IMDb plot summary: A man takes his thoroughly-British daughter to his home country, India. There, he arranges her marriage to someone she considers a fool. The daughter attempts to outwit them, but the groom quietly and patiently hatches his own plan.
Directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. Starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, and Rishi Kapoor.
Namastey London is a Bollywood romantic comedy about a British Indian woman whose parents are trying to set her up with a nice Indian husband from the home country. After she reluctantly participates in a traditional marriage ceremony in India, the couple returns back to England, where she declares the traditional ceremony won't be recognized as a legal marriage in London, and she intends to marry someone else. Her Indian husband sticks around to see if he can persuade her otherwise. This is a very silly movie that only sometimes works. Katrina Kaif isn't what I'd call a particularly *good* actress in this, but she's very charismatic, and watching her fight and manipulate her way into being able to make her own decisions was fun. Akshay Kumar jumps in and out on how much I root for his character, but we do get some good big romantic gestures that are entertaining even if they don't always hit on a deeper level. A very surface-level movie but fun and light enough to enjoy.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Namastey London < Le voyage au Greenland
Namastey London > In the Line of Fire
Namastey London < The Happiest Millionaire
Namastey London > The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Namastey London > Scotland, PA
Namastey London > Choke
Namastey London > Adam
Namastey London < No Highway in the Sky
Namastey London > Nothing Like a Dame
Namastey London < Mongol
Namastey London > Easy Rider
Final spot: #2480 out of 3935, or 37%.
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