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{{Infobox film
| name = Namastey London
| image = Namasteylondonnnnnn.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]]
| producer = Vipul Amrutlal Shah
| story = Suresh Nair
| screenplay = Suresh Nair
| writer = Suresh Nair Ritesh Shah '''(Dialogues)'''
| 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
| editing = [[Amitabh Shukla]]
| studio =
| distributor = Adlabs Films Ltd Blockbuster Movie Entertainers [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|03|23}}
| runtime = 128 minutes
| country = India United Kingdom
| language = Hindi English
| budget = {{INR|link=yes}}210 million<ref name="boxo_Nama">{{Cite web |title=Namastey London – Movie – Box Office India |work=[[Boxofficeindia.com]] |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=224}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|link=yes}}714 million<ref name="boxo_Nama"/>
}}

'''''Namastey London''''' ({{Translation|Greetings London}}) is a 2007 Indian romance film directed by [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]], starring [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Katrina Kaif]]. It also stars [[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]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namastey London Review – Bollywood Hungama |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=23 March 2007 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/531205}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie review: Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer Namastey London |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |work=[[India Today]] |date=9 April 2007 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/film-review-of-namaste-london-by-vipul-shah/1/155953.html}}</ref> though the director denied it being a remake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namastey London not inspired by Purab Aur Pachhim |work=Bollywoodhungama.com |date=19 September 2006 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/1218973/sorttype/What}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vipul Shah to sue Bengali producers for copying Namastey London |agency=Inter-Asian News Service|work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2 August 2009 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/vipul-shah-to-sue-bengali-producers-for-copying-namastey-london/story-KY5rcBWRl6X9Nw23bHZwwN.html}}</ref> The film became a box-office success upon release<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katrina wants to do her own dubbing |agency=Inter-Asian News Service|work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=7 July 2007 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/katrina-wants-to-do-her-own-dubbing/story-wJW2sCee9MSl67THrQFbdN.html}}</ref> and also earned Kumar a [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] nomination.<ref name="phot_Shak">{{Cite web |title=Shaking hands with success?: Akshay Kumar has been nominated for Namastey London in 53rd Fair One Filmfare Awards |work=[[Indiatimes.com]] |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/awards/filmfare-awards/53rd-fair-one-filmfare-awards/nominees-53rd-fair-one-filmfare-awards-2007/Nominees-53rd-Fair-One-Filmfare-Awards/articleshow/2805432.cms}}</ref>

==Plot==
Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra ([[Rishi Kapoor]]) re-located to London, England, established himself, returned to [[India]], married Bebo ([[Nina Wadia]]), and after four years got a visa for her so that she could live with him. Shortly thereafter, she gave birth to Jasmeet ([[Katrina Kaif]]). Manmohan was always embarrassed by Bebo as she was fat and could not speak English. As a result, he always left her out of important occasions, while he socialised. Bebo did not want Jasmeet to end up like her, so she got her educated in an English school, encouraged her to mingle with British friends, and Jasmeet was transformed into Jazz – a beautiful young woman, modern in looks, talk, habits, and heart.

Her father had set her to meet a young lad, Bobby Bedi ([[Ritesh Deshmukh]]), though the date turns out to be a disaster and Bobby rejects her. Manmohan thinks that it is impossible to get him an Indian son-in-law, although his [[British Pakistani]] friend, Parvez Khan ([[Javed Sheikh]]), is in a similar situation with his son, Imran ([[Upen Patel]]), who has a blonde girlfriend, Susan ([[Tiffany Mulheron]]). Manmohan takes his family for a tour in India and forces Jasmeet to marry Arjun Singh ([[Akshay Kumar]]) who does not know how to speak English.

On their return to London, Jasmeet announces that she will marry Charlie Brown ([[Clive Standen]]), who is well educated and has good friends and connections, even with Prince Charles. She refuses to recognise her marriage to Arjun as there is no legal proof of the wedding. When Jasmeet is introduced to the friends of the Brown family, she is subjected to considerable abuse ([[snake charmer]]s, Indian rope tricks, [[tandoori chicken]]) as well as a quote from [[Winston Churchill]]: 'When we leave India, the country will be in the hands of goons'. Arjun then tells the gentleman about the achievements of India which includes about the derivation of English words from [[Sanskrit]] like 'Father', 'Brother' , 'Trignometry' and 'Geometry'. During this period, Jazz becomes close with Arjun who still supports her. Charlie Brown then has a rugby match against the Indians and Arjun, with the Indians emerging triumphant and Brown is verbally abusive towards the Indians. Imran is then asked by Susan's parents to leave Islam, become a Christian, change his name to Emmanuel or Ian, as well as provide written proof that his family is not associated with terrorists. The film ends on a happy note when Imran decides not to be a Christian and Susan is accepted by Imran's family; Jazz realises that Arjun lied to her about not knowing English and runs away from her wedding to Charlie Brown, and goes with Arjun back to India where they are seen riding Arjun's motorcycle. While they are on the motorcycle Arjun reveals that all along he knew how to speak English, and that he had already dropped the clue when he got offended at Charlie's uncle's derogatory comments on India. He adds that he lied because he was still an Indian at heart.

