[3] An unofficial remake of Love Actually (2003), the film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Salman Khan, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Ayesha Takia, Shannon Esra, Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar.
[6] The film received mixed reviews with praises for the cast performance particularly John, Vidya and Akshaye, but criticism for its length.
[7] Born in Dehradun, temperamental and ambitious Kamna changes her name to Kamini Ranawat, hires Babu as her manager, and becomes one of the most sought-after heroines in Bollywood.
As a publicity stunt to change her image from item queen and to get the attention of filmmaker Karan Johar, she says that she is in love with a man named Rahul.
Kamna turns down Johar's movie offer and hunts down Rahul at Gia Bakshi and Shiven Dungarpur's wedding, where she proposes to him.
Raju is a taxi driver who comes to the assistance of a white woman Stephanie, who is frantically trying to hunt down her lover Rohit Chaddha.
Both are to get married shortly, but Shiven starts to get cold feet thanks to a few misleading words about marriage from his friend Juggy.
He decides to disappear from her life, leaving Bakshi with no alternative but to arrange Gia's marriage with Rohit Chaddha.
While driving one day, he accidentally hits Tehzeeb Hussain, who is walking on the road, and helps her reunite with Ashutosh Raina.
Gia's sister Seema, who lives in London, has been married to Vinay Malhotra for 15 years, and they have two children.
Tehzeeb survives but loses her memory and is unable to recall who Ashutosh is – and may end up leaving him and returning to her parents' home.
When Tehzeeb wakes up, she wants to leave Ashutosh and go to her family's house because she is tired of seeing him sad when she is unable to remember who he is.
[8] Vikram Phadnis worked for about two years and designed around 800 costumes for all the on-screen characters, from the actors to the background dancers.
"[11] Anil Kapoor, who plays Vinay, too echoed the same sentiments, saying the album was best to come out of Bollywood in a long time.
Sukanya Verma of Rediff in her 4.5 star review, remarked, "Salaam-e-Ishq is a well-designed, wholesome soundtrack with emphasis on melody, beat and innovation.
"[16] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama too gave the album a positive review, stating, "Each of the songs of Salaam-E-Ishq boasts of high quality music.
There are some new sounds interspersed with the kind of music that goes well with the Bollywood scheme of things and the final result is something that is going to stay with you for many more months to come.
"[17] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 16,50,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourth highest-selling.
But the deficiencies outweigh everything - disjointed script, abstract style of narrating the story and excessive length.
"[22] Rajeev Masand noted, "Apart from its daunting length and those holes in the script, there’s much to enjoy in Advani’s film, including the cast's performances.
"[23] Namrata Joshi of Outlook India gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Watching 3 hours and 40 minutes long film is like going to a typical North Indian wedding banquet with loads on the menu.