Aladin (2009)

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.

Director:

Sujoy Ghosh

Writers:

Vishal Dadlani (lyrics), Sujoy Ghosh (screenplay),

Stars:

Shubhankar Atre, Amitabh Bachchan, Victor Banerjee

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shubhankar Atre	...	Child Aladin 'Aloo' A. Chatterjee
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Genius
Victor Banerjee	...	Aladin's grandfather
Dhaval Barbhaya	...	Egg Head
Michael Chen	...	Antique Shop Owner
Master Ahan Desai	...	Young Aladin 'Aloo' A. Chatterjee
Ritesh Deshmukh	...	Aladin A. 'Aloo' Chatterjee
Sanjay Dutt	...	Ringmaster
Erina	...	Flame Thrower
Jacqueline Fernandez	...	Jasmine (as Jaqueline Fernandes)
Boman Irani	...	Narrator
Master Dev Kanatwala	...	Young Kasim Kejriwal
Vineet Kapoor	...	Truck Driver
Nawab Khan	...	Lion Tamer
Sahil Khan	...	Kasim Kejriwal

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

genie | love | wish | princess | one word title | 

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Taglines:

and the Mystery of the lamp

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

30 October 2009 (India)

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 500,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Boundscript Motion Pictures, Eros International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sameera Reddy walked out of the project as she felt her role didn't hold much substance as narrated in the script and was replaced

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Quotes

Genie: Bom bili bom bili-bili bom-bom bili bom bili bom bili-bili bom-bom...

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Connections

References Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Ore Saawariya"
(Remix)
Written by Vishal Dadlani
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Amitabh Bachchan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Shreya Ghoshal and Shaan
Courtesy of EROS Music

User Reviews

Excellent by Bollywood standard.

The best supernatural movie of Bollywood so far. Amitabh Bachchan showed how he can handle any type of role at ease, even at the age of 67. Lot of directors tried this type of special effects before but Sujoy Ghosh is really successful in his effort. I did not have much hope for this movie but when I saw this with my kids I saw how much they enjoyed. Ritesh Deshmukh was perfect as Aladin and beauty of Jacquline was really mind blowing. The songs in this movie was just appropriate for the sequences.

Never saw a more colorful kids movie than Aladin before. The only thing that was missing from this movie was a villain like Amrish Puri.