*London Dreams : Movie Reviews* - Page 3

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^{Published: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 at 12:07 IST}Mumbai: Director Vipul Shah is ready with another musical venture London Dreams. Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan starrer London Dreams is all set to release all across the globe on October 30.

Ajay Devegon and Salman Khan will be seen together on silver screen after a long gap of 10 years. They last worked together in a blockbuster 'Hum Dil De CHuke Sanam'.

Once again duo will set the screen fire with their performance in London Dreams, Vipul Shah believes.

The music of London Dreams was scored by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

Review

The story of the movie is based on a two childhood friends Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan. Ajay has played a character of a trained Musician Arjun while Salman will be seen as Mannu.

Arjun has a dream to perform at London's Wembly Arena tro fulfil his grandpa's unsuccessful ambitions.

On the other hand, Mannu has natural singing talent but he is not fond of music. Arjun travels to London with his dream. He forms a band with Rannvijay Singh (Zoheb) and Aditya Roy Kapoor(Wasim).

Arjun also asks Mannu to join his group. Mannu becomes popular in London with his unique style. The story of the London Dreams begins from here when jealous feeling starts developing inside the Arjun after rising popularity of Mannu.
Asin is the leading lady in the movie.

Overall, London Dreams is another hit movie from Vipul. You have a reason to buy tickets for London Dreams as Ajay and Salman have delivered their best performance.

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Movie Review: 'London Dreams'

Theme: In the recent past, there is a trend in Bollywood to choose a movie name on the most famous name of the city, because audience have craze to know more deeply about the city.

'London Dreams' is based on city name just like; 'New York', 'Namastey London', 'Delhi - 6', 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' etc. 'London Dreams' is the biggest musical extravaganza of this year so far.

The movie is based on the movie theme, and it reveals the meaning of life. It is a philosophical movie towards life. After the most successful movie like 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' it is the biggest movie of Ajay Devgan & Salman Khan.

The movie is a story of dreams of London. Ajay Devgan is in same role of 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' and Salman Khan is also in the same character as before.

After all, it is a film which has a musical background to it, has composers Shankar – Ehsaan - Loy at the helm of affairs and brings them together with Prasoon Joshi from whom one expects poetic lyrics.

Add to that, the fact that each of the earlier films of Vipul Shah has boasted of immensely successful music and one can't help but expect London Dreams to present some chartbuster tracks as well.

In the whole : From Vipul Shah, the maker of supreme blockbusters as Namastey London and Waqt, London Dreams, lavishly mounted and embellished.

It is an intense and powerful drama about passion, ambition, envy and realization, with a distinct musical backdrop. With a stellar cast, it promises to be one of the most compelling motion picture experiences of 2009.

London Dreams has been the talk around the globe.

Rating Scale: 6.5/10

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London Dreams

Starring:

Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Asin

Rating:

Imagine Rock On!! in Punjabi with stereophonic emotional drama? Can't? Well that's London Dreams, where two best friends fall apart over a girl and their music. Now where have we seen this before? Yes, yes, everywhere. But Vipul Shah's forte has never been originality. It has been energy and joie de vivre, which the film has in plenty. Almost enough to save it. Almost. SEE PHOTOS

Shot in London in parts not usually seen in Hindi movies-the Royal Albert Hall and Heathfield, Queen Elizabeth I's home, Heathfield-London Dreams has its moments. My favourites involve Salman Khan, who is awake, alive and thoroughly entertaining in the film. So there he is one moment, dressed in prizefighter gown and boxers, entering a very formal reception for the band and addressing Asin as "jaan". Another, where he flirts outrageously with an attendant on a flight, asking where he can do "su-su" and yet another where he sings to Asin with the Eiffel Tower all lit up. This is vintage Salman, naughty, nattering and never grown up. He's the ageing frat boy who can still deliver.

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As can Ajay Devgn, the dark, smouldering Salieri-like Arjun, who is obsessed with his goal of singing at Wembley, and sees the dream slipping away with Salman's far more talented Mannu becoming the big star of the band. The relationship works well, with the usual homoerotic tones of all Bollywood dostanas. Grown men hug, slap each other on the back, and wipe each other's tears. They also give up the girl for the other guy at a moment's notice.

Shah by now is a Punjab native so he gets all the desi stuff right. Bhatinda as it is supposed to be is suitably bucolic, with the men interested only in beer, women and running around in sarson da khet wearing appropriately coloured kurtas. Equally he is familiar with London. And the music concerts are fantastically shot, mostly from an overhead angle, with frenzied crowds more suited to a Beatles concert. But, but...the film races headlong towards its inevitable climax, without a pause for the slow rise to fame for London Dreams, its heady success and the destruction that Ajay tries to wreak on Salman, as he sees him moving towards a goal he has always wanted. The drama is telescoped into the second half and doesn't allow the viewer even a pause.

Ajay's character is dark, so dark that he takes to belting himself to sublimate his desire for an always bubbly Asin lovingly called Chennai Express here by Salman-wonder why he doesn't take a cold shower instead. But clearly Shah is not one to let a melodramatic moment go waste. He has lots of them, especially one particularly banal one when the whole of Wembley is supposedly throwing its bottles at Devgn as he denounces the crowd for loving Salman more than him. From getting Salman to sing the Hanuman Chalisa in one breath and getting Ajay to do an impromptu concert in Trafalgar Square with two Pakistani brothers, played by Rannvjiay and Aditya Roy Kapur, Shah has the energy of the film on tap. If only he had got the story half as right.

I loved the movie! Salman Khan keeps getting better and better! 👍🏼

Originally posted by: angel77

I loved the movie! Salman Khan keeps getting better and better! 👍🏼

Same feeling ..............salman.................what can i say he is just awesome ......The movie itself rocks!!!!!

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cant wait to watch this movie