Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel, Javed Sheikh, Clyde Stenden, Riteish Deshmukh
Directed & Produced by: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Music by: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Cinematographers: Dariusz Wolski, Johnathan Bloom
A British brat meets a Funjabi boy and they are off to London….itni simple si love story..Ah huh!! There is a lot more to this one. Director Vipul Shah’s previous movies Aankhen and Waqt were based on stage plays and they were shot on studio sets whereas Namastey London was shot all over London and Punjab (India).
The movie boasts of a highly imaginative star cast (Upen Patel playing a Pakistani), a successful music composer, thoughtful lyrics, compatible background score (Salim-Sulaiman) and an entertaining story (Suresh Nair).
Jazz (Katrina Kaif) is a brat, born and brought up in Phoren. She thinks partying and drinking in pubs is all that there is to life. Here, Papa Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor) enters the scene and demystifies the generation gap. Now, Papa takes Jazz on a joy ride to India where he forcefully makes her marry apna desi munda Arjun (Akshay). Later she educates dad that this wedding does not stand a chance to be authenticated in UK, reason she likes someone else (Clyde Stenden).
Now, Arjun takes the whole movie on his swing in the second half as he applies a simple strategy to win back Katrina. The character does not do anything extraordinary which makes it even more believable (Ajay Devgan of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam). The movie draws sympathy to all its characters in pieces. Initially, people feel for Jazz aka Jasmeet (Katrina Kaif), then towards Arjun (Akshay Kumar), Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor) etc.
Namastey London is a standard NRI film which exploits foreign locations and Indian emotions to the maximum. The movie creeps into your heart with some blazing performances and story narration. The clash of cultures, the widening gap between parents and kids, also racism — judging someone by the color of the skin – Namastey London tackles it all.
The movie stands out as a winner in involving the audience in various emotional aspects. A scene wherein Akshay gives it back to the arrogant Englishman and the rugby match where the Indians/Pakistanis win against the goras are exceptional and take you on a joyful ride. The cool lecture on India’s worth also connects you with the scene.
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[...] Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam Rating: Thumbs up …The movie stands out as a winner in involving the audience in various emotional aspects…. See full review [...]