Namastey London - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu |Meetu’s Review: Two hard laughs, two emotional scenes and an attempt to evoke patriotism in the Indian cinema goer. Worked for some, didn’t work for the rest of us. Akshay Kumar gives an appreciably controlled performance and while Katrina Kaif gives her best so far, yet leaves loads of room for improvement. The story has way too many holes. Then again, we can’t expect anything more in a romantic comedy.
Rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do
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Here is what 18 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 2.5 / 5.0: 7 thumbs up, 4 so-so, 7 thumbs down.
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| Nikhil Kumar, Apun Ka Choice …The movie is certainly not a rehash of Manoj Kumar?s ?Poorab Aur Pashchim?…. See full review |
Rachel Fernandes, Bollywood Mantra …The film has a well balanced dose of masala in the form of song and dance, romance and even humour… See full review |
| Sanjay Ram, Business of Cinema …stereotypical representation of Englishmen as those living in Victorian manors sipping tea while the Indians in England are being discriminated?..blah blah… See full review |
Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …this film is so caught up being self-congratulatory that it doesn’t even realize where its slipping up… See full review |
| Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …Writer Suresh Nair?s screenplay is most convincing, the writing is foolproof, with no loose ends…. See full review |
Gaurav Malani, J.A.M …Himesh is as nasal as usual. But what?s disappointing is that the usually dependable Javed Akhtar goes on to write inanities… See full review |
| Vaibhav Wankhede, M TV …the film never takes itself too seriously… See full review |
Amit R Agarwal, merinews …There are too many issues and none of them have been properly delved into… See full review |
| Prachi Singh, MovieWalah …The screenplay is neat and has been penned by Suresh Nair and presents an organized story… See full review |
musicNmovies.info …Its complete family movie with full of laughter, love and of course dollops of tear jerking drama… See full review |
| Lidia Ostepeev, Planet Bollywood …Although it?s predictable Namastey London is still entertaining… See full review |
Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …The movie stands out as a winner in involving the audience in various emotional aspects…. See full review |
| Sukanya Verma, Rediff …Seeing as this is a romantic comedy, there is no room for reality… See full review |
Subhash K Jha, SantaBanta.com …He takes gentle but stinging swipes at the residue of rootlessness that characterizes the torn lives of Indians abroad…. See full review |
| Pankaj Shukla, SmasHits.com …The film could have left some effect, had Akshay got support from solid playback signers… See full review |
Naomi Datta, Times Now …But all in all, it is a rather predictable film - which rehashes ?Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam? and ?Purab Aur Paschim?, and is not even half as good!… See full review |
| Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India … Vipul Shah’s celebration of this sarson ka saag versus sauce and finger chips potpourri is essentially a fun film which pitches the Purab Paschim metaphor in muted tones…. See full review |
Saakshi Juneja, To Each Its Own …a film filled with script irregularities, directorial flaws, bucket loads of PJs and last but not the least ancient notions on apna Swades and paraya Inglaaand…. See full review |
