Susan’s parents to fore-go Islam, become a Christian, change his name to Emmanuel or Ian, as well as provide a written undertaking that his family is not associated with any terrorists.

The questions that remain unanswered are: will love prevail ! Between Imran and Susan on one hand, and Jasmeet and Charles on the other? What is the impact of this marriage on Arjun, who now has been demoted from Husband to the Best Man?

Namastey London Movie Songs / Music :

The soundtrack album was released on 27 January 2007 and received good reviews. The songs were composed by Himesh Reshammiya. Salim-Sulaiman composed the film score. The song “Chakna Chakna” and its remix version were penned by Sameer, all other songs were penned by Javed Akhtar.

• “Chakna Chakna” – Himesh Reshammiya
• “Viraaniya” – Himesh Reshammiya
• “Main Jahaan Rahoon” – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Krishna Beura
• “Yahi Hota Pyaar” – Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
• “Rafta Rafta” – RDB
• “Annan Faanan” – Jayesh Gandhi, Akriti Kakkar
• “Dilruba” – Zubeen Garg, Alisha Chinai
• “Viraaniya” (Mehfil Mix) – Himesh Reshammiya
• “Aanan Faanan” (Mehfil Mix) – Jayesh Gandhi, Akriti Kakkar
• “Chakna Chakna” (Remix) – Himesh Reshammiya
• “Dilruba” (Remix) – Zubeen Garg, Alisha Chinai
• “Main Jahaan Rahoon (Remix)” – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• “Yahi Hota Pyaar” (Remix) – Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
• “Aanan Faanan” (Remix) – Jayesh Gandhi, Akriti Kakkar
• “Main Jahaan Rahoon” – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• “Yahi Hota Pyaar” (Mehfil Mix) – Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
• “Viraaniyan” (Remix) – Himesh Reshammiya
• “Rafta Rafta” (Remix) – RDB

”Yahi Hota Pyaar” Full Video Song :

• Song : Yahi Hota Pyaar (From “Namastey London”)
• Singer : Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
• Music : Himesh Reshammiya
• Album : Manu Loves

”Chakna Chakna” Full Video Song :

• Song : Chakna Chakna (From “Namastey London”)
• Singer : Himesh Reshammiya
• Music : Himesh Reshammiya
• Album : Love – From Him

Remake and sequel :

The film was unofficially remade in Bengali as Paran Jai Jaliya Re starring Dev and Subhashree Ganguly. The Kolkata High Court in December 2009 banned the screening of the film for plagiarism after a petition was filed by the film’s producers.

In March 2011, Shah had announced a sequel, Namaste England. Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha were initially signed to play the leads in the sequel. Namaste England was released in October 2018 with Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles.

Namastey London Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.1 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 20,504.

Story is good,it revolves around Katrina Kaif(jasmeet, Jazz), A London born and raised Indian girl,She wants to live her life her way and not according to his parents but movie takes a twist with entry of Akshay,whose love forces Katrina to marry him.Besides movie also shows friendship of Indians and Pakistanis in London.Some dialogs and scenes showing greatness of India are also there.Katrina is looking fabulous in movie.Punjabi people will have great fun watching movie. on the whole a nice time pass.Rishi kappor has also done a great acting.Upen is also good.the only thing that sounds insane in movie is Akshay falling in true love with Katrina on first sight and whole story moves further on this base.

Critics Rating  by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 3.5 star out of 5 Star.

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