London Dreams Music ReviewStarring :
Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin, Ranvijay Singh, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Om Puri, Manoj Pahwa, Brinda Parekh.
Directors : Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Music Directors : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Producers : Headstart Films UK Ltd
Dreams
aspirations...expectations! Bollywood biggies have always raised the expectation meter high, and with the likes of Vipul Shah, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (S-E-L) and Prasoon Joshi in the credits, there are gargantuan expectations from it. Riding on substantial success of WAKE UP SID, S-E-L have a major kill on their hand with rock-music as the flavor of this 'east-meets-west' musical saga.
Synopsis:
They were childhood friends. But they had little in common except their family's vague connection with music. While Arjun's life was consumed by a passionate drive to get on stage and realise his grandfather's unfulfilled dream, Mannu had little interest in his music tutor father's instruments and was content with remaining a child at heart with no higher ambition than enjoying the good things in life.
But little did they expect music to strengthen their friendship and then test it with catastrophic results...
Fuelled with immense face-value (Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin) and directorial expertise of super-successful director Vipul Shah (NAMASTEY LONDON), this one is likely to be a big musical bonanza. Himesh Reshammiya did it splendidly for Vipul Shah in NAMASTEY LONDON; can S-E-L's rock-mania be able to repeat the feat? Can LONDON DREAMS be first major hit of this season from the triumphant trio? Let's get into this dreamy journey that promises bravura of efforts with varied rhythms, sounds and beats mixing together for some delightful entertainment. Get, set...go!!!
From the urbane-rock-ing blast to arena-rock mania, experimentation is the 'mantra' that worked for S-E-L and the fusion works are all here again for thrills in 'Barson Re'. Like its melodic theme, this energizing soundtrack pulverizes angst filled electric guitar strumming with hysterically emoted vocals of Vishal Dadlani and Roop Kumar Rathod. Prasoon Joshi's lyrics sticks to the tempo rather than being poetic with Punjabi folksy touches, with added 'Hanuman Chalisa' verses (....big surprise!) to give it a boosting ethnic feel. This S-E-L composition has arrangements similar to a couple to tracks of JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM, but it has that concert-arena rock musical feel in its raging electric guitar and rattling percussive feel. Despite being sticking to ethics to 'hard-metal' rock-maniac feel, this soundtrack works in lucid 'filmi' interpretations, with easy-on-ears wordings and the music that is overtly pulsating. Roop Kumar Rathod is a big revelation in 'rock-star' mold with edgy earthen vocals with Vishal maintaining his zany loud pitch. 'Barson Re' is like 'east-meets-west' rock concert track, with star-power zooming out with eye-captivating visuals in its cinematic backdrop.
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LONDON DREAMS, the musical romantic film is directed by prolific filmmaker Vipul A. Shah, the producer of SINGH IS KINNG and director of WAQT and NAMASTEY LONDON. Starring actors Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, who were last seen together in HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM, in principal roles, the film also features southern star and GHAJINI fame Asin Thottumkal as the lead female character. Moreover Rannvijay Singh (popular VJ) and Brinda Parekh (CORPORATE fame) play pivotal roles in the project.Trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has composed the music of the film and Prasoon Joshi has penned the lyrics.
LONDON DREAMS releases worldwide on 30th October 2009 and is being distributed internationally by Studio 18.
