From the director of Jhankaar Beats comes a new offering which was four years in the making : Aladin
Ritesh Deshmukh is Aladin Chaterjee, burdened by his name and orphaned young. Amitabh Bachchan is Genius the Genie, and he plays one with his usual charismatic style. Sanjay Dutt is the Ring Master of a circus of baddies, half of which seem inspired from the Batman movies. Ratna Pathak Shah is the lovely and temperamental Marjina, who chucks eggs at people who come to her cafe and say she’s a bad chef. Saahil Khan plays Kasim, Aladin’s main rival in the human world for the affections of his girl. And the lovely Jacqueline Fernandez is Jasmine, the love of his life whom he gets tongue tied before.
We all know the story, and the town of Khawaish is akin to Agraba. The graphics are not too great, and seems as if the producer got a cheap deal with some one and it quite a bit shoddy. However despite the tired story line the fantastic actors in the line up give entertaining performances. Yes you get reminded of Khalnayak in the Ring Master. True the Genius seems a bit out of Jhoom barabar jhoom, and some slapstick attempted by the actors make you wonder what more Chinese torture is in store. All the same if you have kids they will love it. I know mine did.
