Movie Reviews: Namastey London

i loved namastey london....all i will say it that's its a complete entertainer...everyone's performance was very good and Akshay was mind blowing 👏

Originally posted by: amasin girl

i loved namastey london....all i will say it that's its a complete entertainer...everyone's performance was very good and Akshay was mind blowing 👏

omg i saw it and i wanna watch it again....it was incredible😳.....akki was the best as always😳and he and katrina looked so good together👏i am going to buy this dvd for sure😉its a full pack of entertainment...😳so funny and so romantic...i loved the punjab parts specially when she faces her real family of india..poor jasmeet😆awwwwww...

great movie

REDIFF REVIEW -Namastey London is a fun ride

Sukanya Verma
March 23, 2007 17:48 IST

She's all British. He's all Punjab. They are a perfect mismatch. This antithesis provides the premise of Vipul Amrutlal Shah's, Namastey London.

Seeing as this is a romantic comedy, there is no room for reality. Consequently, issues like confused upbringing of desis born and raised abroad, though, mentioned are never tackled.

In Shah's London, desi kids gulp down vodka shots like banana milkshake and spend all free time burning the dance floors. Some others (an insufferable Upen Patel in a wasted side track) idle around shirtless bathing in the sun with their white girlfriend contemplating a live in relationship.

How do their parents react? The son is thrown out of the house. While a groom hunt commences for the daughter.

All this is established in an incoherent but fast-paced narrative. Essentially though, Namastey London revolves around Jasmeet aka Jazz (Katrina Kaif), a clearly pampered and indulged daughter of Mr and Mrs Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor and Nina Wadia). Being the only child, she pretty much gets away with everything, which includes her desire to marry her thrice divorced English boss, Charlie Brown (a mediocre Clive Standen). The whole theatre knows Brown is a self-centred, chauvinistic brat. His marital screams it so. But Jasmeet is evidently all Jazz no brain.

Sensing trouble in Brown, her dad quickly plans a trip to India under the pretext of tourism. (That, my readers, in the language of cinema means a two minute tour of the picturesque Rishikesh, Haridwar, Agra and Hyderabad, which surprisingly Jonathan Bloom's camera hardly does any justice.)

Singh, actually, intends to get Jazz married off to the next best lad available. What follows instead is a hilarious series of goofy contenders obsessed with Indian Idol, K-soaps and Numerology gurus, slyly hinting the impact of television on Indian youngsters today.

After a series of misadventures, he makes a final stop to his village in Punjab, giving Akshay Kumar his much-awaited chance to make a hero's entry into the screen/scene. Astride a bike, balle balleing in a bubblegum pink kurta, Arjun (his name in the film) makes his introduction to Jazz and family. It's love at first sight for this Punjab da puttar.

Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar in Namastey LondonMeanwhile, Jazz nauseates through the noisy camaraderie of her caricature relatives about dripping ghee, lassi shassi, parathas and makhan and desi daru. Soon enough, her adamant father tricks her into marrying Arjun.

We know she'll play along. We know she won't let the marriage get consummated. We know that Arjun is going to burn his heart. Then again, we also know, how despite telling Jazz's sympathetic father he isn't up to any herogiri, Arjun will exactly do that.

Post-intermission, Namastey London becomes a guidebook for herogiri-waltzing with the heroine, winning rugby matches, doing bhangra in night clubs or waxing eloquent about India Shining to Englishmen, still hung up on East India Company.

In retrospect, one wonders why all the British characters come across as so horribly shallow in the movie. They are ill-defined and one-dimensional.

In that sense, everything about Namastey London is rather obvious -- the motive, the move and the outcome -- as per rom-com tradition, it's specific but unrealistic.

Despite its predictability and lack of detail, the caper doesn't quite jar the senses. It has its share of light-hearted moments, especially the recurring groom fiasco and a rollicking rugby match. Also, the cast comes up with a rather believable act.

A still from Namastey LondonRishi Kapoor is adorable as the worrying father. The man has such an incredible sense of humour and charm attached to his persona making his screen antics a delight to watch. Whether he's enthusiastically posting his daughter's profile on a matrimonial website or getting into a giggling fit at the dinner table or defining rugby as 'Yeh ball pakad kar saand ki tarah us goal post tak bhaag' (Take the ball and charge like a bull towards the goal post), the man rocks.

