Namastey London (2007) on Netflix
NR20072h 8m
Manmohan Malhotra takes his family to India and forces his daughter Jasmeet to marry Arjun Singh. Back in London, Jasmeet says she means to marry Charlie Brown.
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Plot summary
Manmohan Malhotra moved from India to London and married Bebo, then left her out of the occasions where he socialized, embarrassed that she spoke no English. She sent their daughter Jasmeet to an English school and encouraged her to mix with British friends, and Jasmeet grew into a young woman who calls herself Jazz and dislikes her Indian heritage. A meeting arranged with Bobby Bedi goes badly, and he rejects her. Manmohan then takes his wife and daughter to India, where he forces Jazz into a marriage with Arjun Singh, a man who speaks no English. Back in London, she refuses to treat the marriage as real and announces she will marry Charlie Brown.
Cast
- Shaana Diyaas Laila
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Namastey London (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Priyanka Chopra was the original choice to play Jazz, the London-raised heroine of Namastey London, but she was replaced by Katrina Kaif.
- Namastey London was unofficially remade in Bengali as Paran Jai Jaliya Re, starring Dev and Subhashree Ganguly; in December 2009 the Kolkata High Court banned the remake's screening for plagiarism after a petition from Namastey London's producers.
- Critics noted similarities between Namastey London and Manoj Kumar's 1970 film Purab Aur Paschim, but director Vipul Shah denied that his film was a remake.
