Ajay
Devgan
as
a
rockstar
strumming
away
the
heated
strings
on
stage
is
a
hard
act
to
swallow.
Not
for
Vipul
Shah
who
has
cast
Devgan
as
a
rock-stadia
musician
in
London
Dreams.
The
gritty
sweaty
ambience,
the
riveting
guitar
licks,
the
angst-
filled
vocals
and
the
screaming
hysterical
fans...Devgan
goes
through
the
rock
motions
in
the
film
with
elan.
Says
Vipul,
"So
far
we've
only
seen
him
in
a
sedate
or
comic
image,
never
as
someone
who
can
cross
the
frontiers
and
do
something
outrageous." Vipul
hasn't
quite
converted
Devgan
in
an
outrageously
punky
rock
star.
"No,
not
quite
the
reckless
renegade.
I've
modeled
Ajay's
rock
act
on
Bono,
the
Irish
lead
singer
from
U2.
Bono
was
never
your
quintessential
rock
star.
He
had
a
more
sober
and
a
less
wild
image.
When
Ajay
gets
on
stage
in
London
Dreams,
he
replicates
the
curbed
tempered-down
rock-star's
image
of
U2.
Yes,
I
modeled
him
on
Bono."
Interestingly,
Salman
Khan
who
started
calling
himself
a
'rock
star' even
before
the
term
was
coined
has
no
particular
image
in
London
Dreams.
"He
plays
a
more
improvisational
musician
whereas
Devgan
plays
a
more
professional
rock
musician,"
informs
Vipul.
Vipul
has
already
shot
all
the
on-stage
performances
except
one.
"I
wanted
to
see
how
the
other
stage
performances
look
before
shooting
the
last
one.
I
was
afraid
they'd
all
look
the
same.
But
they've
all
come
out
differently.
And
Ajay
looks
like
a
rock
star
in
the
truest
sense
of
the
word."
Story first published: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 15:51 [IST]