Katrina Kaif suits the role to the T. As Jazz, she is sassy but gentle, confused but stable and petulant but glamorous. The actress brings the zingy mix of her character alive with style and substance. You cannot not mention just how luminous she looks on the silver screen. Also, good job with the wardrobe, girl!

In contrast, Akshay Kumar doesn't quite look 'all there'. The auburn highlights don't suit him one bit. But he's a terrific on the emotional front. Even though this role is pretty much like the one he played in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye -- chasing a confused heroine about to marry someone else -- the actor adds in his brand of vulnerability. He's especially effective in the scene where, for a change, his Arjun takes a beer break from herogiri, 'Kabhi kabhi bhool jaata hoon, aakhir main bhi toh ek insaan hi hoon' (Sometimes I forget that I am human too).

Director Vipul Shah curbs down his tendency to stretch melodrama, as seen in Waqt: A Race Against Time, to a noticeable extent in Namastey London. On the flip side, the jokes are not always funny and Himesh Reshammiya's songs show up more often than not.

With all its minuses and plus, this fancy repackaging of the East-against-West-values featuring vivacious stars, light humour and cool locations, is effortless to watch.

rating-2.5/5

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Raajev Masands review of NAMASTEY LONDON

In this week's big, new Bollywood release, director Vipul Shah's "Namastey London", Katrina Kaif plays an Indian girl born and raised in the UK, who's turned out to be something of an enfant terrible who guzzles vodka like it's water, dresses in micro-minis under her salwar-kameez, and frightens away prospective grooms by telling them false stories about her promiscuity.

But worse than all of this, and the reason her dad's having sleepless nights actually, is because she's seriously considering a marriage proposal from her white boyfriend, a cad who's already been married thrice in the past. No wonder daddy dearest Rishi Kapoor whisks her off to good ol' India where after several failed attempts to find a suitable groom for his daughter, he finally coaxes her to tie the knot with the son of an old friend, a sort of small-town bumpkin Akshay Kumar, who's already fallen head over heels in love with his peaches-and-cream complexioned wife.

Promising to consummate their marriage back in London, Katrina brings Akshay home, but only to reveal to him and to her parents that this wedding was all a sham, and her heart still beats only for her white boyfriend. Shaken, but not entirely defeated, Akshay decides he's going to stay on and win her back with love.

I can bet my last paycheque that the one thought that came to your head while you heard me narrate the film's plot is: 'Hey, haven't I heard this story before?' Well, yes, you have and several times over actually. It's clear, straight off the bat, that "Namastey London" is a been-there-seen-that story inspired from a variety of films including "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" and "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" to name just two.

The one thing that a film must have in order to hold your interest, is unpredictability. It's very unlikely that you're going to enjoy a film if you know exactly how it's going to turn out in the end. But let's face it, unpredictability of plot is something that very few Hindi films can boast of. In which case, when you do know what direction a film is going in, when you do know what's going to happen at the end of the film, the only thing that is likely to keep you entertained, is the manner in which the filmmaker or the writers arrive at that ending.

You know the beginning, you know the end - now can they make the middle so interesting and so unique that you're willing to stay with the film even though you know where it's all leading up to? The same is true of "Namastey London". It's a Hindi film, you know Akshay Kumar is going to melt Katrina's heart in the end, now we just need to know how he does it. Vipul Shah and his writers use the old-fashioned approach - true love conquers all. Some of you may find that archaic and outdated, but once in a while I think earnestness, sincerity and some old-fashioned simplicity can do the trick.

"Namastey London" certainly has its heart in the right place. But sadly it goes about making its point in the stupidest manner. Why is it essential to portray every white person as a racist bigot in order to convey what a desh-bhakt our hero is?

That party scene in which a white man makes Indian jokes only to be put in his place by Akshay is so over-the-top and so blatantly manipulative, it makes you cringe. Ditto for that scene at the mosque where Akshay drives sense into Upen Patel's head by explaining to him why nothing and no one's worth changing one's name and religion for - it's a scene that's screaming out for a pat on the back - "Look at all the good values we're trying to propagate."

