B'lore, Oct.28 (NR): Ritesh Deshmukh has now become a good friend to Kannada actor Sudeep. Both of them worked together in Ram Gopal Varma's Rann. "During the shooting of the film we became thick friends and spoke at length about films. Sudeep is a very passionate actor and he has also proved to be a good director," says Ritesh. He also took the advise of Sudeep to visit an eatery spot to have a full meal during his visit to Bangalore on Saturday to promote his film Alladin which is releasing worldwide on October 30.

Ritesh and the film's heroine Jackqueline Fernandez who were in the city on Saturday were together in a function organised by Provogue, India's premier fashion house. The function was held at Provogue Mega Studio at Indiranagar, Bangalore's upmarket suburb.

"Aladin is a fantasy film with lot of adventurous elements. I had to play the role of Alladin Chatterjee who totally dislikes Lamps. This modern day Alladin wants to run away from Lamps. Director Sudip Ghosh just narrated a line of the film before the shoot and I felt really interested to play Alladin's character in the film. It is an interesting story between a genius represented by Amitabha Bachchan and a loser which is my character. The loser asks the genius how it is possible to have three wishes fulfilled by a lamp and a supremely confident Genius convinces Alladin. In that way Alladin is a different film. It has lot of magic and special effects. The set up of the film totally different. And you have a genius like Amithabh Bachchan acting in the film. What more can you ask for. Sabu Syril has created such a fantastic city set which is unbelievable. Sabuji has been assisted by many Hollywood art specialists. We finished shooting nearly fourteen months back. The special effects work has taken so much time," said Ritesh Deshmukh.

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