Review of Namastey London

Welcome is Namastey in India. Hence in Namastey London we welcome London!! Do we???!!!! The Indian immigrants all over had one more movie based on them besides Namesake. This proves Globalization impact on India. Besides importing Walmart and Vodafone we are also importing daughters of NRIs who have lost their culture after studying foreign languages and history of land they reside in. Boozing, Fagging, clubbing and defying parents becomes Chalta Hai for that genre. Isn’t it same here??!!! Vipual Shah takes up job of cleaning one of such NRI’s (Rishi Kapoor) daughter (Katrinal Kaif). He takes help of desi Punjabi munda (Akshay Kumar) and result is Namastey London or whatever they insist on calling it.
So here we are taking insight of Katrina who loves thrice divorce British and wants to marry him much against his father’s wishes. He agrees on one condition a trip to India and schemes for bachelors from all over India to meet her spoilt British dame, though not honored by queen. Lost in all cities, Rishi finds solution to his puzzle at his hometown in Punjab. The Jat cow milk drinking Akshay impresses him so much that he marries his daughter immediately to him. Trying to sprint away from country, Katrina seeks advice of his friend Imran (Upen Patel), one of another NRI Londoner who has defied his parents by moving in with a white girl without marriage. He asks her to marry him and get him to London same night without any registered proof of marriage. London brings a shock of being single yet married to Akshay when she announces her marriage plans to her white boss. Dejected Akki doesn’t give up and decides to fight her back. But his way chosen is my befriending her and drawing her close and allowing her to marry the white. The game of persuasion intermingles with sacrifice emotional tour sublimed with some dialogues of national integration and making India proud. Katrina who has been a good showpiece throughout the movie is melted with heat of his love and…. Then comes climax of amateurishly written movie. The camera angles give us tour of London and some well bred cities of India with worship places but fails to capture the correct essence of cinema.
The director has forgotten his lessons of film making or was on holiday to Gabbon or Madagascar where movie making is alien word. Screenplay showed us diary of 1st grade school girl and dialogues are copied from a skit played in some school. Akshay has tried hard enough to cope with slow and predictable pace of film. Rishi provides a little extra mileage and Katrina is a well sculpted mannequin with emotions portrayed subsequently. Upen is extra feature in the film full of predictions and boredom. Serious advise to all do not watch even if you have time and extra money for draining it down the gutters.
Do not do Namastey to Namastey London!!!!!!
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* Bhool Hi jaaon
** Theek Hai Chalalenge
*** Accha Hain Achha Hain
**** Kya Baat HainJhakkaas
***** Dimaag aur Dil Hila De