Salaam Namaste Unknown Facts: People in India still have different opinions on live-in relationships. So just imagine how it would have been considered 19 years ago? At that time, a film was released which showed live-in relationships and many people did not like this film. Still, it proved to be a hit at the box office. Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan were seen in the lead roles in the film.
The songs of the film Salaam Namaste were a huge hit and at that time its songs were played a lot on the radio. But the concept of the film was not liked much. How much did ‘Salaam Namaste’ earn 19 years ago and there are some interesting things related to it, let us tell you about them.
‘Salaam Namaste’ completes 19 years of its release
The film Salaam Namaste was released worldwide on 9 September 2005. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film Salaam Namaste was produced by Yash Raj Films. The songs in the film were composed by Shekhar Ravjiani under Yash Raj Music.
Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta appeared in the lead roles in this film, while actors like Javed Jaffrey, Arshad Warsi, Jugal Hansraj also appeared. If you want to watch this film, you can watch it on Prime Video.
box office collection of ‘Salaam Namaste’
Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta’s film Salaam Namaste was a hit at the box office. According to Sacnilk, the budget of the film Salaam Namaste was Rs 10 crore while the film collected Rs 55.98 crore worldwide at the box office. The film collected Rs 35 crore in India while it did a business of Rs 20.87 crore abroad.
Things related to ‘Salaam Namaste’
Siddharth Anand, who made ‘Pathan’, directed the film ‘Salaam Namaste’. You must have seen this film many times but you hardly know many stories related to it. All the things mentioned here are written according to IMDB.
1. ‘Salaam Namaste’ was the first Bollywood film whose entire shooting was done in Australia. The concept of the film was written in such a way that it had to be shot abroad.
2. After ‘Kya Kehna’ and ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Salaam Namaste’ was the film in which Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta worked together. All three films of Saif-Preity were hits.
3. ‘Salaam Namaste’ was the first Hindi film that promoted live-in relationships in India. Due to this, the film had to face a lot of criticism, yet it was successful.
4. The climax of ‘Salaam Namaste’ featured a cameo by the film’s director Siddharth Anand. Siddharth was seen in the role of a taxi driver.
5. Abhishek Bachchan and Jugal Hansraj also had a cameo in ‘Salaam Namaste’. Abhishek Bachchan himself did the narration of this film and he had asked Siddharth Anand for the appearance.