"Aladin" could have been a fun live action film. Unfortunately, it isn't. Instead of a cute fantasy, the film is bogged down by characters that are almost cartoonish--which is fine if you're Disney but not if you aren't. The film stars Shubhankar Atre as Aladin Chattergee--a nerdy and awkward college student who is constantly picked on by his peers(?). Soon after seeing a gorgeous new exchange student, he decides that he's in love-- though he knows NOTHING about her. She could be Hitler's granddaughter or eats babies for all he knows--but he's smitten (yuck). So, when he gets a magical lamp, he decides to use it to make this girl fall for him.Now this could have worked. Had the genie not been so obnoxious and didn't try so hard to be hip, it would have worked much better. But instead, a fine actor (Amitabh Bachchan) is wasted and comes off as a boorish jerk instead of Aladin's new friend or benefactor. Calling the genie 'Genius' didn't help any. The bottom line is that Bachchan's character came on like a stripper at a Baptist wedding--totally out of place and lacking in Subtlety. It's a shame--he really deserved better material than this.The bottom line is that the film is too much--too loud, too hip and too pushy. I got tired of it rather quickly and assume that you will as well--especially since the its rather low rating on IMDb would seem to support me. The bottom line is that you can do better. Either watch the Disney film or try finding a copy of "Bernard and the Genie"--a British film set in modern times that comes off as sweet and clever, not loud and annoying.

Hindi / Bollywood movies have come a long way, and I am impressed with this one! The above theme stands out, and I could find no fault with the way the story was written and portrayed. Everyone did well; perhaps though, I did find "Aladin's" acting somewhat 'wooden', and I felt he could've been more expressive. But I guess they wanted him to portray the image of negativity and a loser, and if so, then little more can be said. Definitely Jasmine and the Genie's parts, as well as the evil Ringmaster's, made up for any flaws. The special effects were fantastic! I liked it, and will watch again given the chance.A must see for everyone!

I had high expectations when I saw the movie trailer. The movie could not keep up with the trailer.The movie starts wrong. The cast is very wrong, except one actor. In the beginning this father of Aladin acts very childish. To me he seems to be a Zee-TV actor. Now I don't like these Zee-TV actors. I don't know if this man really is a zee TV actor, but to me he seems to be. A zee TV actor is an actor who cannot really act and cannot make it to the real bollywood movies. A zee TV actor is like a stone. Then you have actors who are silver, like Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Abishek Bachchan. These actors can act a little bit and are too good for zee TV, but are not that good to be outstanding. Then you have gold actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Sharukh Khan, Amir Khan, zayed Khan. These men can act very good. It took them a while to be where they are now. And last but not least there are diamond actors like Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor. These men show acting as if it's nothing. They act very naturally. Acting is in their blood.So, this movie starts at zee TV level with this father of Aladin. Then there is an other mistake made; Amitabh Bachchan and Ritesh Desmukh (Gild actors) have to act funny. These actors are serious actors, don't make them act funny. It's horrible! If you want a funny actor, hire Johnny Lever or Anupam Kher.Sanjay Dutt was great. This is a natural born actor. Great in any roles. The special effects of the movie were awful. The girl in the movie who played Jasmine was, in my opinion, not a pretty lade. A pity that Juhi Chawla is old for this part, although she is far more pretty.The movie is filled with songs. Not very great songs like "Kuch Kasmein" from the movie aankhen. The song where Amitabh and Ritesh sang together for Jasmine was not very great.Not very great movie, for kids it could be the movie of the year. This is not difficult, because Hritik Roshan's Krrish 2 will not come out this year. Besides that, I don't think Aladin has much of a competition as it gets to special effects in a movie, crap or no crap.

Mr Bachchan in late 80's started doing supernatural films, god knows suddenly from 1989 first came TOOFAN, JAADUGAR and then in 1991 AJOOBA all sank without a traceBachchan didn't learn a lesson from the non performance of this films and kept doing films like BHOOTNATH, GOD TUSSI GREAT HO and now ALADINALADIN was in making from 2007 and looks like Bachchan's another role like BHOOTNATHFor some reason now the makers try to cash on Bachchan and his charisma but make him do some funny faces and loud shouting The film is a modernization on the story on ALADIN and GENE Here he is Genius and the story is so contrived and the handling so amateurish you cringeThe Sanju's character too doesn't make senseIn Short nothing worksDirection by Sujoy Ghosh(after HOME DELIVERY) is terrible Special effects are ordinary Music is okayAmongst actors Bachchan goes over the top as expected and makes Bhootnath look a classic front of this Ritiesh is likable as always Sanju too makes funny faces like Bachchan and looks reprising his own KHALNAYAK and he isn't up to the mark here Newcomer Jacqueline is okay