Namastey London (2007)

Namastey London is a 2007 Indian romantic drama film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. It also stars Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel and Clive Standen in supporting roles. Riteish Deshmukh has a cameo role in the film. The concept of Indians being born in foreign nations and forgetting their Indian roots and instead trying to become like people of that nation is drawn from the Manoj Kumar starrer Purab Aur Paschim. The film is made for an Indian audience in India, with most of the topics being controversial in India, like openly kissing in public and alcohol abuse. This film was a box office hit and also earned a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for Akshay Kumar.

It was remade in Bengali, as Paran Jai Jaliya Re starring Dev & Subhashree Ganguly which was a massive hit in West Bengal.

In June 2015, unofficial sources announced a sequel titled "Namastey England" was in talks and Akshay Kumar has been roped in as the lead once again. The makers are currently looking for a lead actress to star opposite Akshay Kumar. The team begins the race soon and will be seen camping in Punjab and London from January 2016 and are eyeing for a late 2016 release.

Synopsis

Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra (Rishi Kapoor) re-located to London, England, established himself, returned to India, got married to 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 to mingle with British friends, and Jasmeet was transformed into Jazz – a beautiful young woman, modern in looks, talk, habits, and heart.

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