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a cynic, I'm just saying this film is so caught up being self-congratulatory that it doesn't even realize where its slipping up. Like the humour for example, which is so juvenile at most times. Or all the stereotypes that the film tends to reinforce.

By the time the lights finally come on and the end credits begin to roll, you feel like you've been in that hall for what seems like an eternity. "Namastey London" is too long for a story that's too familiar to begin with. It's not a bad film, but it's often dull and you can pretty much predict its every next step.

Of the actors, Upen Patel turns in a surprisingly decent piece as a British-Asian boy confronted with cultural dilemmas. Now if only he'd work on his dialogue delivery and accent, they wouldn't have to dub his voice. And someone please ask him to keep his shirt on, we've seen enough of his shaved torso already. As the patient and hopeful romantic,

Akshay Kumar plays his most restrained role yet, and he's not bad at all, it's just that his character seems so ludicrous, you're unable to take him too seriously.

For Katrina Kaif, playing the rebellious protagonist of this film, it's a part that fits her like a glove. Her acting's also considerably improved since the last time she was on screen. But for me, the only actor really worth mentioning in this film is Rishi Kapoor. Both in his comic scenes and his dramatic portions, he brings a degree of naturalness that none of the other actors can serve up. He is easily the emotional anchor of this film and his performance, it's only real strength.

I'm going to go with two out of five for Vipul Shah's "Namastey London". In many ways it's modeled after those well-meaning 70s films - one part Dev Anand romance, one part Manoj Kumar patriotic saga. It's sweet and it's simple but that's just the question - do we still have an appetite for steamed rice when everyone else is eating biryani?

-2/5

Namastey London is a fun ride

Sukanya Verma
Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar in Namastey London

March 23, 2007 17:48 IST

She's all British. He's all Punjab. They are a perfect mismatch. This antithesis provides the premise of Vipul Amrutlal Shah's, Namastey London.

Seeing as this is a romantic comedy, there is no room for reality. Consequently, issues like confused upbringing of desis born and raised abroad, though, mentioned are never tackled.

In Shah's London, desi kids gulp down vodka shots like banana milkshake and spend all free time burning the dance floors. Some others (an insufferable Upen Patel in a wasted side track) idle around shirtless bathing in the sun with their white girlfriend contemplating a live in relationship.

How do their parents react? The son is thrown out of the house. While a groom hunt commences for the daughter.

All this is established in an incoherent but fast-paced narrative. Essentially though, Namastey London revolves around Jasmeet aka Jazz (Katrina Kaif), a clearly pampered and indulged daughter of Mr and Mrs Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor and Nina Wadia). Being the only child, she pretty much gets away with everything, which includes her desire to marry her thrice divorced English boss, Charlie Brown (a mediocre Clive Standen). The whole theatre knows Brown is a self-centred, chauvinistic brat. His marital screams it so. But Jasmeet is evidently all Jazz no brain.

Sensing trouble in Brown, her dad quickly plans a trip to India under the pretext of tourism. (That, my readers, in the language of cinema means a two minute tour of the picturesque Rishikesh, Haridwar, Agra and Hyderabad, which surprisingly Jonathan Bloom's camera hardly does any justice.)

Singh, actually, intends to get Jazz married off to the next best lad available. What follows instead is a hilarious series of goofy contenders obsessed with Indian Idol, K-soaps and Numerology gurus, slyly hinting the impact of television on Indian youngsters today.

After a series of misadventures, he makes a final stop to his village in Punjab, giving Akshay Kumar his much-awaited chance to make a hero's entry into the screen/scene. Astride a bike, balle balleing in a bubblegum pink kurta, Arjun (his name in the film) makes his introduction to Jazz and family. It's love at first sight for this Punjab da puttar.

Meanwhile, Jazz nauseates through the noisy camaraderie of her caricature relatives about dripping ghee, lassi shassi, parathas and makhan and desi daru. Soon enough, her adamant father tricks her into marrying Arjun.

We know she'll play along. We know she won't let the marriage get consummated. We know that Arjun is going to burn his heart. Then again, we also know, how despite telling Jazz's sympathetic father he isn't up to any herogiri, Arjun will exactly do that.

Post-intermission, Namastey London becomes a guidebook for herogiri-waltzing with the heroine, winning rugby matches, doing bhangra in night clubs or waxing eloquent about India Shining to Englishmen, still hung up on East India Company.

