Don't Stop Dreaming

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Don't Stop Dreaming
Directed by Aditya Raj Kapoor
Written byAditya Raj Kapoor
Ray Panthaki
Produced byMunir Ahmad
Starring Rishi Kapoor
Sunil Shetty
Richard Blackwood
Michelle Collins
Cinematography Mahesh Aney
Music by Taz
Release date
  • 16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)
Running time
104 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Don't Stop Dreaming is a film directed by Aditya Raj Kapoor (son of actor Shammi Kapoor), produced by Munir Ahmad and set in Birmingham, England. Bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Sunil Shetty, EastEnders actress Michelle Collins, DJ and actor Richard Blackwood and singer Taz in his acting debut star in the film, which was released on 16 March 2007.

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BBC gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and wrote that "With a cast that comprises Bollywood C-listers, known British TV "stars", evidently with time on their hands, and a band of multi-ethnic "actors, " the worst of East and West combine for this fine example of how not to make a film". [1]

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References

  1. "BBC - Movies - review - Don't Stop Dreaming".