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Story is good,it revolves around Katrina Kaif(jasmeet, Jazz), A London born and raised Indian girl,She wants to live her life her way and not according to his parents but movie takes a twist with entry of Akshay,whose love forces Katrina to marry him.Besides movie also shows friendship of Indians and Pakistanis in London.Some dialogs and scenes showing greatness of India are also there.Katrina is looking fabulous in movie.Punjabi people will have great fun watching movie. on the whole a nice time pass.Rishi kappor has also done a great acting.Upen is also good.the only thing that sounds insane in movie is Akshay falling in true love with Katrina on first sight and whole story moves further on this base.

After jab we met this romcom really stood for me ..music , plot , location , performances every thing is amazing...Himesh's best music

It makes you feel good about your country. Endorses the family values which are fast disappearing in todays world. Reaffirms that if you love selflessly, without expecting any returns, you truly get what you set out to achieve. Brilliant performance by Akshay. He is very restrained yet very strong and emotive. The part where the Englishman from the erstwhile East India company rants about India being a nation of snake charmers and the answer that Akshay politely gives him would gladden any person's heart. Katarina looks ravishing and communicates very well with her eyes. Her Hindi has also improved tremendously. Rishi Kapoor brings in a whiff of fresh air from his yesteryear's. Watch it with your better half. It'll make you both fell good about yourself.

Akshay Kumar! Akshay Kumar does such an incredible work in this movie, he becomes the heart and soul of it. A simple yet loving character played by him is so sensational couldn't describe in more words. Anybody would be in love with the character he is in the movie. Rishi Kapoor was amazing, magnificent. From the best of the cities to the simplest of the villages, the culture, the beauty, the nature, you'd learn it all in this movie. You learn how much impact the culture has on a person growing up. You learn the simplicity. You learn acceptance. You learn you haven't got the best, but you and your loved ones are the best. You see two different kinds of humans getting along with each other so beautifully but the modest one with his simplicity making sure he goes through the tough times, has patience and stays positive without losing the hope till the end. You will be in love not only with the plot, the characters and the whole story but more with the culture of the society. I loved even the songs in this movie, Rafta Rafta tera Afsana tera huaaa, rafta rafta, it suits the moment so much. It's not only gripping but made me cry like I was the last person watching this incredible work of art. We're obliged a team was able to create such a wonderful peace of work with enormous brilliance and magnificence. I loved Katrina's role too. I'd watch it with my kids sometime, tell them this is Akshay Kumar for you sons. Although he's the meme king of India, he's always in our hearts for the wonderful work he has committed to over the years with proper discipline. Thank you for reading it this long, you must've got to know I'm an Akshay Kumar fan, if not I'm drunk. Only the former is correct, but what I love is such work performed with absolute brilliance, be it comedy, be it action, but it's my hat off to this perfection. Talking about perfection, Welcome is a perfection in Comedy genre. I have my review over there too folks. Take care and enjoy every moment of life. No go don't waste much time, I'm a Writer I just wanted to pen down my thoughts. Thanks.

Namestey London is a refreshing film in that it gives centre-stage to a British woman of Indian origin, and does not portray her as a one-dimensional, rich-girl vixen, tempting the Bollywood hero away from his constant, truly Indian, girl-next-door. Instead the central character of Namastey London, Jasmeet 'Jazz' Malhotra, played by real British Asian Katrina Kaif, is being pressured into travelling to the Punjab to have an arranged marriage. Moreover, Jasmeet's Muslim friend Imran is in a similar position, a man with a white girlfriend who is deplored by his family.

Namesty London is an enjoyable film, with a quirky, engaging plot and characters. The cast is generally good, with comedian Nina Wadia fine as Jasmeet's mother, Javed Sheikh assured as Imran's dictatorial father, and Akshay Kumar suitably playing up to his zany character, but never overdoing it as Arjun, Jasmeet's arranged husband. But Rishi Kapoor deserves a special mention. His performance as Jasmeet's father is not only funny and delightful- he also manages to find real anxiety and confusion.

Unfortunately, with the exception of Kapoor, Namestey London as a whole attempts, but fails to achieve the deeper, more profound socio-political shades it seems to be aiming for, and it is with this that I take exception. Despite having a refreshing set-up and more than one-dimensional characters, Namastey London cannot quite shake off traditional, as well as superficial, Bollywood conventions about British people, whether Anglo-Saxon or of Asian extraction.

