Namastey London

Namastey London
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVipul Amrutlal Shah
Screenplay bySuresh Nair
Story bySuresh Nair
Dialogue by
Produced byVipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring
CinematographyJonathan Bloom
Dariusz Wolski
Edited byAmitabh Shukla
Music bySongs:
Himesh Reshammiya
Background Score:
Salim-Sulaiman
Distributed byAdlabs Films
Blockbuster Movie Entertainers
Eros International
Release date
  • 23 March 2007 (2007-03-23)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesIndia
United Kingdom
LanguagesHindi
English
Budget210 million
Box office714 million

Namastey London (transl.'Greetings London') is a 2007 Indian romantic comedy film, directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Nina Wadia, Javed Sheikh, Upen Patel and Clive Standen. The film is originally based on the real life story of Kumar's friend. Riteish Deshmukh appears in a cameo role in the film.

"Namastey London" was released on 23 March 2007, and it received positive reviews for its direction, screenplay, and soundtrack, particularly Akshay Kumar's performance, which was highly acclaimed, and its music album, composed by Himesh Reshammiya. It was highly acclaimed and performed well on its music charts, with its songs becoming chartbuster hits. It was also a box office success, earning 71.40 crore worldwide, thus becoming the ninth-highest grossing Hindi film of 2007. The success of the film ended a long dry spell of box office failures since the release of Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love which was released in January 2007.

At the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Namastey London received 1 nomination – Best Actor (Kumar).

Several critics noted similarities between the film and Manoj Kumar's Purab Aur Paschim (1970), though the director denied it being a remake.