On the whole, ALADIN is a terrible waste of a terrific opportunity.In the bustling bazaar of the city-state of Agrabah, a petty street thief named Aladdin saves the heir to the throne Jasmine, disguised as a commoner, from the wrath of an angry seller. And what is a wonderful actor like Mita Vashisht doing in this film? Saahil Khan and Arif Zakaria are okay. Jacqueline Fernandez gets no scope, but she looks gorgeous nonetheless. Sanjay Dutt has two standard expressions from start to end. Surprisingly, Amitabh Bachchan is over the top this time, which puts you off after a point. The best part is, he looks the character and enacts it without going overboard. The cinematography is top notch.ĪLADIN belongs to Riteish, who's easy on the eyes. However, too many songs in the initial reels act as roadblocks. The visual effects are excellent at places, but tacky at times. Like his last outing HOME DELIVERY, this one too is high on gloss, but low on content. Given the kind of stars and budget at his disposal, the director should've come up with a slick entertainer, but ALADIN comes across as a feeble clone of a poor Hollywood film. Sujoy Ghosh's screenplay is bad, to put it bluntly. Not just that, even the climax is ridiculous. At the same time, it looks weird when Amitabh fights an entire army of Sanju's henchmen in the end. It's not easy to comprehend.Īlso, the entire track, when Amitabh loses his powers and becomes an ordinary mortal, looks gimmicky. Two, the flashback portion - which resulted in Riteish's parents losing their lives - is haphazard.One, Amitabh refrains from revealing the past to Riteish, till Sanjay Dutt arrives on the scene and spills the beans.You can't overlook two major flaws in the writing. Okay, one expects absurdities in a fantasy, you can be pardoned for it, but at least they should have the power to keep you hooked. The problem is not with the story, but the screenplay. Sure, there're some interesting moments, but you can actually count those sequences. Sadly, ALADIN only slides downwards after this point. But no sooner does the genie appears, he breaks into a song and you realize that ALADIN is no different from those mundane films churned out week after week. ALADIN starts with a bang, with the initial portions holding a lot of promise. Why does Ringmaster want to kill Aladin? What is the dark secret about Aladin's past that Genius is carrying? ĭesperate to grant him three wishes and seek the end of his contract with the Magic Lamp, Genius makes Aladin's life difficult until the real threat looms on the horizon: the ex-genie Ringmaster. But his life changes when Jasmine gives him a magic lamp because it lets loose the genie Genius.
Will a genie appear and fulfil my wishes? I doubt!Īladin Chatterjee lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. Wish 3: Directors and writers should stop taking the intelligent viewer for granted.They shouldn't be mere moneybags, but have creative control too Wish 2: Producers should act more responsibly.
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