Rockstar
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The film is a story of an uncouth Delhi lad Janardhan Jhakhar (Ranbir Kapoor) who idolizes Jim Morrison but doesn’t have in him what it takes to make a cut. Pain, he’s told by a stocky canteen manager (Kumud Mishra), is the grist of creativity. So he seeks pain in the heartbreak by proposing the most beautiful girl in the college, Heer Kaul (Nargis Fakhri). But pain, like joy, is hard to come by. And it takes a long and outstretched relationship -- beginning with hate, turning into friendship and blossoming into love -- before our hero Jordan and his much married Heer are left with a shattered heart and an amputated soul, scarred enough to shuffle off their mortal coil.
Ranbir Kapoor plays Janardan Jakhar or JJ as he calls himself who wants to be JM aka Jim Morrison. He is told that it is pain that metamorphosis a common singer into a Rockstar. Thus starts his innocent almost comic search for pain and conflict that results into something extremely laborious and convoluted of its viewers. He falls in love with Heer Kaul (Nargis Fakhri) and ends up with a broken heart. Heer gets married and leaves for Prague while Janardan rechristened Jordan takes off on his journey as a Rockstar. His carrier soars while being almost regularly punctured by fits of disillusionment and instability.
The first half is still fresh and bearable. The film post interval however seems to have been shot by a hangover nursing Imtiaz. Ranbir Kapoor is the real “Rockstar “of the film. He has not only attempted something new but has managed to pull it off with élan. His Rockstar act, guitar strumming, unshaven look and unkempt hair all seem natural and believable.
Nargis Fakhri, much like Imtiaz's previous muse Giselle, is beautiful and has her lines in Hindi dubbed. The cameo by the original Rockstar of Bollywood Shammi Kapoor is heartwarming. However the script and direction prove to be traitors and let Ranbir down. As long as the story remains in the familiar territory in Delhi where it has been extensively shot we are quite ready to gulp down even the most abstruse of love scenes. However as soon as the story takes off for Prague we know it’s going to be a bumpy journey with no relief. There is no saving grace after that. Everything is too drab, long, uncut and unclear for mass consumption.
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Rockstar : Rocking Reality
All the rockheads who have been expecting Imtiaz Ali’s film Rockstar to be a follow-up to Rock On here’s the bubble-burst. Rockstar isn’t about rock music. It’s a love story, and not a great one at that. In his bid to move beyond the Bollywood mush,
Imtiaz Ali tries to weave a love story with spiritual undertones, but ends up with a cobweb of his own creation: a film that tries to be profound but knows not what point to make.
A film that’s made with passion but still lacks the heart of an entranced Sufi or the grace of a whirling dervish.
At stages, you feel you are watching a documentary, full of montages of memories lined up over good music. Be it Sufi music or the shehnai-guitar jugalbandi, A.R. Rahman’s music touches your heart.
Performances are superb. Nargis is a sure threat to Katrina Kaif. Shammi Kapoor sharing screen space with Ranbir touches a raw nerve. Over all, Ranbir carries away accolades for his histronics.
Coming from a director who has given wonderful hits like “Jab We Met” and “Love Aaj Kal”, “Rockstar” is a disappointment. It’s evident that there is something amiss with the characterisation of this love story.
During the entire transition it is not revealed how Jordan becomes a symbol of rage nor does it reveal the ‘junoon’ of Nargis’ character.
Yes, there are a few epiphanic moments when a glimpse of something from the beyond flashes through, but that’s just about it.
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