Namastey London

Namastey London
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Produced by	Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Screenplay by	Suresh Nair
Story by	Suresh Nair
Starring	Akshay Kumar Katrina Kaif Rishi Kapoor Clive Standen Upen Patel Javed Sheikh
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Background score: Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography	Jonathan Bloom Dariusz Wolski
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Distributed by	Adlabs Films Ltd Blockbuster Movie Entertainers Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date	23 March 2007
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹310 million
Box office	₹714 million

Namastey London is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. It also stars Rishi Kapoor, Javed Sheikh, Upen Patel and Clive Standen in supporting roles. Riteish Deshmukh has a cameo role in the film. Critics have noted similarities between the film and the 1970 Manoj Kumar-directed Purab Aur Paschim, though the director denied it being a remake. The film became a box-office success upon release and also earned Kumar a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination.

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.

Her father had set her to meet a young lad, Bobby Bedi (Ritesh Deshmukh), though the date turns out to be a disaster and Bobby rejects her. Manmohan thinks that it is impossible to get him an Indian son-in-law, although his friend, Parvez Khan (Javed Sheikh), is in a similar situation with his son, Imran (Upen Patel), who has a blonde girlfriend, Susan (Tiffany Mulheron). Manmohan takes his family for a tour in India and forces Jasmeet to marry Arjun Singh (Akshay Kumar) who does not know how to speak English.