After doing so many different role in Bollywod movies, Riteish Deshmukh is ready to play Aladdin in Sujoy Ghosh's childhood fantasy Aladdin & the Mystery of the Lamp , with Amitabh Bachchan as his genie.
Riteish said that he don't know what plans Sujoy and Rohan Sippy have about his looks. It could be totally Arabian or it might be somewhat contemporary. But he is excited about it.
He said that Sujoy told him that he was his first and only choice to play Aladdin. It is great chance to be a part in a huge fantasy like this, and that too with Amitabh as his co-star.
In other starcast, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Fernande also included. It's a modern day story on the basis of an age old story. Set in India and about a boy whose name is Aladin . And one day to his utmost surprise and horror he finds that what he thought was only a story is coming to be true. The whole idea of turning the Aladdin tale into a modern-day Bollywood yarn came from Sujoy's urge to write a screenplay out of a story. "I am not a story writer, I am a screenplay writer," he explains. "When I wrote my first two scripts, I figured out that I was writing screenplay-based stories and not story-based screenplays. If it's a Jhankaar Beats, it works. If it's a Home Delivery, it doesn't. So, this time I wanted to start with a story and what better one than Aladdin?"
But more than the story or the screenplay it is the casting of Aladdin and the Mystery of the Lamp that will make heads turn. While Riteish has been cast as Aladdin Chatterjee — yes, he's a Bengali — the role of the genie, Genius in Sujoy's world, will be played by Amitabh Bachchan. "He just liked the feel of the whole thing when I narrated the script to him," says Sujoy."It was a very numbing yet uplifting experience when he agreed to be a part of my film," he says in the same breath. "Come on, he's the reason I am in the industry, I have grown up on him. He initially wanted me to go back and work more on the script. That's fair enough. If you want the best, you have to show him the best. And it also pushes me that extra mile."
A couple of years back, Sujoy had planned another film with Bachchan called Borivali which never worked out. "It was a thriller set in a future Mumbai," he reveals. "I had initially imagined it with Mr. Bachchan and Naseerji. Then with Mr. Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt."Dutt is in the Aladdin film, too. "He's the counterpart of the genie," Sujoy offers. "You can call him an antagonist. His character is more of an analogy to the character of Joker in Batman. He has his own backstory and why he is doing what he is doing."
The project was initially planned as an AB Corp production but while AB himself is very much a part of the cast, it is not being produced by his company. Rohan Sippy's RS Entertainment will back Sujoy's Aladdin and the Mystery of the Lamp."Rohan has a certain amount of faith in me and more importantly we speak the same language," says Sujoy. "To be honest I didn't have a lot of choices. Also, Mr. Bachchan is very comfortable with Rohan on board. So, it will be a happy environment to work in, with everyone seriously believing in the project. Because for a film like this, a lot of midnight oil has to be burnt."
And that's mostly because of the visual extravaganza Sujoy wants to create on screen. "I have always believed that cinema should be visually exciting," he explains. "It should take you to a new level. Even Jhankaar Beats, which had no special effects, created a world where the audiences have never been before. For Aladdin..., I am planning to hire an international special effects team to make the film at par with the best in the world. It should be visually striking. Nahole to shobai radio shunte pare."When Alladin was a very small project, Sujoy was actually planning to shoot the movie in Calcutta and had even come to the city to scout locations. But now with the Sippys coming on board and Amitabh Bachchan heading the cast, Sujoy has to look elsewhere. "We are looking at a lot of options, from the UK to northern India," he reveals. "We plan to start the film some time next year because this will take some detailed post-production before we go on the sets."
While his other crew is yet to be decided, Sujoy favourites Vishal-Shekhar, whose Pancham tributes punctuated Jhankaar Beats, will again score the music.And Aladdin and his Genius friend can trigger off yet another kids movie franchise after Krrish. "I find franchises very boring," says Sujoy. "But if this film works and people love the characters, then maybe, we will have to make more films with them."Right now, though, it's all about soaking in the lovely British weather in Darlington. "I am just having a ball with my kids and also writing a graphic novel with Indian characters," signs off Sujoy.
Amitabh Bachchan - Genius, the genie
Sanjay Dutt - Ringmaster
Juhi Chawla
Ritesh Deshmukh - Aladdin
Sameera Reddy
Story
Aladdin is going to be a result of one of the best team of Indian Film Industry. The movie will be produced by the Eros International and Bound Script. Aladdin is a typical classical fairy tale movie so, there is no doubt that movie makers will shell out huge money. Mr. Producer should be alert for his expenses and probable returns.
The film has a long queue of top film starts of the Bollywood. Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in one of the lead roles with another veteran Sanjay Dutt.
Comedy and drama king Ritesh Deshmukh will be making presence with new comer Jacqueline Fernandez. In supporting role, movie will have Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy. Ritesh has been cast as the main character Aladdin Chatterjee (you will see him as Bengali). Presence of Amitabh Bachchan fulfils the director and producer's purpose of integrating the movie with his performance. These people will make sure that the movie will be packed with fun, masti, magic and lot of adventures. The movie claims to show a visual scale never seen before.
The movie will be directed by Sujoy Ghosh and Music will be given by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravijani with Eros Music. Presence of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravijani promise to give the movie an excellent music score. Film makers expect a big gamble to turn out into a fruitful investment. Their gamble is worth watching because we have seen recent success stories of Krish, Koi Mil Gaya and many animation movies which were targeted towards kids.
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