Namastey London

Namastey London (Hindi: नमस्ते लंदन, Urdu: نمستے لندن Namaste Landan) is a Bollywood film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and set in London, England, United Kingdom. Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Nina Wadia, Upen Patel and Rishi Kapoor star in the film which was released on 23 March 2007.

Synopsis

Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra (Katrina Kaif ) is an Indian girl, brought up lovingly by her father Manmohan Malhotra (Rishi Kapoor). Jazz loves everything that is British, she is even engaged to her British millionaire playboy boss,Charlie Brown (Clive Standen).something her father, a very Indian man with very Indian values, does not approve of. And he's not alone. Parvez Khan (Javed Sheikh), Manmohan's best friend, has a son, Imran Khan (Upen Patel), who also embraces Western culture. In fact, he lives with his British girlfriend, something Parvez simply cannot tolerate.

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Box office

Namastey London opened to a good response and mainly picked up rhythm after the second and third day of its release, a major reason being India's exit out of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The film did extremely well in the northern parts of India especially in Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. It also did well in Mumbai and in the first week of its release collected Rs. 7,35,75,657. The film was received very well in other parts of the country. The success of the film ended a long spell of box office failures since the release of Guru in January 2007. The film went on to become a huge hit & grossed Rs. 48,37,00,000 making it one of the top hits of 2007.

The film was a huge hit overseas. It debuted at number 9 on the UK charts and similarly debuted within the top 20 in the United States and Australian charts. The film collected £ 238,841 in the first week of its release As of July 27, 2007 the movie has grossed an estimated $31,973,311 USD in five territories which included the United States ($4,149,772), Australia ($197,148), India ($17,267,662), Malaysia ($15,285), and the United Kingdom ($9,021,900).