Rock On!!,the latest product from Bollywood,making waves in the urban theatres(shit,that sounded supremely like a critic review!),produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar(director of the awesome movie Dil Chahta Hai) and directed by Abhishek Kapoor, is a story about four guys set out to make it big with their band Magik.It has a simple cast,which surprise you with their acting prowess -
Farhan Akhtar - Aditya Shroff , a financial dude in the later half of his life,and the band's lead singer.
Prachi Desai - Aditya's wife,who plays a pivotal role in getting the band together
Arjun Rampal - Joe Mascarenhas,the lead guitarist,and the out of work husband.
Shabana Goswami - Joe's pretty wife,who has aspirations of becoming a famous stylist,and later becomes Joe's frustrated fish-selling wife.
Luke Kenny - Rob,the keyboard-wala,and who handles the technical stuff of the band.
Purab Kohli - KD,the band's crazy drummer and the guy with the bestest humour in the movie,and the cute beaded beard.
The movie is simple and clean.And its USP is that it connects with the youngsters because of its realistic approach,and the importance of realising your dreams.The music is good clean rock,and refreshing because it is one of the few hindi movies which has only rock music with hindi lyrics.A lot of drums,guitar and good beats,that make you hum the song even if you really did not catch the lyrics in the first go.Although must say,its a good attempt by the lyricist Javed Akhtar,as it gives the feel to the movie.About the compositions, well done to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Farhan Akhtar,who must say was over-used in the movie(c'mon man! hes the actor-producer-AND-singer!) lives upto the expectations in all three roles.
Now,about the story - in their 20's,these four believe that they can conquer the world with the music,and with their "Magik".They save up and prepare themselves to take part in a contest,that clinches them a deal to make an album,and a video of their own.This is where things turn sour.They are forced to make compromises,and Joe(Arjun) feels that Aditya is being favoured by the music company,and that the others are being side-lined completely.This leads to a tussle,Aditya goes back where he came from,and the band breaks up.
Ten years down the line,Aditya is married,and leads a SAD life as a financial expert,and there's no music in his life.Joe has a music shop,performs occasionally on stage,but is unhappy with life,with his wife constantly nagging him about his unemployment.Rob works with Anu malik(?!) and is the only one amongst the four who's still connected with his passion.KD works at his dad's jewellry shop.
A chance meeting with Sakshi(Prachi desai),prompts KD to get in touch with the other 3,and try patching up their differences.Eventually,the story unfolds that noone is really happy,and has sacrificed adn compromised everywhere.The story then goes on to show their re-union,the almost-going away of Joe,the love of KD (with Koel Purie),and the saddest part -the death of Rob due to brain tumour.They perform for the last time together on stage,which is one of the most brilliant scenes of the movie,with the screaming crowds,and Joe's wife crying in the wings.touching.
Its a very good movie,and deserves the accolades.Watch it,I say.You might not regret it.If the movie has its anomalies,you ignore them because the cast and crew has touched the essence of the movie.
I'd give it * * * * stars.
And I'm going to watch it in the theatres again.
:-)
Farhan Akhtar - Aditya Shroff , a financial dude in the later half of his life,and the band's lead singer.
Prachi Desai - Aditya's wife,who plays a pivotal role in getting the band together
Arjun Rampal - Joe Mascarenhas,the lead guitarist,and the out of work husband.
Shabana Goswami - Joe's pretty wife,who has aspirations of becoming a famous stylist,and later becomes Joe's frustrated fish-selling wife.
Luke Kenny - Rob,the keyboard-wala,and who handles the technical stuff of the band.
Purab Kohli - KD,the band's crazy drummer and the guy with the bestest humour in the movie,and the cute beaded beard.
The movie is simple and clean.And its USP is that it connects with the youngsters because of its realistic approach,and the importance of realising your dreams.The music is good clean rock,and refreshing because it is one of the few hindi movies which has only rock music with hindi lyrics.A lot of drums,guitar and good beats,that make you hum the song even if you really did not catch the lyrics in the first go.Although must say,its a good attempt by the lyricist Javed Akhtar,as it gives the feel to the movie.About the compositions, well done to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Farhan Akhtar,who must say was over-used in the movie(c'mon man! hes the actor-producer-AND-singer!) lives upto the expectations in all three roles.
Now,about the story - in their 20's,these four believe that they can conquer the world with the music,and with their "Magik".They save up and prepare themselves to take part in a contest,that clinches them a deal to make an album,and a video of their own.This is where things turn sour.They are forced to make compromises,and Joe(Arjun) feels that Aditya is being favoured by the music company,and that the others are being side-lined completely.This leads to a tussle,Aditya goes back where he came from,and the band breaks up.
Ten years down the line,Aditya is married,and leads a SAD life as a financial expert,and there's no music in his life.Joe has a music shop,performs occasionally on stage,but is unhappy with life,with his wife constantly nagging him about his unemployment.Rob works with Anu malik(?!) and is the only one amongst the four who's still connected with his passion.KD works at his dad's jewellry shop.
A chance meeting with Sakshi(Prachi desai),prompts KD to get in touch with the other 3,and try patching up their differences.Eventually,the story unfolds that noone is really happy,and has sacrificed adn compromised everywhere.The story then goes on to show their re-union,the almost-going away of Joe,the love of KD (with Koel Purie),and the saddest part -the death of Rob due to brain tumour.They perform for the last time together on stage,which is one of the most brilliant scenes of the movie,with the screaming crowds,and Joe's wife crying in the wings.touching.
Its a very good movie,and deserves the accolades.Watch it,I say.You might not regret it.If the movie has its anomalies,you ignore them because the cast and crew has touched the essence of the movie.
I'd give it * * * * stars.
And I'm going to watch it in the theatres again.
:-)
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