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Film review: Salaam Namaste
By: Sarita Tanwar
September 10, 2005
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When Nick met Ambar
Salaam Namaste ** 1/2
Dir: Siddharth Raj Anand
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi
Kahani mein twist: Here's a film that attempts to delve into the pros and cons of a live-in relationship. Nick (Saif Ali Khan) is a chef based in Australia who lives life on his own terms. An initial hostile meeting with radio jockey Ambar (Preity Zinta) eventually draws him to her.
Nick believes that he's fallen in love with her and convinces Ambar to shift in with him — of course, keeping the distance though. They begin with living in separate bedrooms under the same roof but soon do away with the barriers.
The problems arise when Ambar gets pregnant and Nick finds himself unprepared for such an occurrence. He wants her to abort the child while she intends keeping it.
The differences keep growing until they decide to go on with their individual lives. However, circumstances compel them to continue living in the same house. Salaam Namaste is the story of loving, separating and then realizing love once again.
Ekdum jhakaas: Director Siddharth Raj Anand tackles a subject that's bold, refreshing and unique — and full marks to Aditya Chopra for at least making an effort to see beyond candy floss love stories. The film has been entirely shot in Australia and the cool, breezy look is all thanks to the gorgeous locales.
The costumes stand out, particularly Preity's (Surily Goel does a fabulous job) and Sunil Patel's cinematography is clean and crisp. Siddharth tries to narrate his story in a bittersweet manner and that's the 'different' aspect of this otherwise serious, mature love story.
The initial meetings between Nick and Ambar are interestingly penned — the beach wedding sequence deserves a special mention.
Their budding romance even as they live together has definite sparks just like the sequences depicting Ambar's first flush with pregnancy and Nick's coming to terms with it. Saif Ali Khan carries the film through in a style popularized by stars like Shah Rukh Khan (the teary scenes) and Salman Khan (the bare-chested look).
The actor is brilliant in the scene where he's justifying his 'singlehood' stance to best friend Arshad Warsi. Preity Zinta looks glamorous and has the tougher part, especially in the second half. It takes guts for a top-ranking heroine to accept a role that showcases her pregnant tummy for almost half the film.
Zinta does justice to her character's indecisive and vulnerable streak though the director could've controlled her screaming and ranting during crucial moments. Arshad Warsi plays the perfect sidekick yet again.
But the real phataka in the film is Javed Jaffrey in a cameo role, doing a hilarious take-off on Feroz Khan.
Wonder why they didn't have more of him? Siddharth also brings to life Vishal-Shekhar's otherwise average music with his knockout picturization — particularly the title number and My Dil Goes Hmmm…
Kuch gadbad hain: The story and screenplay are two areas where Siddharth could've done with some fine-tuning.
Saif and Preity's irritating arguments are painful; mundane situations like calling each other at the same time and finding the phone busy are aplenty; the many 'lifts' straight out of popular series Friends could've been avoided; predictable misunderstandings arising over watching Preity with buddy Jugal Hansraj look highly redundant.
Siddharth has the couple splitting over the pregnancy issue and a couple of reels later, he has the two singing a song — what's with that? The climax is the biggest downer — the whole city looking out for Preity is a bit too much to digest and the slapstick humour that follows it just doesn't fit with the rest of the film.
The casting of character artistes needed more attention — the guy playing Saif's boss succeeds in giving you a throbbing headache; Kunal Vijaykar as Preity's boss is a pain to watch; Tania Zaetta needs to return to Who Dares Wins with immediate effect. And you will always wonder why Abhishek Bachchan had to do the special appearance as the bumbling doctor; a role befitting the likes of Johny Lever.
Aila, yeh kya? The lovemaking scenes between Preity and Saif are hot hot hot. Preity puts Mallika Sherawat leagues behind with her steamy smooches.
Kya karein kya na karein: Even though Salaam Namaste doesn't have a lasting effect, the fun and froth captured amidst the sapphire blue waters of Australia make it worthy a watch. And yes, Preity's first-time kissathon brings in some novelty too.
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