Director : Imtiaz Ali
Banner : Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and Eros International
Music : A R Rahman
Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor
Banner : Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and Eros International
Music : A R Rahman
Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor
We got expectations about every product, every movie. When it is an Imtiaz Ali movie, we naturally expect it to be cute and simple. Though the music and trailers hint us to think the other way, how much did we change the perception... When Rockstar audio was released, many turned it down saying it was not good. When something is offered very new, it will need some time to sink with the audience. Now when the songs been repeated in TV, they became everyone's favorite. Movie also could be hit by the same view. Audience was not expecting something like this from Imtiaz. For the Junglee Jawani kind of scenes they were cheering. When Janardhan was playing around foolishly in the beginning, they liked it. But when Jordan was going through trauma, they were bored and commenting not again, yeh banda kya kar raha hein etc. Unfortunately, movie will not get the luxury of another look like the audio had...
The movie started like any other Imtiaz movie. Frankly I doubt why the opening of his movie has to be confusing. When I watched Jab We Met for the first time, I was surprised why Shahid was behaving odd and attended a marriage. It took up to the 'Hotel Decent' scene to understand that his lady broke up with him and it was her marriage he attended. May be me, the poor cinema literate to be blamed. Here in Rockstar the beginning was not very smooth, it did take time to understand where the story is and it was bouncing between present, past and in between at random. It will certainly not help the audience to connect with Jordan's trauma.
Imtiaz has teased the general perceptions a lot in the movie. Like 'Taklif nahi hai tho insaan bada nahi hota' or 'pyar nahi kiya tho kalakar nahi banta'. The little exposed to life and trauma Janardhan, therefore started looking for 'dil thodne ka machine' to make himself an artist. Because he was told that only trauma can make a good artist !
A R Rahman's music and Ranbir Kapoor's performance are the highlight of the movie. I counted Rahman first because, his music gels so well with the movie that we think Imtiaz made his movie around it and not the other way ! And the lyrics by Irshad Kamil completes it. Whether it is the high voltage Sadda Haq or soothing Tum Ho, he did a fabulous job there. Ranbir was fantastic. The foolish, joker Janardhan and the intense Jordan - both were safe in his hands. His expression in the songs ‘Sadda Haq’ and ‘Naadaan Parindey’ is superb. Imran Khan should learn from him how to pick the right movies. Uncle Aamir can not make enough movies to retain him in the industry !
One big disappointment - Nargiz Fakhri. She is good on posters but when it come to acting, she is unbearable most of the time. Especially when she decide to make her lips and eyes act, and unfortunately she did that too often :( The only scene you might like her might be the one in which she was in coma !
Together, Imtiaz made the movie he believed in. Rahman and Ranbir gave what he wanted. But that didn't make it a good one. Imtiaz should have been a little more careful and planned about the editing and treatment may be. His writing is very good. The short, crisp dialogues prove it. His characters have soul. The canteen guy or the music company owner or his chamcha, everybody is written and executed well. If the story was more linear than moving back and forth in time, it would have been nicer, especially it was presented as the story of intense, emotional Jordan. I liked the movie. May be a second watch I might like it more, as it happened with Imtiaz's early ones.
The movie started like any other Imtiaz movie. Frankly I doubt why the opening of his movie has to be confusing. When I watched Jab We Met for the first time, I was surprised why Shahid was behaving odd and attended a marriage. It took up to the 'Hotel Decent' scene to understand that his lady broke up with him and it was her marriage he attended. May be me, the poor cinema literate to be blamed. Here in Rockstar the beginning was not very smooth, it did take time to understand where the story is and it was bouncing between present, past and in between at random. It will certainly not help the audience to connect with Jordan's trauma.
Imtiaz has teased the general perceptions a lot in the movie. Like 'Taklif nahi hai tho insaan bada nahi hota' or 'pyar nahi kiya tho kalakar nahi banta'. The little exposed to life and trauma Janardhan, therefore started looking for 'dil thodne ka machine' to make himself an artist. Because he was told that only trauma can make a good artist !
A R Rahman's music and Ranbir Kapoor's performance are the highlight of the movie. I counted Rahman first because, his music gels so well with the movie that we think Imtiaz made his movie around it and not the other way ! And the lyrics by Irshad Kamil completes it. Whether it is the high voltage Sadda Haq or soothing Tum Ho, he did a fabulous job there. Ranbir was fantastic. The foolish, joker Janardhan and the intense Jordan - both were safe in his hands. His expression in the songs ‘Sadda Haq’ and ‘Naadaan Parindey’ is superb. Imran Khan should learn from him how to pick the right movies. Uncle Aamir can not make enough movies to retain him in the industry !
One big disappointment - Nargiz Fakhri. She is good on posters but when it come to acting, she is unbearable most of the time. Especially when she decide to make her lips and eyes act, and unfortunately she did that too often :( The only scene you might like her might be the one in which she was in coma !
Together, Imtiaz made the movie he believed in. Rahman and Ranbir gave what he wanted. But that didn't make it a good one. Imtiaz should have been a little more careful and planned about the editing and treatment may be. His writing is very good. The short, crisp dialogues prove it. His characters have soul. The canteen guy or the music company owner or his chamcha, everybody is written and executed well. If the story was more linear than moving back and forth in time, it would have been nicer, especially it was presented as the story of intense, emotional Jordan. I liked the movie. May be a second watch I might like it more, as it happened with Imtiaz's early ones.
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