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Salaam Namaste (Urdu and Hindi greetings, respectively) is an Indian Bollywood movie released on September 9, 2005, directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. It is about two Indians living in Australia and follows one year of their lives, dealing with their problems and relationships. The major plot is closely based upon Neuf mois

The tagline of the movie is "Let's get to know each other".

Movie synopsis

The movie is about two Indians, Nikhil Arora, called Nick, (Saif Ali Khan) and Ambar Malhotra, called Amby, (Preity Zinta) who have left India in order to live their own lives in Australia: Nick finished studying Architecture in his hometown of Ludhiana and moved to Melbourne, Australia, to pursue dreams of becoming a chef, and does so at a restaurant called "Nick of Time", which provides him with his laid-back lifestyle (and he can get up late in the morning); Ambar left her home due to her parent's persistence to get her married -- they are likely to introduce the entire male Indian population to her if she does not choose a suitor -- and is studying to become a surgeon. When Nikhil is supposed to do an interview for the Australia based Indian radio station "Salaam Namaste", he is late (due to oversleeping), so a war of very public words ensues with the RJ of the show, Ambar Malhotra.

After many misunderstandings, fighting and convincing, they fall in love and move in together. Soon they discover each other's tastes and distastes and rest of the movie covers how they continue their relationship, until the day Ambar discovers that she is pregnant. Despite Nick's wishes she decides to keep the baby which results in a split between the two. However, they are still forced to live in the same house for the time being. Nick realizes over time that he's still in love with her and warms up to the thought of becoming a father and marrying Ambar. It's almost too late when he finally proposes to her - Ambar gives birth to twins and the two reconcile.

Cast

Saif Ali Khan
... Nikhil "Nick" Arora
Preity Zinta
... Ambar "Amby" Malhotra
Arshad Warsi
... Ranjan "Ron" Mathur
Tania Zaetta ... Cathy
Jugal Hansraj
... Jignesh
Christina Collard ... Friend
Afton Fraser ... Wedding Guest
Abhishek Bachchan
... Special Appearance as Doctor

Songs

"Salaam Namaste"
"My Dil Goes Mmmm"
"What's Goin' On?"
"Tu Jahan"

2005 Filmfare Awards

Nominations

Best Actress - Preity Zinta
Best Supporting Actor - Arshad Warsi

Trivia

Mother and son in the bookshop Saif Ali Khan
's character visits are actor Arshad Warsi
's real-life wife and son, Maria and Zeke.

This was the first Bollywood film to be shot entirely in Australia.

Preity Zinta
's real life boyfriend, Ness Wadia has an appearance as the man reading the newspaper who Preity sits next to whilst on the bus.

The film was one of the biggest box-office smashes of 2005 in India and has done well overseas.

The success of the film marked the fifth hit for Yashraj Films since 2004.

Saif Ali Khan
and Preity Zinta
received several nominations for their roles in various film ceremonies, such as the Screen Awards, Filmfare Awards and Zee Cine Awards.

The movie is inspired by the French movie Neuf mois
.

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