By Subhash K Jha

The release date of Namastey London coincided with a critical World Cup match. Says Vipul, "Yes, that did affect our film initially. But the film opened well. On Friday my film got hit from the evening show onwards.

I couldn't push my film to the end of the World Cup because Yashraj Films will be releasing Tara Rum Pum on April 27, followed by a spate of Yashraj Films. Where would I have taken my film among these big films? However once India's verdict at the World Cup was outwe had nothing to fear."

Vipul Shah is all praise for the London crew.

"As far as talent is concerned, we don't lag behind. I don't think our Ravi K Chandran is any less talented as my camera-man Jonathan Bloom.But we really need to learn from their way of working. The whole crew had a script and each member of the unit knew what was to be done.

Everyone went on location together, and all the time on camera was spent directing the actors instead of wasting time in getting shots and scenes organized. That kind of collaboration needs to be brought to Mumbai."