Like most Bollywood films, this is a Romeo & Juliet-style tale of forbidden love and adventure, but since it's set in London the filmmakers have some fun with West Side Story references as well, especially as the two grey-market families face off against each other. The songs blend the Hindi music with Motown, rock and even country & western--plus nods to musicals like Fame and Grease--in a clever multi-cultural style that propels the story and gives us insight into the characters. And this is a good thing because otherwise it's merely a cute and superficial movie. There are all kinds of conflicts here--culture, economics, education, sexuality--although the script never deals with them at all. But it's engaging because the cast is so good; Kalidas and McAvoy hold it together brilliantly, while a brief appearance by McShane as Jay's loser of a dad adds some comic grit. And the combination of offbeat Bollywood visual style with the coarse East London setting is intriguing. But this causes problems for director-cowriter Wooding, because it makes the film feel more than a little clunky, and too silly and sweet to be much more than frivolous fun.