Salaam Namaste is the latest Yash Raj release. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta; for backup is Arshad Warsi and Tania Zaetta. There is a surprise appearance by a Bachchan, and it is great.#

Saif and Preity have great chemistry in this movie. And by herself, Preity is slowly becoming one of my favourite actresses. She's been more diverse than my previous third, Kareena. (The first is, of course, Aish.) (The second is Rani.)#

The story of this movie is very cute and like my favourite kind of Bollywood movie, it uses the additional hour to have a wider emotional range, rather than more songs or montages. The only ``problem'' with the story is that it is very untraditional, but does not exploit this as much for commentary.#

Overrall the songs are nothing special, but the title track has quality in both the sound and the dance at the time. The ``What's Goin' On?'' song has a very cute dance sequence to it.#

Recommendation: Medium to high.#