Bachchan, Dutt pitted against each other in `Aladin`: Director

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt have been pitted against each other in adventure flick `Aladin`, where Big B plays the character of a genie. "Both the actors are fighting it out in `Aladin`. It`s a different energy altogether when actors like these are pitted against each other. This time around it is `Genius - The Genie` (Big B) versus `Ringmaster` (Sanjay Dutt)," film`s director Sujoy Ghosh said. The two actors, known to share a tremendous screen presence, have worked together in films like `Shoot-Out At Lokhandwala`, `Eklavya - The Royal Guard`, `Deewar - Let`s Bring Our Heroes Home`, `Viruddh` and `Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin` and `Kaante`. "When two actors like these are pitted opposite each other, there are bound to be fireworks. Now whether these would be through power packed dialogues or some intense scenes or symbolic gestures is something that would be for audiences to see once the film arrives in October," Ghosh said. The director, who has created enough dramatic sequences featuring the two actors, said, "I couldn`t have wasted this opportunity for anything. Those looking for a man-to-man combat, whether physically or verbally, won`t be disappointed." In `Aladin`, Bachchan and Dutt are on different sides of the fence and have fought it out in the middle. Starring Amitabh Bachchan as Genius - The Genie, Ritiesh Deshmukh as Aladin and Sanjay Dutt as `Ringmaster`, `Aladin` also marks the debut of Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandes who is paired opposite Ritiesh. With music by Vishal and Shekhar, `Aladin` is produced by Eros International in association with Sujoy Ghosh`s production company Boundscript. Bureau Report