Aladin

Aladin
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Directed by	Sujoy Ghosh
Produced by	Sujoy Ghosh
Written by	Sujoy Ghosh Suresh Nair Ritesh Shah
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Ritesh Deshmukh Sanjay Dutt Jacqueline Fernandez
Music by	Vishal-Shekhar
Cinematography	Shirsha Roy
Release date(s)	30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)
Country	‹See Tfd› India
Language	Hindi

Aladin is a Bollywood film directed by Sujoy Ghosh of Jhankaar Beats fame. Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt and Jacqueline Fernandez appear in pivotal roles in the movie. India's top art director, Sabu Cyril designed the sets of this film. The film was a commercial failure.

Plot

The film opens with the family of Chatterjee, who lives with his wife and baby son Aladin. When out on a holiday, Chatterjee is attacked by a gang who are searching for a magic lamp, which Chatterjee has hidden somewhere. Chatterjee and his wife are murdered, and Aladin is raised up by his grandad. After the death of his grandad, grown Aladin Chatterjee (Ritesh Deshmukh) lives in the fictional city of Khwaish. He is lonely, and bullied by Kasim (Sahil Khan) and his gang members since his childhood. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez) enters the city, and the two fall in love with each other.

Jasmine gifts Aladin a magic lamp for his birthday, and it turns out the magic lamp is the one that was being searched by his father's murderers. Aladin opens the lamp, and soon enough, it lets loose the genie, Genius (Amitabh Bachchan). Desperate to grant him three wishes and to seek the end of his contract with the magic lamp, the rock-star Genius makes Aladin's life rocking and lovely. Aladin is freed from Kasim's jungle, Kasim is taught a lesson by Genius, and Jasmine is in a relationship with Aladin. He is living life perfectly, until the real threat looms on the horizon - the ex-genie, Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt).

Ringmaster is searching for the magic lamp, and kidnaps Jasmine. Genius and Aladin realize she has been kidnapped, and soon enough, a informer explains to Aladin that Genius had murdered the rest of his family. Aladin insults Genius and leaves him. Whilst heartbroken Genius goes to rescue Jasmine. As he arrives, it is revealed that the Ringmaster actually killed his family, as he has been searching for the magic lamp for a long time, and his father had hidden it, and was punished for it. Aladin understands Genius is innocent, and arrives to help him. Ringmaster's gang is finished by Genius, and Jasmine is rescued. Genius magically ruins Ringmaster and slams him into pieces.

In the end, Ringmaster if defeated, Genius leaves and goes back to live in the lamp, and Aladin earns special superpowers from the lamp, and then marries Jasmine.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Genius
• Sanjay Dutt as Ringmaster
• Ritesh Deshmukh as Aladin Chatterjee
• Jacqueline Fernandez as Jasmine
• Victor Banerjee as Grandfather
• Ratna Pathak Shah as Marjina
• Sahil Khan as Kasim
• Joy Sengupta as Arun Chatterjee
• Sohini Ghosh as Riya Chatterjee
• Arif Zakaria as Prof. Nazir
• William Ong as Xi Guang Lee
• Boman Irani as Narrator
• Erina as Fire Breathing Lady

Sanjay Dutt plays a negative role in this film.^[1]

Awards

2010 IIFA Awards [1]

• Best Female Debut - Jacqueline Fernandez
• Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril
• Best Special Effects (Visual) - Charles Darby (Eyecube Labs)

Soundtrack

Aladin
Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar
Released	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)
Recorded	Eros Studios
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	35:42
Label	Eros Music
Producer	Vishal-Shekhar
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Dostana (2008) Aladin (2009) 12 The Movie (2009)

Reception

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Zoom TV has given Aladin 2.5/5 saying that "Aladin fails to enchant". They have also criticized that Jacqueline has been put in the cast for the sake of an actress and she hasn't got much to do. However according to the scale 2.5/5 is an average. They have praised Amitabh Bachchan for his performance in the movie as 'genius'. Entertainment Daily has given the verdict saying that "Aladin is surely a let down." Nonetheless they have praised the special-effects used in the film. Noyon Jyoti Parasara from AOL India praised the SFX but also pointed out, "Despite a good enough story to carry the film ahead, Aladin falls due to blunders in screenplay. Attempts to rush up things and add entertainment make the story go haywire." He rated the film 2 out of 5.rajeev masand of IBN Live gave the film 3 stars and noticed the movie bought fable to life.

See also

• Bollywood films of 2009

References

External links

• Official website
• Aladin at the Internet Movie Database
• AOL India - Review
• Film Cafe - Review