NAMASTE ENGLAND revisits Vipul Shah’s old-world romance

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The first ‘Namaste in NAMASTE LONDON came ten years back. It was an honest sweet gentle film about an NRI London-bred girl Katrina Kaif's attempts to adjust in marriage to a Punjabi rustic man Akshay Kumar who adores her to death. Director Vipul Shah wanted to make the sequel with the same pair but things didn't work out.

Shah's long-standing association with Akshay Kumar ended abruptly. It is a setback that he doesn't talk about at all.

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He is happy with the way "NAMASTE ENGLAND" has shaped up. Looking at the trailer, so are we. It seems to take us into a quaint universe where the dramatic complexities are created by cultural rather than emotional conflict between the lead pair.

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This time it is Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra, who made their joint debut in Habib Faisal's "ISHAQZAADE" violent brutal interpretation of Romeo and Juliet rooted in the fiercely internecine caste and communal system. This time in "NAMASTE ENGLAND" there is little opposition or tension in their relationship from the outside.

Says Vipul, "I wanted to make a gentle romantic film where the conflicts are very basic, very relatable. I think I've succeeded in doing that."

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Vipul took ill recently and had to be hospitalized. But the film didn't suffer on account of his health. "I had finished all my work on the film when I took ill. So there has been no setback due to my health. We are ready to release on 19 October."



On two occasions in the trailer, he is heard talking about his lack of care for basic hygiene. Maybe it's just a joke. Then again maybe it's not. Either way, we don't want kids telling their mothers, "Why should we brush our teeth when Arjun Uncle doesn't."

By Subhash K Jha

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