"Everything went wrong with London Dreams" - Vipul Shah
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London
Dreams
has
released
and
found
good
appreciation
coming
its
way.
After
a
not-so-thunderous
start,
the
film
settled
down
over
the
weekend,
just
as
was
the
case
with
Ajay
Devgn's
last
release
All
The
Best
and
very
unlike
Salman
Khan's
Main
Aurr
Mrs
Khanna
that
only
fell
further
down
with
every
passing
show.
While
Vipul
Shah
is
happy
that
his
film
has
been
received
well
by
critics
who
matter,
he
is
happier
that
audiences
have
given
a
big
thumbs-up
to
the
film.
"That's
what
the
bottom
line
is
all
about",
says
an
exhausted
Vipul
who
has
horror
stories
to
tell
about
the
pains
he
had
to
go
through
en
route
to
the
Friday
release
of
the
film,
"Look
at
readers
comments
all
over
the
internet.
They
have
their
own
tale
to
tell.
Really,
after
getting
feedback
from
them
and
seeing
soaring
collections
on
every
passing
day,
I
don't
really
have
much
to
say
in
defence
of
London
Dreams."
Meanwhile,
he
is
flummoxed
with
the
way
his
London
Dreams
progressed
ever
since
it's
inception
and
finally
made
it
to
the
theatres.
While
the
change
in
hands
w.r.t.
to
the
film's
production
as
well
as
distribution
is
an
old
story,
there
was
quite
some
drama
waiting
to
take
place
till
a
week
before
the
film's
release.
"This
is
one
film
where
everything
just
went
wrong
to
begin
with,
only
to
fall
in
place
eventually",
Vipul
can
afford
to
smile
now,
"We
had
completed
the
entire
mixing
of
the
film.
However,
to
my
horror,
it
was
detected
that
it
had
just
gone
wrong.
Now
there
is
very
little
margin
of
error
when
it
comes
to
mixing
and
chances
of
it
going
wrong
are
one
in
a
million.
Still,
it
happened
to
London
Dreams
at
the
stage
when
print
dispatch
was
round
the
corner."
What
followed
from
there
on
were
countless
hours
of
effort
that
resulted
in
sleepless
days
and
nights
for
the
harried
filmmaker
who
also
had
to
give
time
to
the
film's
promotion,
marketing
and
other
last
minute
activities.
"What
could
we
have
done?
We
had
to
just
remix
and
re-master
the
entire
thing",
informs
Vipul,
"For
a
normal
production,
mixing
takes
20
days
but
we
just
had
3
days
at
our
disposal.
We
worked
day
in
and
night
out
to
get
the
final
effect
in
place.
In
any
case,
this
has
been
the
most
complicated
film
that
I
have
done;
whether
in
terms
of
sound,
background
or
visuals."
He
is
in
mood
to
rest
a
little
now
with
the
film
into
the
weekdays.
"I
have
practically
caught
just
4
hours
of
sleep
a
day
for
last
15
days",
he
smiles,
"But
that's
ok.
Even
a
woman
has
to
go
through
9
months
of
pain
to
give
birth
to
a
child.
London
Dreams
is
my
favourite
kid;
albeit
a
little
naughty
one.
He
made
sure
that
I
was
on
my
toes
throughout
and
am
unable
to
relax
at
all.
Now
when
everybody
says
that
this
kid
is
sweet,
I
do
feel
like
a
proud
papa
for
sure."