In retrospect, one wonders why all the British characters come across as so horribly shallow in the movie. They are ill-defined and one-dimensional.

In that sense, everything about Namastey London is rather obvious -- the motive, the move and the outcome -- as per rom-com tradition, it's specific but unrealistic.

Despite its predictability and lack of detail, the caper doesn't quite jar the senses. It has its share of light-hearted moments, especially the recurring groom fiasco and a rollicking rugby match. Also, the cast comes up with a rather believable act.

Rishi Kapoor is adorable as the worrying father. The man has such an incredible sense of humour and charm attached to his persona making his screen antics a delight to watch. Whether he's enthusiastically posting his daughter's profile on a matrimonial website or getting into a giggling fit at the dinner table or defining rugby as 'Yeh ball pakad kar saand ki tarah us goal post tak bhaag' (Take the ball and charge like a bull towards the goal post), the man rocks.

Katrina Kaif suits the role to the T. As Jazz, she is sassy but gentle, confused but stable and petulant but glamorous. The actress brings the zingy mix of her character alive with style and substance. You cannot not mention just how luminous she looks on the silver screen. Also, good job with the wardrobe, girl!

In contrast, Akshay Kumar doesn't quite look 'all there'. The auburn highlights don't suit him one bit. But he's a terrific on the emotional front. Even though this role is pretty much like the one he played in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye -- chasing a confused heroine about to marry someone else -- the actor adds in his brand of vulnerability. He's especially effective in the scene where, for a change, his Arjun takes a beer break from herogiri, 'Kabhi kabhi bhool jaata hoon, aakhir main bhi toh ek insaan hi hoon' (Sometimes I forget that I am human too).

Director Vipul Shah curbs down his tendency to stretch melodrama, as seen in Waqt: A Race Against Time, to a noticeable extent in Namastey London. On the flip side, the jokes are not always funny and Himesh Reshammiya's songs show up more often than not.

With all its minuses and plus, this fancy repackaging of the East-against-West-values featuring vivacious stars, light humour and cool locations, is effortless to watch.

rating: 2 1/2

Namastey London is a safe bet

Namastey London (NL)

Rating: ***1/2

We saw it in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. And we see it in Namastey London too. Yes, there's a certain chemistry between Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif which lends their onscreen romance a redolence which makes even an ordinary romantic film above average. Maybe, it's their traditional image of Akshay as the retrosexual male (read Punjabi munda) and Katrina as the Xtreme Feminine which strikes a crackling contrast and imbues the wooing game with fireworks. Whatever! But they look good together and give you a paisa vasool pyar-mohabbat story. Especially here, where brawny Akshay plays the perfect 'Jat yamla pagla deewana' to brattish Jasmeet, all the way from the backwaters of Punjab to good ole Blighty.

Vipul Shah's celebration of this sarson ka saag versus sauce and finger chips potpourri is essentially a fun film which pitches the Purab Paschim metaphor in muted tones. Troubled by his daughter's wild and videshi ways, dad Rishi Kapoor bundles her off from London to Punjab to find a suitable desi boy for her. And before she can register her protest, he gets her married off to the perfect Punjabi boy who, like all perfect Punjabi boys, drinks milk straight from the udder. But our gal's quite a shrew and has an ace up her sleeve. She promises her bhola-bhala groom a suhaag raat only in London and brings him to foreign shores to declare he's the persona non grata in her life. She's going to wed the gora who woos her with vintage wine on a yatch. So what does our never-say-die Indian do? Gives all the goras a tutorial on India and makes everyone realise: East or West, Bharat is best!

Pulp patriotism, popcorn romance, adept performances (specially by Rishi Kapoor), pulsating music (Javed Akhtar-Himesh Reshammiya) and a refreshing lead pair (Akshay-Katrina in great form): Namastey London is a safe bet, despite the World Cup fervour.

Nikhat Kazmi, Film Critic, The Times of India

Namastey London (2007) Movie Review: true-blue indian movie

East meets West themes has been tackled since Manoj Kumar's Purab Aur Pachim till Subash Ghai's Pardes, well add one more - Namaste London. Romantic story about our desi hunk Akshay Kumar wooing V-desi girl - Katrina. Namaste London cannot be though categorized only as Leibes film. The canvas widens as the story progresses, the Big Brother racism issuse is once again ignited, the widening generation gap among NRI's and many more social issues are tauted.

