It Was Namastey England...But Now, It Has A New Name And Cast

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer ‘Namastey London’ which hit the theatres in 2007 was a box office hit. A few days ago the director of the movie, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, announced of making its sequel. After Akshay refused to be a part of the flick, the filmmaker finalised actor Arjun Kapoor for the film.

 The movie was titled ‘Namastey England’. However, now the reports have emerged that Akshay refused to part with the title. Hence, the movie has been named ‘Namastey Canada. Actress Parineeti Chopra has been paired opposite Arjun Kapoor in the film.

Earlier, the filmmaker approached Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha for the film. A source said, “The project took some time to get finalised and Akshay got busy with other projects, including Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Padman, 2.0 and Gold. So, Vipul signed Parineeti and Arjun for the film. Both, Akshay and Vipul own the Intellectual Property (IP) rights to the Namastey series, and when the filmmaker approached him for the rights, the actor refused to part with the titles Namastey London 2 or Namastey England. He told Vipul that he may want to produce and act in Namastey England later. So, the filmmaker had no choice but to change the title to Namastey Canada.”

This would be Parineeti and Arjun’s third film after ishaqzaade and Dibakar Bannerjee’s upcoming Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. 

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Source:  www.filmibeat.com