Salaam Namaste
- Saif Ali Khan: Nikhil Arora
- Preity Zinta: Ambar Malhotra
- Arshad Warsi: Ron
- Tania Zaetta: Cathy
- Jugal Hansraj: Jignesh
- Christina Collard: friend
- Afton Fraser: Wedding Guest
- Abhishek Bachchan: guest appearance as Doctor
Wedding - No Thanks! (Hindi: सलाम नमस्ते, Salām Namaste; Salām is the greeting used by Muslims, the Namaste used by Hindus ) is a Bollywood film that completely plays in Australia and was also filmed there. He came into the Indian cinema on September 9, 2005. The tagline of the movie is Let's get to know each other, get to know each other Let's German.
Action
The film is about two Indians, Nikhil "Nick" Arora and Ambar Malhotra, who have left India to live their own life in Australia: Nick has a degree in architecture in his hometown Ludhiana left behind (his parents know nothing about it ), and moved to Melbourne, Australia to be a chef in his own restaurant called Nick of Time, which ensures that he lead a relaxed lifestyle and he can sleep till late in the morning. When he is to do an interview for an Indian, is located in Australia radio station called " Salaam Namaste", he does not appear. The radio presenter Ambar Malhotra, who wanted to do the interview, then lets her anger during the broadcast run free. She herself lives in Australia because their family wants to marry her.
After a few misunderstandings, quarrels and much persuasion, the two fall in love and move in together. Nick is on the one hand, although not the type to get married, but then you end up mostly then in a relationship when you're too busy trying not to think about it.
But Ambar is pregnant and Nikhil hates children. Nick does not want children and Ambar brings to the hospital to have make an abortion. As Ambar at an ultrasound scan of another woman's baby sees and hears the heartbeat, she can not bring ready to abort the baby. Following this decision, the two argue with each other and go from now on out of the way. Ambar has a rare disease and is afraid that the baby could be sick, so she asks Nick to take a blood test. First he contradicts her because he is afraid of hospitals, but then he overcomes his fear and goes but to this investigation. The doctor gives Nikhil a DVD of the ultrasound investigation. Nick looks at the DVD and begins to look forward to in itself.
Ambars best friend wants to get married and she asks for advice. Nick thinks, however, that Ambar wants to marry her best friend. Ambar and Nick argue and she wants to move out. When he wakes up with a hangover next to a strange woman they both draw the obvious conclusion. She runs away. Only then explains the strange woman that nothing has happened and he was just talking about Ambar. Since Nikhil has fallen in love with Ambar, he asked the radio station and the audience for help. He describes how Ambar looks and what she wears, and invites listeners to call him when they see it. Nick finds Ambar and she gets her first contractions. When they arrive at the hospital, it's turbulent first because no single room is available and secondly, the doctor has no idea of his job and a blood phobia. At the end of Ambar Nikhil makes a marriage proposal. After some hesitation, she gives her vows.
Background
The film was originally to be shot in San Francisco, but the director Siddharth Anand visited Melbourne in 2004 and was so impressed by the city that he decided to let them play Salaam Namaste in Australia.