The first is the assumption that ethnic Indians raised in the west are more westernised than native Indians, fully absorbed into the dominant western culture, living the fast, modern, materialistic life- full to the brim with confidence, even arrogance. While some do, this is not a typical experience. Rather, it seems to me, native Indians can be more like this. Such Indians are likely to be wealthy, urbanised Indian residents. Go to a 'Café Coffee Day' in one of Bombay's more fashionable districts, in Bandstand for instance, overlooking the bay, and you may find young Indian women from wealthy backgrounds talking loudly, and self-consciously, about guys, jobs, fashion, and other girls, all in a vulgar way, as they try to imitate their image of westerners.

In my experience, no doubt informed by my being a British Asian, the majority of British Asians tend to have grown up in a fragmented cultural environment, divided between the dominant western culture outside the home, which has historically not been welcoming to them at times, and the insular, ossified, traditional culture that their parents stick to at home, trying to recreate an India which, rather ironically, is fading away.

I feel that the makers of Namestey London have tried to grasp this cultural fragmentation in Jasmeet 'Jazz' Malhotra's situation, not least in displaying her cultural fragmentation in her two names, the formal Jasmeet and her nickname outside the home, Jazz. She has a stern, backward-looking father and a forward-looking mother wishing for her daughter to become modern and westernised. I have no problem in understanding that people in real life have such backgrounds, except that I find Jasmeet's particular character, as explained by her family's circumstances which have produced her character's psychology, to be too simplistic and therefore unconvincing. 'Jazz' clearly comes across as the product of a preconceived, modern, urbanised Indian imagining of a young British Asian woman, rather than a fully researched and thought through British Asian character, rooted in a more secure sense of reality. True, the actress who played her, the fast-rising Katrina Kaif, is a British Asian, but strangely her performance seems to have been more informed by her years in the United States. Contrast her performance with Rishi Kapoor's, as noted above, and you will see that this doesn't help the film.

The second Bollywood convention that the film retains concerns its depiction of Anglo-Saxon British people. There is no doubt that many British people have had something of a colonial hangover in their relations with Indian immigrant communities, which has manifested itself at times in the form of racism. However, the British characters in Namestey London are nothing more than stereotypes of a jaundiced colonialist Indian imagination. It makes for unintentionally uproarious comedy- such as when Charlie Brown introduces Jasmeet and her arranged, but still unofficial husband, to his relative. Charlie's relative is, funnily enough, a descendant of an East India Companyman, who himself seems to have been transported from a cantonment at the height of the Raj. And though it is good to see, in the same scene, Jasmeet telling him of the many successes of modern India, something which needs stressing to many in the west too hung-up on India's continuing failures, this is lazy film making- they should show this through situation and character.

Still, though it is weighed down by traditional Bollywood conventions, Namastey London does engage the viewer and attempts to shed light on the South Asian Diaspora in London, just don't take it too seriously.

It Endorses the family values which are fast disappearing in todays world. Reaffirms that if you love or work sincerely, without expecting any returns, you may truly get what you set out to achieve. Brilliant performance by Akshay. He is very restrained yet very strong and emotive. Katarina looks ravishing and communicates very well with her eyes. Her Hindi has also improved tremendously. Rishi Kapoor brings in a whiff of fresh air from his yesteryear's. Javed Shaikh of Pakistan also played good role. It'll make you both feel good about yourself. If you like light well paced romantic movies, this is excellent movie. If you like light well paced romantic movies, this is excellent movie.

Namastey London, tells the tale of British-Indian young lady, named Jasmeet (Katrina Kaif), who is taken to India by her parents to marry a nice, Indian man, Arjun (Akshay Kumar). However, this marriage is in trouble from the get-go, due to the fact that Jasmeet (or Jazz as she likes to be called), is in love with another man. The movie is a mixture of mainly two other films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,and Purab Aur Pachhim. However, despite the fact that this movie carries similarities to these other films, it has the ability to hold its own ground, and this is primarily due to four factors: the acting, the cinematography, the Indian patriotism, and the humor.

The majority of actors have done their jobs well. Akshay is relaxed and comfortable in his role, as usual. Rishi Kapoor, is a stand-out in his role of a very loving, yet traditional father. However, it is Katrina Kaif's acting which is the problem. Katrina looks beautiful, and her physical acting is well-done, but her voice and diction still need serious work. In this movie, she was allowed to do her own voice-over, despite the fact that her Hindi is poor. The director thought that since she plays a British girl, this would be fine. I disagree. Even NRI's can speak Hindi well to a certain extent, but Katrina's Hindi is horrendous, and after a couple minutes of the movie, becomes very annoying.

It was a fun to watch. Akshay was amazing. It could have been better but all in all a good time pass flick. I only went to watch the film due to Katrina .. but ended up applauding the Character of Akshay Kumar The plot is simple yet so complex. Guy loves the girl. Girl doesn't but so much happens in between that you cant just help laughing. Rishi kapoor is very funny in his role of a worried Punjabi father.Katrina is gorgeous she and Akshay make a good couple. The acting makes this movie good although the first half was a bit boring before Akshay's entry.. I think this film should do well.... All in all a fun film.. watch it .. enjoy it..then forget it...

