London Dreams (2009)

The story revolves around two childhood friends Arjun and Munnu who find a way to get from a small village in India to Wembley as Rock stars, having overcome their personalities.

Director:

Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Writers:

Ritesh Shah (dialogue), Suresh Nair (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Om Puri

Cast

Credited cast:
Salman Khan	...	Manjeet 'Mannu' Khosla
Ajay Devgn	...	Arjun
Om Puri	...	Mr. Khosla
Aditya Roy Kapoor	...	Zoheb Hayaat Khan
Asin	...	Priya
Goldy Notay	...	Sima - The Reporter
Dilyana Bouklieva	...	Rock fan, person on a queue
Varun Sharma	...	Groom on Horse
Paul Gregory	...	Simon
Chris Wilson	...	Airline Pilot
Manoj Pahwa	...	Bhatinda Resident
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	Passerby
Brinda Parekh	...	Air Hostess
Rannvijay Singh	...	Wasim Hayaat Khan
Mandi Sidhu	...	Maria

Storyline

Bhatinda-based school-going Arjun wants to follow in his much-maligned grand-father's footsteps and attain fame at the Wembley Stadium much to the chagrin of his father. After the latter's passing, he re-locates to live in Britain with his paternal uncle, and when admonished about his career, runs away. Years later Arjun will attempt to gain fame along with two associates, Zoheb and Wasim, and his sweetheart, Priya. He returns to Bhatinda and asks his childhood slacker and trouble-maker friend, Manjeet Khosla, to also join his band - a decision that will not only cost him his popularity, his career and dreams, but also his love.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | childhood | wembley stadium | childhood friend | whipping | 

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Taglines:

When your dreams come true for your best friend...

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

India UK

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

30 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rashque

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

INR 200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£142,722 (United Kingdom), 30 October 2009, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blockbuster Movie Entertainers, Eros International, Headstart Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

146 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

While shooting a song, Ajay Devgn, Asin, Rannvijay Singh and Aditya Roy Kapoor wanted to eat some Haagen-Daaz strawberry cheesecake ice cream. However, there were no Haagen ice cream stores around for nearly ten miles, and production was delayed while someone had to hunt for one to acquire the ice cream. To make up for this, the cast shared two tubs of the cheesecake ice cream with the technicians.

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Alternate Versions

The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to make several changes to the film in order to obtain a 12A classification. These changes reduced a moment of drug misuse, removing all sight of drug preparation (a substance being heated on a spoon) and of the following implied drug injection into the character's arm. The film was later released uncut on DVD/Video formats with a 15 classification for moderate sex references, drug use and one use of strong language.

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Soundtracks

Tapke Masti
(DJ A-Myth Mix)
Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi
Music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa
Performed by Feroz Khan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

A painful lesson about going for your dreams

This movie is awful- it really is. And so unrealistic. How does a guy go from being a street performer to suddenly creating a sudden rock concert in Trafalgar Square and then getting a multi city tour with no exposure or experience and getting a swanky apartment.

If the story is unbelievable the acting is even worse. Ajay Devgan doesn't look like a rock star- he can barely dance and yet he's supposed to be a music God. And then you have Salman Khan- a man with so much natural musical talent which he ignores in order to womanize his way through life. His acting is supremely bad- the scene where he goes through the metal detector screeching like a retarded hyena was so annoying that I can't understand how it could pass for comedy.

This is a terrible movie that has only one conclusion: don't watch and if you're given a copy throw it away...or burn it.