Plot summary
Nick and Ambar are two young Indians living in Melbourne. Nick is there to study architecture, though cooking is what he cares about. Ambar is a medical student who has turned down a string of arranged marriage proposals in India; she stayed on after a student exchange and earns her living as a radio jockey at Salaam Namaste, after her parents disowned her. Nick is due on her show and does not appear twice, so she mocks him on air. At a wedding they meet, neither knowing who the other is.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Salaam Namaste (2005)
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- Australia's then tourism minister Fran Bailey credited Salaam Namaste with contributing to a 21% rise in Indian tourism to Australia. The film had a notable cultural impact in Australia, where it was entirely shot.
- Salaam Namaste was the first Indian film to be shot entirely in Australia. Its filming took place primarily in and around Melbourne and regional Victoria.
