OPENING NIGHT

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Synopsis:

Anyone who can catch the comet that comes once in a million years can become an all-powerful genie. But there is a catch: the comet can only be caught with the help of a magic lamp.” - Old Khwaish Legend
 
ALADIN is a film about a young man (Ritesh Deshmukh) who shares nothing other than his name with the protagonist of the famous fairy-tale. Orphaned as a child, he now lives in a cosy house in Khwaish. He’s madly in love with most beautiful girl in the world – Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez) who has just joined his college – but is constantly thwarted by his nemesis Kasim (Sahil Khan). From his school days, Kasim and his gang have been bullying Aladin, making him rub sundry lamps to make the genie appear (like his namesake did).
 
But Aladin, knowing he is no fairy-tale hero, cannot do that, and simply runs away all his life, but on this one special birthday, a strange thing happens when Jasmine gives him a special lamp. A genie name Genius (Amitabh Bachchan) actually appears, granting him three-wishes in front of his peers. But all is not what it seems, has the evil magician Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt) is planning on killing Aladin, taking back the lamp and getting his powers back (for even Ringmaster was once a genie)… As Aladin’s three-wishes run out and the Ringmaster enters Khwaish looking for him, the stage is set for an exciting battle between the forces of good and evil.
 
Will Aladin survive the Ringmaster’s master-plan? What is the terrible secret that Genius has hidden from Aladin? And did Aladin find the lamp, or did the lamp find Aladin? Is there a purpose to Aladin’s name?