Vipul
Shah"s
London
Dreams
has
turned
into
a
bit
of
a
nightmare.
First,
there
is
the
Salman
Khan
spree
of
3
back-to-back
releases
to
be
dealt
with.
Now,
Vipul
Shah
has
another
biggie
dropping
into
the
same
space.
As
of
now
Vipul
has
stopped
all
Salman-centric
publicity
for
London
Dreams.
The
Salman
season
has
begun
full
swing.
After
the
whopping
Wanted,
it
is
Salman"s
home
production
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna
on
October
16
followed
by
Vipul
Shah"s
London
Dreams
on
October
30.
Is
this
a
case
of
Salman
overkill?
Vipul
doesn"t
think
so.
But
he
has
put
a
halt
to
all
publicity
involving
Salman
for
London
Dreams
until
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna
is
released
on
October
16.
“There"s
no
point
in
a
publicity
overlap.
I
don"t
want
audiences
to
be
confused
or
annoyed
by
repeated
and
overlapping
images
of
Salman"s
films.
Fortunately
for
me
both
Wanted
and
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna
are
very
different
from
my
film,
and
from
one
another.
However
it"s
finally
the
same
Salman.
So
I"d
rather
not
waste
his
publicity
dates
or
my
efforts
to
get
the
film
noticed."
All
publicity
involving
Salman
in
London
Dreams
has
come
to
a
halt.
And
Vipul
is
looking
at
a
new
strategy
to
promote
his
film.
“I"m
waiting
and
observing
the
way
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna
is
being
promoted.
My
challenge
is
to
now
present
Salman
differently
from
the
way
he
was
presented
for
Wanted
and
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna."
One
of
the
ideas
is
to
host
a
round
of
rock
concerts
in
selected
cities
featuring
Salman,
Ajay
Devgan
and
Asin
since
the
film
is
about
a
music
band.
But
at
the
moment
Vipul
is
tight-lipped
on
this.
“It"s
never
wise
to
reveal
your
strategy.
You
never
know
who
might
decide
to
use
it
before
you
do."
Another
problem
has
crept
up
on
London
Dreams
from
the
back.
Sujoy
Ghosh"s
fantasy
Aladin
has
been
pre-poned
from
13
November
to
30
October.
“I
had
gone
ahead
and
planned
an
October
30
release
with
the
producers" guild"s
assurance
that
there
would
be
no
other
release.
But
now
suddenly
Aladin
has
been
pre-poned
to
the
same
Friday
as
London
Dreams.
I
hope
neither
of
the
films
suffers,"
Vipul
has
his
fingers
crossed.