Imtiaz Ali’s
Rockstar is a bittersweet story of a man, an artist, from being an ordinaryman
to a superstar. Ranbir Kapoor as Janardhan Jakhar, the Haryanvi boy who aspires
to be a rockstar like Jim Morrison.He tries his best but doesnt strike d chord.
One day d college canteen man explains him that the only way he can light the
musical fire in his heart is by getting it broken. Bingo! Mr.Jhakar got d life
changing idea & here comes d "hot-rich chick" Heer.Now
Mr.Jhakar's initial assignment is to trying to flirt with her & hopes to be
dumped, shattered and instantly become a musical genius. Now a notty-buddy bond
between dem started.They watch soft-porn movies, drinks desi daaru and do wild
things which dey often say as "Gandh machate hain!". But then
Rockstar's an Imtiaz Ali film where lovers always meet at the wrong time and
have travel across long distances 4 their romantic longings. Soon after, the
girl is married off to some NRI, the boy is thrown out of his house, he seeks
solace in a dargah and next you know he's a singing sensation renamed as
Jordan.
Ranbir Kapoor
is Hindi cinema’s next big thing,with Rockstar he lives up to the expectations
& plays his character in most
effective manner.Newcomer Nargis Fakhri ,who plays Heer, is a breathtaking
beauty with a fair amount of screen presence. Though her voice is dubbed by
someone else but her expressions exactly flow with the character, especially
while watching Jungli Jawani she look likes a school kid enjoying the circus.
But I loved her wide mouth overcoming her face coz it reminds me of Angelina
Jolie. But while good acting is always an incentive, it’s a director’s vision
that makes a film truly watchable, and Imtiaz deserves credit for trying his
hand at something different from the mainstream cinema.
AR Rahman's
music is the soul of the film.After some of his disappointing music in Robot
& Jhootha hi sahi, he delivers his best in Rockstar.Each AR Rahman number
is woven beautifully in the story.
"Sadda
haq" (song of d year) is an energetic youth anthem.
"Jo bhi
mai" is a soft rock number,it's the sound of 'ya ya ya', that has a
'pahaadi' feel to it.
"Katiya
karun" is a punjabi number but its basic tune is a copy of Rehman's own
work "Ringa ringa" from Slumdog Millionaire.
"Kun
faaya kun" is a soulful sufi song reminding me of "Khwaja mere
khwaja".
"Tum
ho" is very peaceful by Mohit Chauhan's earlier sad songs like "Tum
se hi", "Ye dooriyan", etc...etc...!
Lyricist
Irshad Kamil does an outstanding job, writing words that reflect the lead
character’s state of mind and situations appropriately.
There are
some great moments in the film. Like the beautiful & heart-stopping duet
between Shammi Kapoor and Ranbir; the Kun Faaya Kun song in the Nizamuddin
dargah; the hilarious massage scene involving a leopard print underwear-clad
music baron, Piyush Mishra; the witty line of Ranbir,"Tum or mai rock kar
denge!" and his style of saying this; or even Ranbir dancing in a trance
at a nightclub, transported into another
world.But the duration of the movie is for almost 3 hours...which is quite
long,especially in the second half the screenplay of the movie is lenghty &
fall flat. On the whole Rockstar rocks you in every aspects whether it is acting,direction,cinematography,lyrics
and last but not the least is its music.
My rating for
Rockstar is 4 out of 5...! Rockstar is a must watch of 2011.
I would like
to rename this Rockstar as a Modern Devdas or may be you can say Dev D ver.
2.0...!
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