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London Dreams - Movie Review
Updated On: 31 October, 2009 08:08 AM IST | | Sarita Tanwar
What happens when you decide to flip the Amitabh-Jaya starrer Abhimaan and make it into a story of two friends instead? You come up with Vipul Shah's London Dreams but sadly, minus all the emotional quotient of its inspiration.
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What it's about: What happens when you decide to flip the Amitabh-Jaya starrer Abhimaan and make it into a story of two friends instead? You come up with Vipul Shah's London Dreams but sadly, minus all the emotional quotient of its inspiration. Arjun (Devgn) has a childhood dream to become a singer and to perform some day at the Wembley Stadium in London.
He gets the opportunity after his father's untimely death when his chacha (Om Puri) takes him to the foreign land. Years later, he's on his way to realise his dream with the help of his two friends and Priya (Asin), who he's fallen for. Enter Manjeet (Salman Khan), his old pal who's leading a happy-go-lucky life in Punjab.
When Arjun discovers Manjeet's potential as a singer, he decides to take him to London too and make him a part of his band. The problems happen when Manjeet turns out to be better and more popular than him. He even manages to steal Priya away from Arjun. 
Jealousy leads to hostility and if Arjun has to succeed, Manjeet has to be out of the picture. How Arjun's insecurity drives him to the destruction of his own friend is what the rest of the film is about.u00a0
What's hot: Vipul Shah's canvas is big and there's no denying he's spent a lot on the film's production values. The film has a certain 'opera' look to itu00a0some of the locations add to the grandeur.
In bits and parts, there are sequences that have the magic touch Asin's dance practice where she oscillates between classical and hip-hop; the camaraderie between the two brothers in the band (Rannvijay and Aditya Roy Kapoor), which peaks when they have their fight over Manjeet; the wooing game between Manjeet and Priya.
The most genuine and effective moment in the film is Arjun's breakdown in front of Manjeet where he asks for forgiveness just before he's about to ruin him.
Among the performances, Ajay Devgn gives his best shot even despite an ill-sketched character. Salman Khan is super in the lighter moments his scene in the aircraft is the highlight. The sincerity shown by the two lead actors is the biggest asset of the film.
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