Enter Sanjay Dutt, with his ragtag army of jokers, giants, fire-eaters who fail to tickle your funny bone, nor do they shock and awe with their killing machine tactics.

The plot gets more puzzling with the story tellers trying to connect the implausible occurrences on screen with the movement of a comet that promises to make anyone who touches its shadow indestructible. The rest is easy and quite unfunny, with Bachchan trying to play matchmaker and Dutt trying to play comet catcher.Ĭomet, did we say? Yes. He enters our hero's khayals (thoughts) through his ear and ferrets out his hidden passion for classmate, Jasmine. And believe it or not, when Aladin mumbles something about not believing in magic, the genie who call himself Genius, performs the dumbest act. This time, the rubbing actually has results: a not-so-funny Mr Bachchan apparates with his zestless monologues and mantras, urging Aladin to make his three wishes. The gift is actually a prank again, but ends up as the beginning of a new, charmed life for the proverbial loser after he is forced to rub the decrepit object. The jaadu works just once when Jasmine (Jacqueline), the college hottie presents a lamp to the oddball on his miserable birthday. Of course, the wimpy kid fails to create magic most of the time, ending up as the unfriendly neighbourhood's favourite punching bag. Saddled with a name like Aladin, orphaned kid Riteish Deshmukh spends most of his school and college days bearing the brunt of bullies who force him to rub lamps at odd junctures in order to produce the famed genie. Yes, it is the sets of the film alone, comprising a fictitious township called Khwaish, which evoke some interest. Debutant Jacqueline too fails to prove she's more than a pretty face, ending up as mere eye candy in a film that scores mostly in one department: the art direction (Sabu Cyril). Riteish, meanwhile, shuffles through the film with a hangdog expression, woozy and woolly-headed for most of his I'm-the-archetypal-loser act. If Amitabh suffers a bad hair day with his unbecoming wigs and is sartorially challenged throughout the film with his sequined jackets, red waistcoats and white sneakers, then Dutt ends up as a shabby blend of Heath Ledger's Joker and his own Khalnayak. In fact, for the two veterans, Amitabh and Sanjay Dutt, this might be one their most bizarre performances. Neither do the genie (Amitabh Bachchan) and the Ring Master (Sanjay Dutt) create magic with their over the top acts, nor does the Riteish-Jacqueline romance strike a chord. Review: Okay, so the film makers wanted to recreate the popular fairy tale as a modern day fantasy, replete with real life characters.īut truly, we fail to get the point because the film doesn't work at any level. Much to the discomfiture of the devilish Ring Master, Sanjay Dutt. He finds a magical lamp, rubs out its genie, Amitabh Bachchan, and manages to make the right moves, both in life and his love story.

I mean just because it is a hindi film, do you really need 6 or 7 songs? If it is a fantasy or super hero flick, why not make it more realistic and darker (say like dark knight or batman begins).Story: College boy, Aladin falls in love with the campus hottie, Jasmine, but lacks the charisma to woo her. I think one thing the makers need to keep in mind is to make sure they don’t take the viewers for granted which is what seems to be happening here. However, with all of the songs and everything, Krrish had a gripping story line towards the second half showing us how Krishna becomes Krrish. There was an exception of Krrish (if you consider it a fantasy flick it is more of a super hero film). While that is important and an interesting promotional strategy, it seems like that’s their main way of promoting the film.Īnother example of such a film was Drona which was also idiotic and a huge box office disaster. They seem to take the audience for granted and are promoted on how much money the makers used on special effects. They seemed for a lack of a better word silly. It was apparent ever since the first promos released.

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