==Cast==
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Arjun Ballu Singh
* [[Katrina Kaif]] as Jasmeet Malhotra Singh (Jazz)
* [[Rishi Kapoor]] as Manmohan Malhotra
* [[Nina Wadia]] as Bebo Malhotra
* [[Clive Standen]] as Charles Brown (Charlie)
* [[Upen Patel]] as Imran Khan
* [[Javed Sheikh]] as Parvez Khan (Imran's father)
* [[Tiffany Mulheron]] as Susan
* [[Riteish Deshmukh]] as Bobby Bedi (guest appearance)
* [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]] as the taxi driver (special appearance)
* [[Vir Das]] as prospective groom no. 1
* [[Kunal Kumar]] as prospective groom no. 2
* Manpreet Banga as prospective groom no. 3
* [[Uncredited]] as Prince Charles

==Casting==
[[Priyanka Chopra]] was the original choice for the role of Jasmeet Malhotra Singh (Jazz).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/gossip/story/before-bharat-did-salman-khan-and-priyanka-chopra-fall-out-due-to-katrina-kaif-1215410-2018-04-19|title=Before Bharat, did Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra fall out due to Katrina Kaif?|date=April 19, 2018|website=India Today}}</ref> However, [[Salman Khan]] asked the lead actor and his friend Akshay Kumar to replace Priyanka Chopra with his then-girlfriend [[Katrina Kaif]] at the last moment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/salman-khans-foes-turned-friends-shah-rukh-khan-hrithik-roshan-priyanka-chopra-others-606109|title=Salman Khan's Foes-turned-Friends: Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Others|first=Sushmita|last=Sen|date=5 August 2014|website=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref>

==Release==
[[File:Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar on the set of Namastey London.jpg|thumb|250px|Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif on the set of ''Namastey London'']]

===Reception===
The reviews of the film were generally positive. [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[indiafm.com]] wrote, "''Namastey London'' is addictive stuff. You watch it once, you wanna watch it again."<ref name="Taran">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12835/index.html |title=Review of Namastey London from Indiafm.com |access-date=5 April 2007 |work=[[Indiafm.com]]}}</ref> Akshay Kumar received almost unanimous praise for his portrayal of Arjun Singh, with a critic saying "Kumar certainly leaves his mark throughout the flick. One of the coolest performances of the star."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bollywood-buzz.com/news/677/movie-review-namastey-london-2007.html |title=Review of Namastey London from bollywood-buzz.com.com |access-date=5 April 2007 |publisher=bollywood-buzz.com.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703195958/http://bollywood-buzz.com/news/677/movie-review-namastey-london-2007.html  |archive-date=3 July 2007}}</ref> Adarsh said "One of his finest performances so far, Namastey London also marks the coming of age of an actor who was often dubbed as an action hero or a funster. Akshay not only wins the heart of Katrina on screen, he's sure to win the hearts of millions of moviegoers with a terrific portrayal in this film." On Katrina Kaif's performance he wrote, "she handles the complex part with remarkable ease. The pretty lass is only getting better with every film."<ref name="Taran"/> Despite the generally favourable reviews, Prachi Singh of Moviewalah panned the film, with a verdict of 2 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Average reveiws">{{cite web |url=http://www.moviewalah.com/review/2007/03/25/movie-review-namastey-london |title=Review of Namastey London from moviewalah.com |access-date=5 April 2007 |publisher=moviewalah.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329221241/http://www.moviewalah.com/review/2007/03/25/movie-review-namastey-london| archive-date =29 March 2007| url-status =dead}}</ref>

===Box office===
''Namastey London'' opened to a good response and mainly picked up momentum after the second and third day of its release, a major reason being India's exit from the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]]. The film did extremely well in the northern parts of [[India]], especially in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Haryana, [[Rajasthan]], and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="boxo_Nama"/> It also did well in [[Mumbai]] and in the first week of its release collected {{INR}}{{formatnum:73575657}}.<ref name="First week collections">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/boxoffice/12835/index.html |title=First week collections for Namastey London |access-date=5 April 2007 |publisher=Indiafm.com}}</ref> The film was also received well in other parts of the country. The success of the film ended a long spell of box office failures since the release of ''[[Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love]]'' in January 2007. The film went on to gross {{INR}}{{formatnum:714102500}} worldwide,<ref name="boxo_Nama"/> making it one of the top hits of 2007.<ref name="boxo_TopH">{{Cite web |title=Top Hits 2007 – - Box Office India |work=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/hit-down.php?txtYearlyData=2000-2009&year=2007}}</ref>

