Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Nikhil Advani

Writers:

Nikhil Advani (co-screenplay)
Nikhil Advani (story)

Release Date:

25 January 2007 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Six couples in love must face different problems caused by love itself. Do they resolve their issues and face life anew, or do they succumb under pressure ?

Plot Keywords:

Love | Marriage | Taxi Driver | Publicity Stunt | India

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Raúl / Rahul
Priyanka Chopra	...	Kamna 'Kamini'
Anil Kapoor	...	Vinay Malhotra
Juhi Chawla	...	Seema Malhotra
Akshaye Khanna	...	Shiven Dungarpur
Ayesha Takia	...	Gia Bakshi
John Abraham	...	Ashutosh Raina
Vidya Balan	...	Tehzeeb Hussain
Govinda	...	Raju
Shannon Esra	...	Stephanie
Sohail Khan	...	Ram Dayal
Isha Koppikar	...	Phoolwati Dayal
Anjana Sukhani	...	Anjali
Kushal Punjabi	...	Rohit Chaddha
Vishal Malhotra	...	Jaggi

Runtime:

216 min (theatrical version)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | India:UA

Trivia:

Shannon Esra is a natural brunette and had to dye her hair blond for this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before the Salaam e Ishq song, Salman Khan sweeps Priyanka Chopra into his arms, and we see that Priyanka's hand is on his neck. In the next shot her hand is on his shoulder. It then goes back to being on his neck in the next shot.

Quotes:

Tehzeeb: If you stay with me, what will your future be like tommorow?
Ashutosh: No matter what our future may be like, Tehzeeb, we'll make it beautiful together. But if you are't with me, then I have no present, or any future.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Chandni Chowk to China (2009)

The wait was worth it!!!

This film was fantastic. The 13 characters were all in a way important to the film. Nikhil Advani has shown that he can be as good as KJ and Aditya Chopra by doing this film.

Kkamini (Priyanka Chopra) wakes up to another scandal in the morning newspapers. The most sought after item girl in Bollywood cannot help, but get involved with all sorts of problems with the media. Problems that she attributes as the cause for not landing up with coveted heroine roles. The roles that she came to the big bad world of Bollywood for.

But things are going to change because Kkamini has devised a plot to change her image in the media, the public eye and most importantly the big producers of Bollywood. A plot that will propel her from being an item girl to being the number one heroine in India. The only thing that she did not anticipate was the arrival of Rahul (Salman Khan) into her life...

Vinay Malhotra (Anil Kapoor) wakes up in his picture perfect suburban London home every morning. He is cared for by his picture perfect wife, Seema (Juhi Chawla) and is kissed goodbye by his picture perfect daughters. He goes to his picture perfect London PR job and returns to his picture perfect wife, daughters and home.

But things are going to change after Vinay meets the not so perfect Anjali (Anjana Sukhani). Unconventional, over-confident and extremely determined, Anjali comes from a world that Vinay could only dream of. A world where the very modern single girl living in London gets what she wants, and now Anjali wants Vinay Malhotra. Shiven (Akshaye Khanna) wakes up to a nightmare. The most consummate bachelor in New Delhi is engaged to get married in the next 10 days. The most consummate bachelor in New Delhi has suddenly realized what's in store for him. The most consummate Bachelor in New Delhi wants to break off the engagement. And in the process, he hurts his fiancé to be, Gia (Ayesha Takia) but retrieving the freedom he wanted so much seemed more important. He had been dating Gia's sister and regretted it.

But things are going to change for Shiven, because with each passing day, with every agonizing hour, he begins to realize that without Gia, he is incomplete.

Tehzeeb (Vidya Balan) wakes up in the morning only to find a small diamond pendant by her bedside. An anniversary gift from her very romantic husband Ashutosh (John Abraham). They had eloped and got married two years ago. Struggling like all young married couples in Mumbai, both of them work at a news channel. Tehzeeb is a field reporter and Ashutosh is a film editor. Completely crazy about each other they find it quite difficult to keep their hands off each other.

But things are going to change because Tehzeeb is going to be involved in a tragic accident that will change everything in their lives and that will put Ashu's love for her to the ultimate test.

Raju Taxiwala (Govinda) wakes up in the morning and gets into his colourful Delhi taxi. He drives from his home in Chandni Chowk to the New Delhi International Airport like he has for the last 15 years. He joins the long queue at the airport like he has for the last 15 years. Unlike other taxi drivers, he does not complain about the ever-increasing queue. He hasn't complained about the increasing queue even once in the past 15 years. Why? Because he enjoys watching the doors of the New Delhi International Airport. Opening and closing. He enjoys watching the passengers coming out. Hoping that among them will be HER. His blonde dream girl, Stephanie (Shannon Esra). The girl that he has waited for the last 15 years.

But things are going to change for Raju because his dream girl does come from those very doors. The only problem is that Stephanie has come looking not for Raju, but for Rohit Chaddha (Kushaal Punjabi) – her boyfriend.

Ramdayal (Sohail Khan) and Phoolwati (Ishaa Koppikar) are a newly-wed couple in Haryana. He wants to spend the rest of his life with his newly married wife. He wants to spend every hour fulfilling the lust that has been building up within him towards her, all these years.

But things are going to change for Ramdayal, because no matter how and where Ramdayal tries to fulfill that burning desire, something goes wrong and Ramdayal and Phoolwati are thrown into a series of events that become tragically and comically almost fatal.

Altogether the best film outside the Johar and Chopra camp for a very long time. The music was unbelievable from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. My favourite song is the title song.

All the actors were excellent. Govinda and Salman are back to their best.