The story of NL moves in a progressive and natural way, without any unwatned interferances. It seems to be lossely inspired by HDDCS in some parts, but they way those parts are executed makes the difference. Its complete family movie with full of laughter, love and of course dollops of tear jerking drama. Namastey London revolves around Jasmeet aka Jazz, a clearly pampered and indulged daughter of Mr and Mrs Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor and Nina Wadia). Being a brat since her childhood, Jazz falls in love with thrid time divorced man who himself is a self-arrogant and cunning firangi.

In order to get rid of firangi, Jazz's parents plan an Indian trip hoping to find next good guy suitable for Jazz. Luckily they bump into Arjun, a Punjabi who falls into love on very first time he sees Jazz. Soon enough his dreams come true, when he marries Jazz. But fate or better Jazz had something else in her mind.

The narritive here after follows Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam path, Arjun himself help Jazz to find her love. But in the meantime he tries to win her heart back with all been there done that antics.

Will Fun-jabi be able to ever win B-Desi ?

Though romantic stories about perfect mismatch couples has been beaten to death, Namaste London looks fresh and natural due to its foolproof screenplay. The movie starts with light note until it reaches interval from where whole drama begins. Musicwise, Himesh has done justice by giving techno & groovy mixes to suit the make & feel of the movie. Even songs placement has been done perfectly well, unlike todays regular movies.

Performancewise Akki has done it again, after breaking action hero image, he once again break out from his regular comic image (post Hera Pheri). Katrina is getting better with every new movie, she doesn't look couple of flims old. After Priyanka, she is only actress who have gelled so well with Akshay (definitely on screen). After thanda performance in Fanaa, Rishi Kapoor surprises with his strong performance. Upen is adequate in tailor-made role.

With eye candy locales, sizzling music, amazing chemistry and top noch performances by leading pairs - definitely worth of Namastey…

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MOVIE REVIEW: NAMASTEY LONDON (2007)

Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel, Javed Sheikh, Clyde Stenden, Riteish Deshmukh
Directed & Produced by: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Music by: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Cinematographers: Dariusz Wolski, Johnathan Bloom

A British brat meets a Funjabi boy and they are off to London….itni simple si love story..Ah huh!! There is a lot more

to this one. Director Vipul Shah's previous movies Aankhen and Waqt were based on stage plays and they were shot on studio sets whereas Namastey London was shot all over London and Punjab (India).

The movie boasts of a highly imaginative star cast (Upen Patel playing a Pakistani), a successful music composer, thoughtful lyrics, compatible background score (Salim-Sulaiman) and an entertaining story (Suresh Nair).

Jazz (Katrina Kaif) is a brat, born and brought up in Phoren. She thinks partying and drinking in pubs is all that there is to life. Here, Papa Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor) enters the scene and demystifies the generation gap. Now, Papa takes Jazz on a joy ride to India where he forcefully makes her marry apna desi munda Arjun (Akshay). Later she educates dad that this wedding does not stand a chance to be authenticated in UK, reason she likes someone else (Clyde Stenden).

Now, Arjun takes the whole movie on his swing in the second half as he applies a simple strategy to win back Katrina. The character does not do anything extraordinary which makes it even more believable (Ajay Devgan of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam). The movie draws sympathy to all its characters in pieces. Initially, people feel for Jazz aka Jasmeet (Katrina Kaif), then towards Arjun (Akshay Kumar), Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor) etc.

Namastey London is a standard NRI film which exploits foreign locations and Indian emotions to the maximum. The movie creeps into your heart with some blazing performances and story narration. The clash of cultures, the widening gap between parents and kids, also racism — judging someone by the color of the skin – Namastey London tackles it all.

The movie stands out as a winner in involving the audience in various emotional aspects. A scene wherein Akshay gives it back to the arrogant Englishman and the rugby match where the Indians/Pakistanis win against the goras are exceptional and take you on a joyful ride. The cool lecture on India's worth also connects you with the scene.

