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I saw this movie last night. Simply it is the worst of all movies I have seen this year. It is a story of Indian and Pakistani families living in Western countries and witnessing that the cultural differences are taking their children away from their roots. Katrina Kaif is British Born Confused Desi girl who thinks that she is more Briton than the British. Her parents, particularly her father wants her to realize that she belongs to a different culture with a slightly different set of ethics. She travels to India with her parents where they try to find her an eligible Indian guy. They visit Hyderabad, Bangalore, Agra to see the Taj Mahal and then they visit Punjab. There they force her to marry Akshay Kumar, who is a village farmer. Finding no way out she marries Akshay Kumar and brings him back to London. Once in London she refuses to accept the marriage. Now Akshay Kumar will have to win her heart before she marries the white guy in her life.
Katrina Kaif looked exceptionally beautiful throughout the movie. So did London, the director spent a great deal of time showing the monumental structures, popular tourist destinations and night life of London. The movie would have worked on me if the director had spend some time on making Akshay’s character a little stronger, improving the dialog delivery of Katrina and Upen and decreased the scenes where white men occupied the party.
Music was below average. The only person who acted well through out the movie was Rishi Kapoor and Javed Sheikh. Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor and he plays the role of Pervez, father of Imran Khan (Upen Patel). Upen Patel has absolutely no acting skills at all and I cared less about his acting as I have said earlier that if he is going to roam around shirtless and half naked then I am going to forgive him for his bad acting skills. But unfortunately Upen’s shirtless scenes and his delicious brown body didn’t work that well. The movie was centered around Katrina Kaif and she did her best to look beautiful. I wish she had worked a little more on improving her dialog delivery and acting skills. The movie was branded as a romantic comedy and I failed to find both elements. The romance didn’t occupy the movie and comedy, well someone should tell Akshay that his hera-pheri kind of acting is not going to work for all movies.
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April 3rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm
namstay london is very lovely movie it is the part of my hart this story same is my story
ilov akshay kumar he role is very sincerly i love it and katrina is so charming and beautiful
i love this movie and this story very quit so i love my india
April 14th, 2007 at 12:25 am
excuse me lol dont think it waz as bad as ur sayin it but i agree wuv ya and especially on the things you wrote about upen patel hes ugly only his body makes him hot.
April 17th, 2007 at 3:44 am
there was nothing wrong with this movie….i fact it is one of the best i have seen so far. It is not like other boring love story movies… the characters blended well in their roles, i liked it alot
April 18th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Common Sabeen, Definitely its not as bad as you wrote…..I agree its not a great movie but its not bad either…and Akshay has acted very well!!! Katrina has topped the list of my favorites!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am
A great movie…simply great…not a love story…it is the story of a person’s honesty who pays repect to Indian values…those who are passing wrong comments about this movie…probably they have gone mad…they are not true Indians…they should move out of India…this movie is a landmark for bollywood…I have alreay seen this movie more than 40 times till now…
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
thanx for this site
May 16th, 2007 at 12:30 am
well i’m from latino america my leanguage is spanish , but i speak hindi also, i love all hindi movie’s all r so cute n girl’s are sooo pretty all, all…kissssss to all i dn’t 1nt say name’s cz i don’t 1nt forghet any one…bye
May 25th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
wat is that punjabi dialouge wen akshay kumar tells katrina that wen they become old and he will call her up and tell her to meet him
June 14th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Can anyone help me with this,
I need to know the dialog, Akhshay Kumar says to Katrina in Punjabi which later she finds out to be
as “Pyar ka matlab haasil karna nahin hota”
he says that, whn he ws tryin to tell her that he will still be there when he comes to London again after
20 years and meets her, they would converse this.
PLZZZ HELP me with the exact Punjabi dialog he delivers.
