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Namaste England

2018 film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ55080299 ↗
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Namaste England (transl. Greetings, England!) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film is the sequel to 2007 film Namastey London. The film stars Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles alongside Aditya Seal, Shreya Mehta and Alankrita Sahai in supporting roles. Principal photography began on 23 February 2018 in Amritsar, Punjab. It was released worldwide on 18 October 2018 to overwhelmingly negative reviews and emerged as a box office disaster.

Plot

Param is a man residing in a small village within Punjab. During Dusshera, he goes to see Ravan Dahan with his friends where he meets Jasmeet and subsequently falls for her. Jasmeet is a young, ambitious and educated girl, whose grandfather and older brother are opposed to her seeking employment due to their conservative background. Jasmeet can't go against their decision but still dreams of independence from them. After their first meeting, Param and Jasmeet meet several more times, where she grows closer to Param.

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“Namaste England” enters the record as 2018 film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Namaste, England and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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