Saalam Namaste
AV: ***
EV: ***
Sweet is always cute, Too sweet is still adorable but when it is tried to make it extra sweet it tends to be bitter. Saalam Namaste is a classic example of this. They way movie is being promoted like “live-in relations” and “no family” involved; I expected a mature movie with no melodrama. Alas they were just promos. Till the intermission the movie is cool, sweet n funny and after that it becomes drag, senseless and stupid. On a whole it is 70’s movie repacked with gorgeous looking stars, exotic location, good hum able songs and funny a times.
Preity is Amber a medical student and a part time RJ. Saif is Nikhil Arora who prefers to call himself Nick is an architect turned chef. They hate each other until they meet and when they meet it is not love at first sight either. Yes they are attracted to each other and want to find out whether it is THE LOVE. Saif comes out with a brilliant idea of a Live-in Relation (Oh! I wish I was in Australia..) but living in different rooms. ( Oh Come on Saif did u really mean different rooms). Time passes, they figure out they are quite opposite to each others, but Opposites do attract (never knew so much), Love Blooms and finally “Ding-Dong” So what’s next??? “More Ding-Dong”…and phir kahani main twist…
Priety: Main tumhare bache ki maa bannewali hoon…. (How Original)
Saif: What? S****! Come on how did it happen? (If u really don’t know Saif, How did it happen than Ask the postman)
So what now…. things change. The broad-minded career oriented Priety suddenly becomes Bhartiya nari doesn’t want to kill the baby. The word is Abortion. Cute n happy go lucky Saif becomes coward when it comes to take the responsibility of the baby and to tie the knot. He wants abortion i.e. to kill the baby. The best part of the live-in relationship you can say Its over. Its not exactly over still the continue to stay together in different rooms, keep nagging and harassing each other and of course you know how the movie going to end.
Director is quite creative during the first half and there are quite a lot funny instances through out the movie. But has wasted talents of Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffry. Mr Director audience won't even notice when you are calling mallu a “Debo Nair” but they will raise eyebrows if you make an eight-month pregnant Preity do the Moon Walk and even if she is expecting triplets or quadruplets she wont be having that pot that you have shown. Saif who has taken some "Kishy-Vishy" lessons from Emraan and Preity who has figured out "How to look hot" have given a great performance. Only four songs but good and the entire movie is shot very beautifully. Abhishek has a cameo and he is really awesome ( Best part of the movie according to me). Movie one time watch, but not in the lights of Hum-Tum or any other Yash Raj movies. Sorry to say Mr Director Ekkjactly Kya Kehna remade.
Moral of the Movie:…Ummmm…….use Double Protection…
P.S.: Sorry to have told what to expect, but if you really go with no expectation movie might be worth your money.
-Aditya "Bye-Bye" Parekh
EV: ***
Sweet is always cute, Too sweet is still adorable but when it is tried to make it extra sweet it tends to be bitter. Saalam Namaste is a classic example of this. They way movie is being promoted like “live-in relations” and “no family” involved; I expected a mature movie with no melodrama. Alas they were just promos. Till the intermission the movie is cool, sweet n funny and after that it becomes drag, senseless and stupid. On a whole it is 70’s movie repacked with gorgeous looking stars, exotic location, good hum able songs and funny a times.
Preity is Amber a medical student and a part time RJ. Saif is Nikhil Arora who prefers to call himself Nick is an architect turned chef. They hate each other until they meet and when they meet it is not love at first sight either. Yes they are attracted to each other and want to find out whether it is THE LOVE. Saif comes out with a brilliant idea of a Live-in Relation (Oh! I wish I was in Australia..) but living in different rooms. ( Oh Come on Saif did u really mean different rooms). Time passes, they figure out they are quite opposite to each others, but Opposites do attract (never knew so much), Love Blooms and finally “Ding-Dong” So what’s next??? “More Ding-Dong”…and phir kahani main twist…
Priety: Main tumhare bache ki maa bannewali hoon…. (How Original)
Saif: What? S****! Come on how did it happen? (If u really don’t know Saif, How did it happen than Ask the postman)
So what now…. things change. The broad-minded career oriented Priety suddenly becomes Bhartiya nari doesn’t want to kill the baby. The word is Abortion. Cute n happy go lucky Saif becomes coward when it comes to take the responsibility of the baby and to tie the knot. He wants abortion i.e. to kill the baby. The best part of the live-in relationship you can say Its over. Its not exactly over still the continue to stay together in different rooms, keep nagging and harassing each other and of course you know how the movie going to end.
Director is quite creative during the first half and there are quite a lot funny instances through out the movie. But has wasted talents of Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffry. Mr Director audience won't even notice when you are calling mallu a “Debo Nair” but they will raise eyebrows if you make an eight-month pregnant Preity do the Moon Walk and even if she is expecting triplets or quadruplets she wont be having that pot that you have shown. Saif who has taken some "Kishy-Vishy" lessons from Emraan and Preity who has figured out "How to look hot" have given a great performance. Only four songs but good and the entire movie is shot very beautifully. Abhishek has a cameo and he is really awesome ( Best part of the movie according to me). Movie one time watch, but not in the lights of Hum-Tum or any other Yash Raj movies. Sorry to say Mr Director Ekkjactly Kya Kehna remade.
Moral of the Movie:…Ummmm…….use Double Protection…
P.S.: Sorry to have told what to expect, but if you really go with no expectation movie might be worth your money.
-Aditya "Bye-Bye" Parekh
reviewed by Aditya at 12:28 AM
5 comments
5 Comments:
well ummmm interesting , but i guess u have performed the job of a critic not a reviewer. (show some mercy)
Hey Anon,
I am neither a critic nor a reviewer..I am just an audience who has paid 150 bucks to watch this movie....and this is how i feel after seeing the movie... so no hard feelings mate...:-)
well Ads agreed and well taken...... cant really do much in a democracy..... Article 19 did wonders for free- minded and spoken souls like us.........
neways i like ur style of writing , though u cld show some mercy to the baby of a creative guy.....
fucking ediot
the movie was so good but the bloody crap how u conclude the movie. it just spoil the whole taste of the movie. dont u want this movie to be viewed by rest of other indians and other who follow our culture and the degnity.
be careful if this continues u are no more away from the street somewhere here in melbourne begging for 20 cents.
the movie was realy good in the beginning but at i last i didnt except the shit...it was really disgustingat the end not matter u wanted us to laugh.
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