I am watching it again in 2021 great experience to watch.

Had I read the reviews of this beforehand I wouldn't have touched it. As a film it failed to grip me in any way and I couldn't wait for it to end. Apart from being badly made and failing cinematically, it is full of the nastiest, most vicious little stereotypes which leave a bad taste in the mouth and the toes curling. Whilst a satirical look at behaviour can be done successfully, this film failed to achieve it and came out looking like a piece of undisguised racism and sexism. It wasn't only the Brits who came in for a lashing either, but also younger NRIs. Whilst cinema does not have to carry a moral message, it should at least be entertaining in a way which does not demean its audience. Shame on you Vipul Amrutlal Shah, I only hope your next film will not be so unpleasant.

A beautiful ride of a lady from city of London to India.Its visuals are entertaining and adds flavor.It shows both cultures in an elegant manner.There is a great mismatch between the characters but in vain.The cameo roles are taken very carefully.There is a good plot and a dose of laughter.There are some great lovely moments when he does everything for her to make her happy. One of the best movie of entertainment and relation. Every time a parent is born in India,they always wish that even if they go far,they always be closer to Homeland.To me,they are special creations of Vipul Shah. The father of heroine is none other than Rishi Kapoor.Really he is a very good father. The soulful melodies and the hip hop is evergreen.OLove is blind but true love is when u let the other be happy. It would be bad if i did not tell about Katrina.She was too cute as she was at that time.At the same time ,she is witty to marry and not let them sign official documents.She is also courageous to decide and run the last minute for Akshay.

After watching duds like Salaam-e-ishq, I went to this movie with very low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised. A respectable storyline, very bankable stars who do justice to their roles and some very hummable music made this movie a lot of fun.

The movie relies on some very blatant clichés like the very biased views of how foreigners regard India and Asians, but you tend to forgive the director by the end of the movie. I have always thought Akshay Kumar to be one of the most entertaining actors in the industry and he proves it here again, though he very weird with his auburn hair. There are no surprises in the movie and the script religiously follows the standard formula. The only surprise for me was how much I enjoyed it even though I knew exactly what was going to happen.

The supporting cast is a lot of fun too. Rishi Kapoor should definitely be tapped more often for comedic roles. All in all by the end, when Akshay Kumar sets the world right and all Indians are proud of their heritage, you are happy you came to the movie.

This movie is a delight to all Akshay Kumar Fans as well as non-fans. From the first frame its funny, lovely as well as well made! You do not feel bored. Akshay plays his role with absolute dedication and does justice to the character. Its a worth watch for all. I strongly recommend it!

Other characters like Rishi Kapoor and his wife impresses in their roles. The chemistry between Akki-Kat is another reason to watch the movie. Upen Patel doesn't make any mark in he movie. Over all the screenplay, the dialogs, the direction and the Acting are all superb and classy! Go for it any day , anytime and in any mood! You will feel life starting!

This film was supposed to be a balanced take on the NRI. But it was as silly as any other film that has showed NRIs in a bad light. Katrina Kaif plays Jazz, a British born white-wannabe. Her voice is dubbed and the Hindi is spoken with a strange Martian accent, the English in a FOB faux American accent. Neither language is enunciated clearly and I was left with the feeling that maybe she was deaf person who had just learnt to speak - kind of like Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God! Akshay Kumar was his usual annoying self, here through no fault of his own but rather due to very poor writing he ends up as a pretend Punjabi from Hicksville. When he laughs he is OK, but when he cries you want to cry in pain from the hideous acting job. His behavior is irrational - if he wants Jazz to love him for himself then why does he speak to her in English as he is leaving? And that is what makes her change her mind? So this is yet another vilification of the NRIs as ridiculous, vain, self-centered, shallow people! Upen Patel was most pathetic, Rishi Kapoor did a decent job, rest of the cast kind of muddled along. Music was strangely unappealing to me. And the members of the cast that played the Britishers were atrocious - ruling the heap was the Charlie Brown fellow. If the NRIs were somewhat spared the Brits were soundly vilified and slammed as religious bigots and racists. 1947 is long gone guys, it is time to move along!

Comedy.. Drama..emotions.Good direction..Mindblowing MuSic ..having Good starcast with their Acting Skills...Akshay is in his best and roll is totally justified..Rishi Kapoor also has good acted.. Story line is awesome.

The truth is I never really wanted to see this film, my friend probably called me when I was preoccupied with some work, and since the tickets had already been purchased I ended up going for this film.

