FILM PREVIEW: SALAAM NAMASTE (2005)

Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi and Tania Zaetta
Director: Siddharth Raj Anand
Producer: Yashraj Films
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
Editing: Ritesh Soni
Screenplay: Siddharth Raj Anand

Radio Sargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

The popular Bollywood production company Yash Raj Films are set to continue their winning streak at the box office with ‘Salaam Namaste’. The romantic flick started generating extra hype after its trailers screened at cinemas during the release of blockbuster Bunty Aur Babli. The teaser shows the lead pair of the film Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta walking hand-in-pockets on Australian beaches and streets. The film by debutant director Siddharth Anand is scheduled to release in September 2005.

This is Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta’s fourth movie together. Salaam Namaste is the first Indian film to be fully shot in Australia, using various locations in Melbourne and regional Victoria, including the Great Ocean Road. Starring India’s equivalents of Julia Roberts (Preity Zinta) and Brad Pitt (Saif Ali Khan), it is expected to reach a global audience of about 300 million when it’s released on the big screen in September.

The movie is all about two Indians who have left their houses to make a life on their own in Australia, and how they meet and how they tackle their own relationships and problems and overcome them themselves without their families. It’s a slice of that couple’s life in that one year they spend together.

In the movie Saif playing a character named Nikhil Arora who is called Nick because he is living in Melbourne. His character in the movie is “cool, strong, modern, and a smart Alec.” And bubbly girl Preity Zinta also has a very strong character in the movie. The film also has comedian Arshad Warsi in a pivotal role. Aussie stunner Tania Zaetta plays Arshad’s firang girlfriend.

Salaam Namaste will contain five songs, including the title sequence. The biggest scene so far involved 60 dancers on Rye beach, on the Mornington Peninsula. Salaam Namaste has music by Vishal Shekhar.

Salaam Namaste is scheduled to release Friday 9th September 2005.

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