With blockbuster hit movies like Kambakkht Ishq and Love Aaj Kal, Bollywood is doing a bit of damage control. After going through the worst phase ever, Bollywood is refurbishing its goodwill in the due course. It seems Aladin will see the dawn of a new era as it is one of those big budget colossal projects which are made on a double edged sword.
Aladin is slated to release in October this year during the festival of Diwali. There are some big banner, heavily star studded films which will release during that period. The likes of Blue, All The Best, Main Aur Mrs. Khanna are likely to release around that point of time. But amongst this one film which will give a stiff competition to Aladin is Blue.
Blue is supposed to be the costliest Bollywood film ever. And with a star cast having Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta and in a cameo Kylie Minogue, the film can do miracles at the box office. Aladin and Blue are the two films which will see the rise or the fall of the film industry because not only it has a huge star cast or a Diwali release, but both films have a massive cost of production.
Director of Aladin, Sujoy Ghosh who has already started dropping a line with his Aladin blog and now the official theatrical trailer of the movie is making hoopla. There are a few fortes the film is working with such as Big B, some amazing astonishing special effects and of course who could forget the damsel from Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez who is already the talk of the town.
Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh) lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez) gives him a magic lamp - because it lets loose the genie Genius (Amitabh Bachchan). Desperate to grant him 3 wishes and seek the end of his contract with the Magic Lamp, the rock-star Genius makes Aladin's life difficult until the real threat looms on the horizon: the ex-genie Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt). Why does Ringmaster want to kill Aladin? What is the dark secret about Aladin's past that Genius is carrying? And what is Aladin's destiny? All these questions will get unfolded when the film releases.
Sujoy Ghosh who did a commendable job as a director in Jhankaar Beats will have his heart in his mouth for sure this Diwali as Jhankaar Beats, Home Delivery were not that high on risk movies. But a lot rides on Aladin as this one is far fetched fantasy movie which is having all the ingredients of being a block buster hit film of this year.
Well, lets hope this one does wonders at the box office and also prove to the Hollywood film fraternity that Bollywood’s own Aladin aint that bad either and is on a roll….
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Srinjan Bhowmick has a flair for writing for Bollywood. Currently he is writing for all the forthcoming Bollywood Movies.
Aladin Will See the Dawn of a New Era in Bollywood
