What's not: In his attempt to give the film the right look and feel, Vipul Shah overlooks the most important part the script. In a story about friendship, he fails to establish exactly that. We're given to understand that Arjun and Manjeet share a great bonding but there are no scenes that depict that.

Too many cinematic liberties pose too many questions how does the young Arjun run away from the airport and survive on his own in London? Why does he not meet his chacha for so many years? How dumb is Priya's father not to realise his daughter is in the band even after seeing her photograph on a poster?

The film's casting is also its biggest problem the lead characters needed to be played by younger actors. The 35-plus Ajay and Salman making their debut as musicians well, that's a bit too much.

And the outfits that Vipul has chosen for them makes them look more like dandiya stars than rock stars. The whole jealousy angle is so outdated even the saas-bahu serials have better twists nowadays.
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And here are some examples of Vipul's definition of intensity: Arjun flogging himself to keep himself focused; Manjeet becoming a hardcore addict (even needing rehab) after one night of drugs and Arjun's emotional outburst in the climax in a packed Wembley Stadium in Hindi (don't mind goras).

Added to that, we have empty Bisleri bottles being thrown on the Wembley stage. And why are so many people lurking around in the film? Arjun is hiding in a corner when Manjeet and Priya are romancing; Priya's father is watching from behind a limousine when she's with Manjeet; Arjun is looking from the corner of his eye when a girl is seducing Manjeet.

Asin chose this film to be her next after Ghajini she's a back-up dancer with hardly any important scenes. And Rannvijay is actually Ajay's sidekick what was he thinking?

The film suffers from sloppy writing, amateurish handling of scenes and disappointing direction. With melody as its backdrop, it's sad that London Dreams doesn't have a single worthwhile composition.
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What's that: Arjun is about 8-10 years old when chacha Om Puri comes to India to see him. The boy has grown into a man but the chacha remains the same age. Even we want to know what jadi-booti he's been taking.

What to do: Dream at your own risk.

London Dreams
U/A; Drama
Dir: Vipul Shah
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Asinu00a0
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