The first thing that occurs to you in this movie is that this movie gives lots of importance to Katrina Kaif , Neither HER ACTING NOR HER DANCING HAS IMPROVED BUT THANKS TO SALMAN HER STOCK HAS SOARED AND THE FILM-MAKERS HAVE CASHED IN ON THE NEW FOUND STAR STATUS, besides that I'm sure Katrina's Diary had much more time that Akshays.

The fact is though that she looks absolutely stunning in the movie and is THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF CASTING FOR THE PART OF THE SPOILT British DESI (probably because she is one), people may complain that she cant act (dubbing was perfect because she actually cant speak Hindi well and fit the part perfectly) or cant dance but WEAKNESSES APART I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER AND AT THE RISK OF BEING BEATEN UP BY SALMAN I SAY THAT I AM WILLING TO MARRY HER.

The story line is as filmy as it gets and is inspired from classics such as Purab aur Paschim mainly with lots of influence from others such as Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Etc.

This movie clearly has the hangover from the films of yesteryear's with overacting from the entire cast especially from the side characters a particular scene is the one where Upen is thrown from the house.

The entire film is filled with stereotypes, the most annoying one was that all foreigners are bad and all Indians are good, and obviously THE Indian NARI CAN DO NO WRONG SHE MAY STRAY BUT IN THE END DESI SABHYATA WINS.

Some really annoying scenes were the monologues about the greatness of Indians and India, and the scenes where Katrinas foreign boyfriend was shown with enough flaws to the point of making him a criminal really we get the point to add to that we have scenes were a foreigner asks a Pakistani to change his religion etc etc. TALK ABOUT FILMY.

Overacting was decent all around no one really overacted enough to really get on your nerves.

This film has lots of moments though such as the Rugby match, Akshays entry and Katrinas awkwardness in rural Punjab, ALSO MY FAVOURITE SCENE WHERE KATRINA GOES TO SEE THE BOYS WHOM A MARRIAGE AGENT HAS CHOSEN THE TAKE ON SAAS BAHU SERIALS HAD ME FALLING OUT OF MY SEAT IN LAUGHTER.

Besides this movie has lots of feel good and fun moments and almost each one is as filmy as it gets.

The lesser that is said about the songs is better though the Song Chakana was brilliantly edited for the screen and the sound effects really made an otherwise unbearable 5th song tolerable.

THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE EVER IS THE FACT THAT FOR ONCE THE Filmmakers HAD THE DECENCY TO HAVE STUFF WRITTEN IN Hindi AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUBTITLES TO EXPLAIN THE English DIALOGUES EXTRA CREDIT FOR THE SUBTITLES MAKING SENSE TO AND NOT USING HIFI Hindi.

Technically this movie was good with lots of experimenting with different types of colours and maybe even cameras. Again the beauty of India is too great for much credit to go to shots of India.

For a movie that is so filmy there is surprisingly less melodrama with only a couple of really melodramatic scenes.

At the cost of sounding Gay I must say that Akshays hair looks hideous.

Even though this is the most filmy movie to come out in recent times its actually a welcome change from the DIFFERENT FORMULA FLICKS this movie is filmy and it never tries to act otherwise.

Not for those who like their cinema serious or expect a high standard of acting, direction etc. THE MOVIE ITSELF IS ORDINARY BUT MANAGES TO RISE BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF GOOD SCENES AND FOCUS ON Hindi ,but those who are sure they can enjoy a super filmy Hindi flick will definitely come out satisfied.

Good for family as well as friends viewing.

-s overacting all around, some really annoying and slightly melodramatic scenes, pathetic songs (god save me from Himmace).

+/-s super filmy, Katrina (is she the perfect Desi blonde MARRY ME PLEASE).

+s lots of feel good and some really funny scenes ,SUBITITLES AND Hindi CREDITS FINALLY, filmy but not overly melodramatic, good technically superb sound editing, never tries to be anything else.

total 5+2=7/10 (not factoring in the fact that it was above expectations the 2 extra points are for the focus on Hindi and the absolutely hilarious matchmaking scene and the take on the Saas Bahu serial I just cracked up some time back when I saw my mom watching the Mega Event of the merger of the big K serials).

This movie has a completely predictable storyline. Katrina Kaif is a completely British girl, but with a catch. She can do drunken dances till late nights, but won't have sex before marriage. Because she has some Indian hypocrisy still left in her blood. The girl who threatens to quit her father's home in London if she is forced to marry can think of no better way than to ruin poor Akshay's life when she is forced to marry him in India. And of course, Akshay is the eye-opener for this vilaaayti gal. I tried to find a single original scene in this movie but couldn't. So watch it if you have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do like the Indian cricket fans!!