Namaste London

Namasteji

London or Punjab, Namaste London rocks. A must watch for all sections and for all Indians (resident or non-resident). The movie touches upon the connections of the 'NRI' community with the Indian Traditions. The story showcases the stark contrast between the OUTSIDE portray of the NRIs to their resident communities and their INSIDE mindset.

AKSHAY kumar...as usual performs at his best and delivers it too. His most commendable act in the movie is when he delivers the 'India-praising' speech to the Britishers. Rishi Kapoor acts fantastically for the first time compared to his recent acting projects. Upen Patel...we all know his acting skills, don't we !!...but he surprises me this time around. His acting has improved by giant leaps. Katrina Kaif as the main female lead also acts well. For the first time, her acting skills shadowed her 'looks' advantage.

She enacts the role of a spoiled NRI who wants to marry a young rich Englishman (divorced three times). To stymie this, Rishi Kapoor travels to Punjab and in desperation, marries her daughter Jaspreet (Katrina Kaif) to his childhood friend's son Arjun (Akshay Kumar). Since the marriage doesn’t have any legal authority, Jaspreet refuses to accept her marriage with Arjun. Rest of the story is about how Arjun got Jaspreet. The best part about the casting of the movie is that each and every character actor matched the profiles of their respective roles.

Our HR (Himesh Reshamiya) rocks again, esp. with Viraaniya. Apart from these, do watch out the treatment to K-serials (a laugh riot).
BUT
There are a few blunders in the movie. Firstly, the climax, somewhat confusing. While coming out from the movie, you get a feeling of missing something (though the movie is very enjoyable inspite of this confusion). Secondly, the casting of 'some green-eyed phirang' as the girlfriend of Upen Patel. Judging from the audience reaction, it seemed, she had the upper hand over Katrina in terms of LOOKS.

I guess the director forgot the basic rule...to portray a STAR as a SUPERSTAR, the relative sideactors should always be of less value...or...in simpler terms..."to portray a value into a higher value, the relative values should be of lesser value"......courtesy & copyrights: THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, Sir Issac Newton (:P)