Okay now moving on to the review...
A truely heart winning screenplay, starting off like a slow forest fire ignited, cathces up like a bullet train. About a musician his love, heart break, music and success.
Verdict- Will be a landmark and Classic in a few years time- But Watch it at your own risk. Recommended for lovers of dark,romances, romantic musicals, tragedies, and good music.And! And! And! If you have lots of time and patience.I Loved it!
Rating : 4.5/5 (-0.5 for the length and poor editing)
CAST
- Janardhan Jakhar/J.J/Jordan - Ranbir Kapoor
- Heer - Nargis Fakhri
- Kattana Bhai - Kumud Mishra
- Ustad- Shammi Kapoor
Crew
- Director - Imitiaz Ali
- Music - A.R Rahman
- Cinematography - Anil Mehta
- Editor- Aarti Bajaj
Highs
- Ranbir all the way. Mind blowing performance. A perfect answer to shut the big fat mouths who are more interested in who he dating rather than his professional life.
- Imitiaz Ali - He has already proved he's a genius in the making and with "Rockstar" he re-iterates that.
- Screenplay
- Characterisation
- Nargis Fakhri - Every man would want a girl like her. Talks are on saying that she's taking over Katrina's place very soon (Not sure about that). But she brought Heer alive . Though she looks 'horny' at times. All said way too impressive for a debutante.
- Fabulous cinematography by Anil Mehta. Brings Pragu, Delhi, And Kashmir alive.
- And finally the Mozart- ARR. Fabulous music. Sadda Haq Aithe Raq! to Lingalinga ling ling every song is pure joy.
LOWS
- Length - Makes you restless at times. Might get frustrated.
- Editing
- Too many twist and turns.
Story (I recommend you dont read it unless you want to know about the movie before watching it.)
To start of with, Why the title "Rockstar"? Wasn't there a Jennifer Anniston movie of the same name? Is it "inspired" by it?
The answer the NO, not at all not even a single frame. Its just because the movie is sure to be a Rockstar, and yeah Ranbir is the true "Rockstar" of the movie apart from our very own Genius ARR.
The movie starts off with Ranbir getting bashed up by a few cops. And from there the wonderful journey starts and we start asking ourselves "Why is a International Artiste getting bashed up in public?".
So as the story goes back Ranbir comes across as a fit for nothing, geeky, (Pic above) boy next door youth from a a extra large Punjabi "Kaandan" whose "pariwar" always tells him to join their family business. But Janardhan Jakhar (or joker?!) a.k.a JJ (Ranbir) has just one goal becoming Jim Morris. He goes around with his guitar from one audition to another, and obviously goofs up big time. His only confidante is "Kattana bhai" (Kumud Mishra) the college canteen owner.
After a failed audition Kattana bhai tells him that great people have had heart breaks, life threatening disease, abusive parents etc. So JJ takes Kattana's words seriously and decide to get his heart broken by falling in love with the gorgeous Heer (Nargis Fakhri).
And she rejects him for obvious reasons, but later on she falls for his innocence and then the wild (Junglee jawani ) journey starts... They do everything from watching porn at a local theatre, to drinking cheap liqour. The Funny thing is Ranbir embarks on the fun ride with her knowing that she's getting married very soon. But still its poor bliss watching the two together. Hearts will swoon and swell for those who are or have been in love. Nargis Fakhri inspite of her over acting at times is a joy to watch making guys go crazy .
One fine day after Heer's marriage , JJ's get kicked out of his house for allegedly stealing money and seeks asylum at a mosque where he joins the choir and gets noticed by Ustad ji (The Great Shammi Kapoor). You still get goosebumps seeing Shammi ji on screen though he comes in wheel chair.
JJ rechristened as Jordan starts climbing up the ladder as a musician. It then he gets himself into the Eurojam tour to Prague, just to go see his sweetheart Heer, and then it starts all over again they fall for each other, Heer protests, Heer's husband finds out and Heer falls sick with Bone marrow Apalaysia (A new disease that join's the List of Paa , Ghajni, My name is khan).
In the meantime , Jordan is already a big star filled with controversies and law suits just like his idol Jim Morrison. After 2 long years, super success and high depression Jordan meets Heer again in death bed, and Heer finally starts to recover (Power of love). The story starts again both falling in love again and again. I thought this was way too much . Repetitive! And Heer falls sick again dies, and with that the movie comes back to the start (Jordan getting bashed up), and at the end of his live concert Heer comes back to him as an Angel.
In all a very romantic,hard hitting,dark movie which people like me will love watching! But it was way too long, running for more than 3 hours thought it could have ended in around 2 hours to 2 hours and 15 mins.
The Dreamer
