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
Asin Thottumkal	...	Priya (as Asin)
Chris Wilson	...	Airline Pilot
Aditya Roy Kapoor	...	Zoheb Hayaat Khan
Rannvijay Singh	...	Wasim Hayaat Khan
Varun Sharma	...	Groom on Horse
Goldy Notay	...	Sima - The Reporter
Manoj Pahwa	...	Bhatinda Resident
Paul Gregory	...	Simon
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	Passerby
Alyona Khmara	...	Dancer
Mandi Sidhu	...	Maria
Dilyana Bouklieva	...	Rock fan, person on a queue

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:

Live your London Dreams...

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point Rajkumar Santoshi wanted Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan for the lead roles. He had also signed them. But the film was stalled causing both stars to opt out.

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Goofs

While Ajay Devgn can be seen singing with a wired microphone and Rannvijay Singh playing the keyboard connected to the speaker, Aditya Roy Kapur is seen playing a box guitar (no external wire connecting to speaker). Under no circumstance can the guitar be heard in this situation.

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Alternate Versions

The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to make cuts in order to obtain a 12A classification. Cuts made to remove all sight of drug preparation (substance being heated in spoon) and of implied drug injection into arm. An uncut 15 classification was available.

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Soundtracks

Shola Shole
Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi
Music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa
Performed by Zubeen Garg
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Nothing special!

It's a bad season for Bollywood with all the big releases with a massive hype surrounding proving to be duds at the box office. London Dreams is no exception to that. Let's dissect it... It's all about chasing your dreams and how far will you go to achieve it. Sounds impressive right? But unfortunately the film is not.

Arjun (Ajay Devgan) is an aspiring musician who wants to make it big someday. His dream is to perform in Wembley stadium in front of a cheering 90,000 audience calling out his name. He is joined by two brothers, Zoheb & Wasim (debutants Aditya Roy & Ranvijay) and a ravishing Priya (Asin). Together they form "London Dreams" their dream band. After impressing the chief of a record company, they become overnight sensations. Arjun is secretly in love with Priya which he doesn't want to reveal till he achieves his goal. Arjun then brings his childhood friend Manjit Khosla aka Mannu (Salman Khan), a carefree flirtatious guy who has got no ambitions in life, to join their band. Mannu is a trained musician and a real talent for whom later Arjun become envious for Mannu's superior skills and his affair with Priya. Arjun with the help of Zoheb plans to blight Mannu. What happens next forms the rest of the movies.

Coming to the technical aspects, we feel only the shadow of Vipul Amritlal Sha whom we have admired in Namaste London. Felt like he simply visualized the screenplay. To cut it short, a glorified cameraman. Screenplay by Suresh Nair dulls even though it has its moments. Defined in a predictable fashion, the screenplay bore you to stiff. Camera work was awesome in capturing the beauty of London. It's the only entertaining part while watching songs.

Few songs are hummable while others are passable noisy fare. Ajay was the one who stole the show with his negative character. Salman is monotonous and he irks you. Asin is forgettable and I don't that she will make it big in Bollywood. Aditya Roy is impressive while Ranvijay is strictly OK. Brinda as the bitch is what we have seen in innumerable movies. Ompuri is ongoing with the proceedings. I don't want to pen down about the flaws as it will be a herculean task.

Finally let me put it simple and straight, London Dreams is a soulless movie which you may better enjoy on DVD.

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:

INR200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$207,964, 1 November 2009

Gross USA:

$300,293

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$618,067

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