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When Upen Patel was signed for Vipul Shah's 'Namaste London', it made big news for the hot shot newcomer. This was because after '36 China Town', a biggie like this with Akshay Kumar in the lead spelt a good career move en route to consolidation of his position in the world of Bollywood. Surprisingly Upen is still waiting for his moment of limelight in the publicity of 'Namaste London' even as the film's promos have been on air for around a month. While the publicity kick started with specially crafted Chirstmas promo 'Jingle Balle', it was followed by 'Chakna Chakna', a UK bhangra pop number set in a discotheque! Ever since then, the only two stars around which the film's publicity is revolving are Akshay and Katrina who made for a decent pair in 'Humko Deewana Kar Gaye' last year. Slated to release on 9th March, there are still a few weeks to go before the film's promotion catches on full steam. During this period, one waits to see when does Upen finally fit into the scheme of things to make his presence felt in the film.
NAMASTEY LONDON to take best overseas opening?
Will Akshay Kumar get his best overseas opening ever with NAMASTEY LONDON? Industry is thinking aloud about this to be truly possible as his latest film gets a global release. Reasons are aplenty. First and foremost Akshay Kumar has really turned out to be an actor with a Midas touch with majority of his films turning out to be immensely successful at the box office due to his wide mass appeal. In fact even a film like HUMKO DEEWANA KAR GAYE that just about made it to the coverage mark in India was a decent success in UK, hence reaffirming the point that Akshay is one of the hottest star overseas. Secondly, the film has 'London' in it's title and has Akshay playing a Punjabi boy who woos his wife in London hence giving NRI audience yet another opportunity to have their lovable 'punjab da puttar' amidst them in their own land. With the music already being a good success and the film genuinely carrying good pre-release reports, the above two factors only make NAMASTEY LONDON to be a valid candidate for being Akshay's hottest chance of scoring yet another box office victory.
'Krrish' editor Amitabh Shukla roped in for 'Namastey London'
Just around half a decade in the industry and Amitabh Shukla is already making quite a name for himself in the world of film editing. With a superhit 'Krrish' behind him in the year gone by, Amitabh's next big film is Vipul Shah's 'Namastey London' which is slated for a March 09 release. While Akshay Kumar is known for his unofficial editing prowess, Amitabh certainly has a task in hand to look at what works best for the film. In fact this Friday's release 'Anwar' too has Amitabh using his scissors. He has also been entrusted with the responsibility of editing 'Chak De India' which releases later this year. Starting his career as an editor with 'Chalte Chalte', Amitabh has worked on number of reputed projects like 'Paheli', 'Bluffmaster' and 'Kabul Express'.
Jaaved says Salaam Namaste to Hollywood
He was the funny landlord in Salaam Namaste. He tickles people's funny bones with his stand up acts in public and on television. Javed Jaffery has recently completed Richard Dreyfuss' film The Forest. It has been made with Ashwin Kumar (Little Terrorist fame). The film is an interesting story of three people and a child. He has also had a chat with many filmmakers and might be seen in three or four good films very soon. His career in films took a dip, as the offers that came his way after Meri Jung in 1985 were not upto the mark. He impressed the audience with his work in Jajantaram Mamantaram and Boom. His work on television also has been limited and less. Javed is planning to extend his work and wishes to direct a film in the near future. It is evident that the film will be very creative, as he had done the Maggi tomato ketchup commercials by himself with Pankaj Kapoor. That series of ads is still remembered. So we can say that the future is bright for Javed Jafffery.
After SALAAM NAMASTE, Saif and Javed back with TRRP
One and a half years after the release of SALAAM NAMASTE, Saif Ali Khan, Javed Jaffri and director Siddharth Anand are reuniting with TA RA RUM PUM. In the film, Javed plays the character of Harry, a team manager. It is him who discovers the talent of Saif, a pit-crew worker in a racing team. He realizes the potential that Saif had in him to be in the big league as a car racer and works as his Manager to get him right up there. And soon Rajveer Singh [Saif Ali Khan] is turned into RV! Incidentally this is Javed's only release since the bizarre character he played in SALAAM NAMASTE.
Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha starrer Namastey England shelved?
The sequel to the superhit romantic drama Namastey London was announced as yet another star studded venture with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha playing the leads. However, it seems that there has been a setback. Sources claim that despite a brilliant script, it seems that there will be a lot of preparations to be made before the film goes on floor because of which its shoot schedule has been pushed further from August. Rumours also have it that there are chances of the film being shelved altogether. One of the reasons is said to be the busy schedules of actors. While Sonakshi Sinha has already kickstarted her next titled Noor, Akshay Kumar is busy with Rustom followed by Jolly LLB 2. Namastey England was supposed to be shot in varied locations across Europe that includes England, Brussels, Switzerland and Paris along with Punjab in India. But as of now, owing to the lavish budget and hectic work commitments of the leads, Namastey England has now been put on hold.