Since he was a child, Aladin Chatterjee has been teased for his fairytale name. As a college student he follows his namesake's footsteps; unleashing genie Genius and wooing exchange student Jasmine. But the evil Ringmaster approaches.

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Genius
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Aladin's grandfather
Dhaval Barbhaya ...
Egg Head
Michael Chen ...
Antique Shop Owner
Master Ahan Desai ...
Riteish Deshmukh ...
Aladin A. 'Aloo' Chatterjee (as Ritesh Deshmukh)
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Erina ...
Flame Thrower
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Jasmine (as Jaqueline Fernandes)
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Master Dev Kanatwala ...
Young Kasim Kejriwal
Vineet Kapoor ...
Truck Driver
Nawab Khan ...
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Kasim Kejriwal
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Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos results when everything seems to fail; while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire even more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet; and the truth behind the death of Aladin's... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Whilst shooting Amitabh Bachchan injured his hand wrist, Amitabh ignored the incident and resumed his shooting, rather than canceling his shooting. See more »

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Jasmine: Aladin, I have to go...
Aladin: Oh... it's been wonderful meeting you and I hope we can do it again really soon...
Jasmine: Aladin... I have to go to the bathroom.
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References Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) See more »

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You May Be
Written by Vishal Dadlani
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Courtesy of EROS Music
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Very Good!!
1 November 2009 | by (Pakistan) – See all my reviews

Hmmm Very good.. nice effects good movie good story very good acting.. i will call this movie a very enjoyable movie that you can watch with whole family.. really this was awesome.. i was not expecting much but it was really goOd!! aladin is a boy who fall in love with jasmine but he cant tell her then jasmine gives her a gift from local store that was a lamp when he rubs it here comes the genius MR AB who act really cool i think he watch all the cartoons for this act luv the story plot for kids,adults and family then Sanjay Dutt acted well his character is of ring master and it suits him the best.. really i will wait for the sequel to come..

Now watch it now!!:P


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