Salaam Namaste
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 Movie poster for Salaam Namaste |
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| Directed by | Siddharth Anand |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra |
| Written by | Siddharth Anand, Abbas Tyrewala |
| Starring | Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Tania Zaetta, Javed Jaffrey, Jugal Hansraj |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| 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, English: Urdu and Hindi greetings, respectively) is a 2005 Indian Bollywood film directed by first-time director Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The film stars Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta in their fourth film together. Arshad Warsi and Tania Zaetta appear in supporting roles. Released on September 9, 2005, it was the first Indian movie to be filmed entirely in Australia.[1]
The film tells the story of two young and modern Indians, Nick and Ambar, who have left their homes in India to make a life on their own in Melbourne, Australia. The story follows one year of their lives, dealing with their problems and relationships, from their first meeting at a wedding ceremony, to their decision to move in together without marriage, to their breakup upon discovering that Ambar is pregnant.
Salaam Namaste became one of the biggest box-office hits of 2005 in India, as well as India's biggest hit in the overseas market that year.[2] On September 24, 2005, the script of the film was invited to be included in the Margaret Herrick Library, which is operated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3] Zinta received several nominations for her role in various film ceremonies, such as the Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, Star Screen Awards and Zee Cine Awards.
The tagline of the movie is "Let's get to know each other."
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[edit] Synopsis
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 parents' persistence to get her married, and is studying to become a surgeon which she is paying for by beind an R.J at the radio station "Salaam Namaste". When Nikhil is supposed to do an interview at "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. He doesn't want a baby, so she fetches up at a neighbourhood clinic, but can't bring herself to get rid of the baby. She decides to have the baby, all for herself, and tells him off when he refuses to have anything to do with them. Nick's wishes she Ambar's decision to keep the baby result 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.
[edit] Production
Many people have made cameos in the film. Abhishek Bachchan is the narrator and has a special appearance as the doctor at the end of the film. Director Siddharth Anand makes appearance as the taxi driver towards the end of the movie. Mother and son in the bookshop Saif Ali Khan's character visits are actor Arshad Warsi's real-life wife and son, Maria Goretti and Zeke. Preity Zinta's real life boyfriend, Ness Wadia makes an appearance in the film as the man reading the newspaper who Preity sits next to whilst on the bus.
[edit] Cast
- Saif Ali Khan ... Nikhil "Nick" Arora
- Preity Zinta ... Ambar "Amby" Malhotra
- Arshad Warsi ... Ranjan "Ron" Mathur
- Tania Zaetta ... Cathy
- Jugal Hansraj ... Jignesh
- Jaaved Jaffrey ... Jaggu Yadav aka Crocodile Dundee
- Abhishek Bachchan ... Dr. Vijay Kumar MDGGO / Narrator (Special appearance)
[edit] Crew
- Producer: Yash Raj Films
- Director: Siddharth Anand
- Story: Siddharth Anand and Abbas Tyrewala
- Screenplay: Siddharth Anand
- Dialogues: Abbas Tyrewala
- Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
- Music: Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
- Choreography: Ahmed Khan
- Editing: Ritesh Soni
- Costume Design: Surily Goel
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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.
| Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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| Salaam Namaste | Kunal Ganjawala and Vasundhara Das | 4.37 |
| My Dil Goes Mmmm | Shaan and Gayatri Iyer | 7.34 |
| What's Goin' On? | Kunal Ganjawala and Sunidhi Chauhan | 4.41 |
| Tu Jahaan | Sonu Nigam and Mahalaxmi Iyer | 5.15 |
| My Dil Goes Mmmm (English Club Mix) | Shaan and Caralisa | 4.08 |
| Salaam Namaste (Dhol Mix) | Kunal Ganjawala and Vasundhara Das | 3.54 |
| My Dil Goes Mmmm | Instrumental | 4.08 |
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