London Dreams (2009)

If you are a Hollywood Freak it wont take you much long to make out that the plot of London Dreams is adopted from the famous Oscar award winning movie - Amadeus. No matter how hard Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan try in London Dreams they are nowhere close to Salieri and Mozart in Amadeus.

The movie is erratically paced . After a low start the movie is rushed . However with absence of a good screenplay this hardly matters to the audience. The screenplay is better only in the second half with rivalry of Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan. The rivalry is well portrayed and contrast in characters is successfully depicted. London Dreams tries to gain audience sympathy for Salman Khan's Character.


Vipul Shah adds profound depth to the drama and the sensitivity in his direction makes you relate to the conflicts of both the characters convincingly. Thankfully the rivalry is more musically-driven over their contention for the same girl, thereby avoiding the tendency of the narrative to take shape of a conventional love triangle. But for a film which essentially works for the intensity of its drama, the end of London Dreams is too conveniently designed.

Vipul Shah has succeeded as a director to make a deep and sensitive movie. The movie is much more than a love triangle whith both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan wooing the same girl Asin thanks to the well directed rivalry. The end of London Dreams however ends in pretty much an ordinary manner.

The magical trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy do complete justice to London Dreams which has music as its central theme. The background music by Salim-Sulaiman compliments the movie extremely well. The cinematography by Sejal Shah is a treat for eyes. The production has ensured a high quality for London Dreams.

London Dreams is recommended only if you enjoy movie without expecting too much from it.

ALADIN (2009)

ALADIN, a movie by Sujay Ghosh is much hyped and fails to deliver . The movie could have done much better than just being a visual show. The movie is weak in all departments of film making most importantly the script. This is not a movie that will appeal intelligent audiences.

The movie has a good start and there are some promising scenes in the middle. But the interest keeps drooping overall and even the genie fails to make the moments lively.

The screenplay has done more damage than the story itself. Sujoy ghosh has no one to blame but himself for such absurd screenplay. The fantasies actually appear nightmarish. Some scenes like Riteish flashback are beyond comprehension. The entire sequence of Amitabh loosing his power is entirely wasted. The movie also exaggerates the Amitabh’s fight sequence with Sanjay Dutt’s henchmen. In such case it is better not to speak about the climax.

After watching ALADIN one ponders whether it really needed such good star cast or big budget as both these things seem to be entirely wasted.The movie has good special effects but only in bits and pieces. The music is typically Vishal Shekhar and offers nothing new to ears. The songs are more than required which only helps to disinterest the audience. The cinematography comes as a very big relief.

ALADIN is all about Riteish and thankfully his performance is not at all loud. He seems to be very comfortable in the character. Riteish does what he does the best – being natural. Amitabh overacts. Sanjay Dutt is nothing more than filler. The glamour quotient is lacking and one remembers that Jacqueline is in the movie only when she appears on the screen. However she is a great eye candy.Talented actors like Victor Banerjee , Mita Vashisht and Ratna Pathak Shah would like to forget this film as quickly as they can.

With everything wasted in this movie its better to save our time and money over this disappointing ALADIN.