London Dreams * * *

Vipul Shah's first film as a director in which you won't find hamare-pyaare-Akshay-Akshay. London dreams is a musical featuring Ajay Devgan (Arjun) and Salman Khan (Mannu) as langotiya yaars in Bhatinda.Arjun has a dream to make it big in the world of music and rock everyone like MJ did.He can do whatever it takes to reach there.Meanwhile Sallu's character is always game for fun and girls.He has a gift of music but is never bothered to exploit it.He is Just Chill all the times and loves his friend Arjun and wants him to fulfil his musical dreams.

Unfortunately Arjun's family suffered some serious humiliation courtesy Music in the past when his grandpa screwed up big time in front of a million people at Wembley,London.So music was a abandoned word at Arjun's.Arjun then moves to London with his uncle after the sudden demise of his father.He then runs away from his uncle to fulfill his dreams and in the process meets two Pakistani musicians and a hip-hop cum classical dancer Priya (Asin).They form a band named London Dreams .Arjun falls for Priya.But here comes the catch of the movie.Vipul Shah has portrayed Arjun as a dark character.When Arjun realizes that love can derail his train to Wembley, he decides not to reveal his feelings and performs a self-beating session which totally brings out his dark side.

Mannu on the other hand, plays saxophone in weddings and parties to make a living.But when Arjun visits his old pal, he discovers Mannu's gift of music and encourages Mannu to accompany him in London.And when Mannu hits London, he phods everyone with his musical gift, charms Priya with his chick-attracting gestures and makes Arjun insecure.Soon people start seeing him as the charm of London Dreams.Ajay is devastated by the turnarounds and decides to get rid of his buddy as there can be only one last man standing.He tricks Mannu into drugs which eventually breaks him from inside.Arjun gets to perform at the Wembley in front of the we-want-Mannu-crowd and undergoes a emotional breakdown in front of million people.He confesses his actions and criticizes the unfair bias the destiny had in store for him.Finally Mannu goes back to Bhatinda and the band breaks.

Om puri who plays Arjun's uncle convinces him that he did a wrong thing.He gives out an important message which many people need to understand.If we wish to make it big in some field of our interest, we need to understand that some others might have it as a gift.You can always win together.And you do not win when they loose.Anyways, few highs of the movie are: the superbly portrayed dark character by Ajay which surely will make him the best-actor-in-a-negative-role come this filmfare, awesome one-liners by Sallu and btw Salman actually acts after a long time and does it well but he needs to get over the dus-ka-dum accent, the chemistry between the two and Vipul's direction.Lows were: the music and the length.For a musical, you need some rocking music man !