A lot of Pardes effect is palpable in the second half especially when Katrina refuses sex to her English lover before marriage. Writer Suresh Nair's screenplay is believable with no loose or left out pieces in the story. The second half couls have been edited in a better way, though it can be ignored. The usage of English may make the Indian audience uncomfortable at times though the youth is accustomed to it.

The combination of ace lyricist Javed Akhtar and controversial yet talented music director/nasal singer Himesh Reshammiya for the first time, experimentations with poetic intellect of MEHFIL MIX, the expertise of musical genius of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and RDB (UK based rock group) makes the music excellent. Jonathan Bloom's cinematography is nice, though a lot of redundant shot could have been omitted.

Akshay Kumar certainly leaves his mark throughout the flick. One of the coolest performances of the star, though there could have been better dialogue delivery. Katrina justifies her role, duly because of the accent she carries. She authentic for the part she's playing.

Rishi Kapoor has reinvented himself with this performance and is a treat to watch in the emotional scenes. Clye Stenden too plays his part with utmost ease.Upen Patel is getting better and better. Surprisingly, Riteish has done maximum justice to his special appearance.

Overall, it is a great product, and with an honest and beautiful story is surely to make waves at the box office too. A complete timepass with a feel good factor attached to it.

Rating: 7.5/10

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Review Namastey London: Timepass flick

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel and Rishi Kapoor
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Synopsis: Desi kudi Jasmeet aka Jazz (Katrina) born and brought up in London to NRI parents (Rishi Kapoor and Nina Wadia) is a spoilt brat who detests anything Indian. She wants to get married to her Angrez boss, Charlie Brown (Clyde Stenden) who is already a 3 time divorcee. When her father comes to know about it, he takes her to India for groom hunting. After going through silly wannabes from a matrimonial site he finally settles down for a family friend's son, Arjun Singh (Akshay Kumar) from his hometown in Punjab. A frustrated Jazz agrees for the wedding but has her own plans to break her marriage thanks to the advice given by her Pakistani pal, Imran (Upen Patel). She puts down a condition that Arjun should join her to London and they should check their post marital compatibility there. Blind in love, Arjun agrees.

On reaching London, Jazz announces her marriage as illegal (not having signed marriage registration documents) and that she is free to marry Charlie. A shocked Arjun doesn't lose hope but vows to win her back. How does he manage to do it without resorting to filmy manipulations is what the rest of the film is all about.

Acting: Akshay Kumar is back again in full form after a few repetitive performances. He carries the entire second half solely on his shoulders. Katrina Kaif is immensely likeable and shows great comic timing. Upen Patel has a good screen presence but looks side lined throughout. Rishi Kapoor is fun to watch when he breaks into Punjabi. He gets a good role after a long time post his comeback. Clyde Stenden has acted well. Ritesh Deshmukh entertains in a small cameo.

Direction: Despite not choosing a novel subject, Vipul Shah has made sure the film is entertaining throughout sans any dull moments. He succeeds in giving the film its own individuality despite bearing a little resemblance in its storyline to Manoj Kumar's Purab Aur Pacchim (1970) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). He has avoided melodrama which he had overdone in his last film, Waqt (2005) and kept a good comic undertone throughout the serious drama that unfolds in the second half.

Script: Suresh Nair's script looks more loosely inspired from the Bhansali flick than Purab Aur Pacchim but yet manages to keep your interest alive till the end. There are a plenty of clap worthy moments in the film such as the Katrina's engagement scene in London where Akki subtly sermonizes an ignorant Brit about India. The Rugby match has come out well and so has the pub scene between Akshay and Rishi Kapoor. The spoofs on various bridegroom stereotypes are very funny.

Music: Himesh Reshammiya finally provides a good score without sounding repetitive and he is well supported by Javed Akhtar's lyrics. Akki's London pub song Chakna Chakna sung by Himesh and Katrina - Upen's Dilruba sung by Zubeen - Alisha Chinai are very good and so are its picturisations. The heartbreak song Veeraniyaan sung by Himesh is well penned by Javed Akhtar. The Rahat Fateh Ali Khan number Main Jahaan Rahoon is again one nice number. But the dream song in Punjab fields, Rafta Rafta is a bore and hinders the pace of the film.

indya.com rating: 3 out of 5