Namastey London

Taran Adarsh of indiafm.com wrote, "Namastey London is addictive stuff. You watch it once, you wanna watch it again."

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"Poran Jay Joliya Re" (PJJR) has blatantly lifted the plot, scenes, even frames and costumes from "Namaste London", without a by-your-leave from the producers. Shah said: "I had no clue about this Bengali film until I read an interview with the film's producers blatantly admitting to the fact that there were similarities between their Bengali film and our 'Namaste London'. I took into confidence a large number of friends and advisers in Kolkata who saw the film repeatedly and made a report on the similarities. The copied scenes ran into 5-6 pages in the report!"

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"He is the most consistent actor, star and a lot more than that. Just because one film of his doesn't take a kickstart as expected, people out there have started making judgments," said Vipul Shah, who directed Akshay in the hit "Namastey London".

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"I have always maintained that I love commercial Hindi cinema. This is the reason why I am here and these are the kind of projects I want to do", says Upen who started his career with a thriller [36 China Town], followed it up with two dramatic films [Namaste London, Shakalaka Boom Boom] and continued with two back to back comedies [One Two Three, Money Hai To Honey Hai].

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New Delhi, She may have starred in hit comic capers like "Namastey London", "Partner", "Welcome" and "Singh Is Kinng", but actress Katrina Kaif says she is yet to do an "out and out comic role". "I think I have yet to do a great comic role. I have done a lot of comedy films but I don't think I have done an out and out comic role,"

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It's always very important," says Shah, whose last film 'Namaste London' was shot in UK.

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"Every time I'd start complaining about the size of my role, Akshay would order me to go and stand in a corner and repeat Namastey London five times and be quiet. He's right. He needn't have done Namastey London, which was the girl's story," says Kat, who teamed up with Akshay in Welcome as well.

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"Katrina has had a fortunate choice of films" even though she "had a rather unfortunate start with 'Boom'," Chopra said. "She is a stunning looking actress and so far she is doing well with her glam doll image. We did see glimpses of an actor in her performance-oriented roles such as in 'Namastey London'," Chopra explained.

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"Kumar's is not a fresh face in the industry but with each film he's willing to experiment, and that's what gives him the edge," reasons Sandeep Bhargav, the chief executive of Indian Films which has co-produced Kumar's films in the past including Namaste London and now Singh is Kinng.

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"They feel somehow their culture will be threatened when films like 'Jodhaa Akbar' and 'Singh Is Kinng' pay homage to the people and culture of a community," said Shah, who had to face a similar problem before the release of his directorial venture "Namastey London".

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