Product: Salaam | Namaste
Rating: 4.0
Tries to look at dilemmas over marriage and some of the realities of relationships
This isn't the best Bollywood I've seen. Both lead actors do well as they usually do- though a little less 'cute' from Preity would have improved this more.It is an often serious attempt to look at issues of commitment in a way you don't usually see in Bollywood. There is living together, the shadow of an abortion question etc - even some 'almost bedroom scenes' when the protagonists aren't married. There are the usual unlikely Bollywood elements that I'm happy to live with. I agree with other reviewers who felt the comedy could have been omitted. There is an uncomfortable discordancy in the 2 comic foci - a 'Crocodile Dundee wanna-be Indian' and Abhishek in a cameo role playing over the top slapstick (which he does well but this wasn't the movie to do it in).The music wasn't that memorable nor the minimal dance scenes. This is more a movie focused on the leads and their dilemmas and their solid acting saves it from mediocrity.I live in Melbourne, where it was filmed. and appreciate the cinematography that bought a lot of beauty out of the city and its nearby coast and forecasts.This movie didn't quite hit the high spots for me but they did a reasonable job short of that.