Get The Formula Right

And how much better could London Dreams have been only if the music was right! In a country where, as far as I can make out, people are falling over each other trying to out-sing each other on every single (of two dozen) TV channels every single night, to have sub-standard music in a movie where the core is supposed to be musical talent, is a travesty that is unforgivable (and the audience did not forgive – this was one of 2009’s quiet deaths). And then there is the cast. Salman Khan is great as the foil who becomes the lead, Ajay Devgan is watchable, Asin – the third key character in the movie – has nothing to do except jive on stage with the group and show her obvious lack of fit for the role. London Dreams should have spent time studying Rock On and its likes to figure out what made these movies click – spending a bomb on the sets is no excuse for a surprisingly bad job

5/20