The film was also successful overseas. It debuted at number 9 on the UK charts and similarly debuted within the top 20 in the United States and Australian charts. The film collected £238,841 in the first week of its release.<ref name="Overseas collections">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/151.html |title=Overseas response |access-date=5 April 2007 |publisher=indiafm.com}}</ref> As of 27 July 2007, the movie grossed an estimated $15,273,747 in five territories, which included the United States ($4,149,772), Australia ($197,148), India ($17,267,662), Malaysia ($15,285), and the United Kingdom ($9,021,900).<ref name="boll_Nama">{{Cite web |title=Namastey London (2007) {{!}} Box Office Earnings | work = Bollywoodhungama.com | access-date = 14 August 2016 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/531205 }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Namastey London
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 27 January 2007
| recorded = 2006
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=96|s=47}}
| language = Hindi
| label = [[Eros Now]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Red: The Dark Side]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Shakalaka Boom Boom]]
| next_year = 2007
}}

The soundtrack album was released on 27 January 2007 and received good reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12835/index.html |title=India FM: Music Review – Namastey London |work=India FM |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214135826/http://indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12835/index.html |archive-date=14 December 2007}}</ref> 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 (lyricist)|Sameer]], all other songs were penned by [[Javed Akhtar]].<ref name="music">{{Cite web |title=Namastey London Songs |work=Bollywoodhungama.com |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/musicreview/id/531205}}</ref>
The Soundtrack Was One Of The Best Bollywood Soundtrack Of All Time In 2007
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 96:47

|title1= Chakna Chakna
|extra1= [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
|length1= 5:45

|title2= Viraaniya
|extra2= Himesh Reshammiya
|length2= 5:43

|title3= Main Jahaan Rahoon
|extra3= [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Krishna Beura]]
|length3= 6:22

|title4= Yahi Hota Pyaar
|extra4= Himesh Reshammiya, [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|length4= 6:23

|title5= Rafta Rafta
|extra5= [[RDB (Rhythm Dhol Bass)|RDB]]
|length5= 4:42

|title6= Annan Faanan
|extra6= Jayesh Gandhi, [[Akriti Kakkar]]
|length6= 6:02

|title7= Dilruba
|extra7= [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Alisha Chinai]]
|length7= 5:31

|title8= Viraaniya
|note8 = Mehfil Mix
|extra8= Himesh Reshammiya
|length8= 6:36

|title9= Aanan Faanan
|note9 = Mehfil Mix
|extra9= Jayesh Gandhi, Akriti Kakkar
|length9= 7:19

|title10= Chakna Chakna
|note10 = Remix
|extra10= Himesh Reshammiya
|length10= 3:53

|title11= Dilruba
|note11= Remix
|extra11= Zubeen Garg, Alisha Chinai
|length11= 5:12

|title12= Main Jahaan Rahoon (Remix)
|extra12= [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]]
|length12= 5:09

|title13= Yahi Hota Pyaar
|note13= Remix
|extra13= Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
|length13= 4:40

|title14= Aanan Faanan
|note14=Remix
|extra14= Jayesh Gandhi, Akriti Kakkar
|length14= 4:57

|title15= Main Jahaan Rahoon
|nkte15 = Mehfil Mix
|extra15= Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
|length15= 7:07

|title16= Yahi Hota Pyaar
|note16 = Mehfil Mix
|extra16= Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan
|length16= 6:36

|title17= Viraaniyan
|note17 = Remix
|extra17= Himesh Reshammiya
|length17= 4:23

|title18= Rafta Rafta
|note18 = Remix
|extra18= RDB
|length18= 3:47
}}

==Remake and sequel==
The film was unofficially remade in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as ''[[Paran Jai Jaliya Re]]'' starring [[Dev (Bengali actor)|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.<ref name="indi_High">{{Cite web |title=High Court bells the copycat,bans blockbuster Poran Jay Joliya Re |work=The Indian Express |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/high-court-bells-the-copycat-bans-blockbuster-poran-jay-joliya-re/}}</ref>

In March 2011, Shah had announced a sequel, ''[[Namaste England]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vipul Shah plans a 'Namastey London' sequel - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vipul-shah-plans-a-namastey-london-sequel/764448/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> Kumar and [[Sonakshi Sinha]] were initially signed to play the leads in the sequel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akshay Kumar says 'Namastey London' again! |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/akshay-kumar-says-namastey-london-again_136283.htm |access-date=14 June 2013 |newspaper=Zee News |date=8 June 2013}}</ref> ''[[Namaste England]]'' was released in October 2018 with [[Parineeti Chopra]] and [[Arjun Kapoor]] in lead roles.

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Namastey London}}
* {{Official website|http://erosentertainment.com/namasteylondon}}
* {{IMDb title|0795434}}
* {{mojo title|namasteylondon}}

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[[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]]
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