June 20th, 2007 at 10:34 am
bharat, Intekhaab :
He says this:
‘Ishq di mere mitra pehchaan ki. Mit jaave jadon jid apnan di’
July 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
well! i find it is a masterful planned comedy!!1 well! i liked akshay ‘s and katrina .and i also liked rishi kapoor in the film.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Namaste London – Namastey London Hindi Movie Review…
Review of Namaste London, a movie based on the lives of Non Resident Indians who travel back to punjab to find a groom for their daughter….
September 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
NAMASTEY LONDON is a movie of two characters one living in punjab a young handsome jaat falling in love with a girl of london.I appreciate the moie very much and would like to watch it again and again……….
December 15th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I am watching the movie on my TV and writing my opinion as I have understood the rest of story to follow. The story line is typical of so many other movies. Indian film makers have to get over the notion of proving India being better/equal to the rest of the world. The audience has to grow to understand that India is treated as an equal by the rest of the world.
I think the notion of Foreign born confused deshi (note: I am not writing desi) is completely misplaced. Looking at the changing cultural landscape in India, I find myself increasingly believing in the notion of ‘Indian Born confused desi’
Jasmeet’s father (Jazz) took her to India on a sly and forces her to marry. It is incorrect as much as it is incorrect for Jasmeet to marry Arjun with the intent of getting rid of him in London. I ask the girls who will be reading this blog entry whether they would like their parent’s to do what Jasmeet’s parent do. Think.
Movie is without substance – either in acting, music, or story. I am at a loss now as to why I had to write at this length for a movie I would not recommend anybody to watch.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
amit u can get lost! the movie was really gd. and wat is wrong with ur parents finding u someone to marry if they they are such a gd person as arjun. yh fair enough wat kat did was wrong but i think it was a great love story. my fav bit was when arjun was riding his motorbike and put 2 hands in the air and did a bit of bhangra! after it was the 1 st time he met kat when their car had broken down. lol
May 15th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Sabeen Namastey,
I respect your feelings because it is true on your behalf.
& I also respect other’s(Boys) feelings who watches this movie as their own life movie.
I think this movie was whole about real love….
Two very nice dialogues:-
1. “Jab tak haar naa jaayen, tab tak jeetae huye hote hain”
A. Keep trying until you get your goal & Do your best.
A. Keep highest Self-Esteem (Self-worth, Sense of worth).
B. Be confident. Means Be sure of yourself i.e. Be Positive.
2. “Ishq di mere mitra pehchaan ki. Mit jaave jadon jidd apnan di”
A. Forgive each other honestly, heartily & whole-heartedly.
B. Be giving honestly & heartily without any expectations (i.e. likelihood) & obligations (compulsion).
C. Be self-less. It is somewhat hard to do but you can do it….
D. Show excellence of love in relationship.
E. Win the crowd & win each and everyone with love.
According to me, This was whole theme behind the movie…. So, I like it most….
One more thing I think “Katrina Kaif” elapsed her role very well & she was most appropriate
bollywood lady for that role in which One british girl delivered dialogues in hindi
i.e. Hindi with british accent
“British Born Confused Desi girl”
According to me,At last Katrina understands value of love in life & She appeared totally
“cosmopolitan urban” girl, Not even a single time desi….
August 20th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
hi all namaste,
i watched this movie last 2 years and i realy love it specially the hundsome actor aksay kumar he was act great and katrina she is realy beutyfull, they have nice music, good story, its made me cry when i watched,
and you sabeen may be you just dont like aksay only thats way you you not support the movie
October 5th, 2009 at 7:58 am
sisir ranjan dash,
I disagree with you comments about people being non-indian just because they doint like a movie.
I, myself have watched the movie and i think that it is an alright movie. i enjoyed watching it, but it wasnt the most awesome movie. just cuz u like the movie, doesnt mean every1 has 2.
This movie is’nt a “landmark for bollywood”. there have been many movies that cover the topic of indians acting foreign and parent being upset, havn’t u ever watched older indian movies with rich people always going off to places and coming back as non-cultured indians?