Salaam Namaste

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Salaam Namaste

Movie poster for Salaam Namaste
Directed by Siddharth Anand
Produced by Aditya Chopra,
Yash Chopra,
Padam Bhushan,
Mitu Bhowmick Lange
Written by Siddharth Anand,
Abbas Tyrewala
Starring Saif Ali Khan,
Preity Zinta,
Arshad Warsi,
Tania Zaetta,
Jugal Hansraj,
Abhishek Bachchan
Music by Vishal Dadlani,
Shekhar Ravjiani
Editing by Ritesh Soni
Distributed by Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd
Release date(s) September 9, 2005
Running time 152 mins
Language Hindi
Budget $2.5 million (estimated)
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Salaam Namaste (Hindi: सलाम नमस्ते, Urdu: سلام نمستے, Urdu and Hindi greetings, respectively) is an Indian Bollywood movie released on September 9, 2005, directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. It is about two Indians living in Australia and follows one year of their lives, dealing with their problems and relationships.

The tagline of the movie is "Let's get to know each other".

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[edit] Synopsis

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Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta as featured in the film
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Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta as featured in the film

The movie is about two Indians, Nikhil Arora, called Nick, (Saif Ali Khan) and Ambar Malhotra, called Amby, (Preity Zinta) who have left India in order to live their own lives in Melbourne, Australia: Nick finished studying Architecture in his hometown of Ludhiana and moved to Australia, to pursue dreams of becoming a chef, and does so at a restaurant called "Nick of Time", which provides him with his laid-back lifestyle (and he can get up late in the morning); Ambar left her home due to her parent's persistence to get her married -- they are likely to introduce the entire male Indian population to her if she does not choose a suitor -- and is studying to become a surgeon. When Nikhil is supposed to do an interview for the Australia based Indian radio station "Salaam Namaste", he is late (due to oversleeping), so a war of very public words ensues with the RJ of the show, Ambar Malhotra.

After many misunderstandings, fighting and convincing, they fall in love and move in together. Soon they discover each other's tastes and distastes and rest of the movie covers how they continue their relationship, until the day Ambar discovers that she is pregnant. Despite Nick's wishes she decides to keep the baby which results in a split between the two. However, they are still forced to live in the same house for the time being. Nick realizes over time that he's still in love with her and warms up to the thought of becoming a father and marrying Ambar. It's almost too late when he finally proposes to her - Ambar gives birth to twins and the two reconcile.

Spoilers end here.

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[edit] Music

Salaam Namaste
Salaam Namaste cover
Studio album by Vishal-Shekhar
Released
August 10, 2005 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label
Producer(s) Vishal-Shekhar
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Dus
(2005)		 Salaam Namaste
(2005)		 Ek Ajnabee
(2005)


The film has seven songs composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. The music of the film released on August 10, 2005. The music includes four songs and two remixes.

  • My Dil Goes Mmmm - Shaan and Gayatri Iyer
  • My Dil Goes Mmmm (English Club Mix) - Shaan and Caralisa
  • My Dil Goes Mmmm (Instrumental)

[edit] Trivia

  • Jaya Bachchan receives a special thanks credit at the beginning of the film.
  • Mother and son in the bookshop Saif Ali Khan's character visits are actor Arshad Warsi's real-life wife and son, Maria and Zeke.
  • This was the first Bollywood film to be shot entirely in Australia.
  • Preity Zinta's real life boyfriend, Ness Wadia has an appearance as the man reading the newspaper who Preity sits next to whilst on the bus.
  • The film was one of the biggest box-office smashes of 2005 in India and has done well overseas. [1]
  • The success of the film marked the fifth hit for Yashraj Films since 2004.
  • Director Siddharth Anand makes two appearances in the movie: his name is on the chalk board in the radio station (2:00 Sid Anand) and he also plays the taxi driver towards the end of the movie.
  • At the end of the movie when Nick proposes to Amber, she already has a wedding ring on, then when she says yes, he puts the ring onto her finger and the other one disappears

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[edit] References

  1. ^ bollywoodmantra.com. Salaam Namaste is a box office hit!. Retrieved on 9 September 2006.
  2. ^ apunkachoice.com. Salaam Namaste receives Academy honour. Retrieved on 30 June 2006.

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