Taking a cue from the lives of well-known names in the world of music, he convinces himself that he must have tragedy in life because tragedy is, he concludes, what had made those men successful! So he sets about falling in love with his fellow student Heer (played by Nargis Fakhri); well, if one were aiming at having his heart broken, one couldn’t perhaps have chosen better. She is rich; she is talented; she is much coveted; and she has that inevitable concomitant attribute in the circumstances: she is arrogant to the hilt. She has the very trait our man Janardan has been looking for: she has a penchant for breaking hearts! So Janardan goes about wooing the (un)fair lady hoping to be rewarded with a broken heart! The unfair lady turns fair after all – in that she does break Janardan’s heart as desired.
Now don’t try to bring what you might be tempted to call your commonsense to the fore and start asking profound questions like “How can a man have a broken heart by design?” I don’t understand these subtle issues; but then intellectual incisiveness is not one of my major weaknesses!
Realism is not a strong point in the film; but then it is not a strong point of most films. In any case, it doesn’t perhaps matter because “Rockstar” finds itself striking a chord effortlessly with the spectators. “Nothing succeeds like success” is an adage that one might quote very appropriately in this context.
While the first half of the film is interesting and entertaining, the latter half does prove to be tedious.
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Both Ranbir and Nargis have acted with elan.
Ranbir’s performance is highly commendable and is arguably one of his very best yet; there is something about genes and genealogy, I guess! I am sure Ranbir is going to come up with similar sterling performances in future too.
Nargis, I must concede, is a bewitching beauty too – apart form being a good actor. She may be a star in the making.
Shammi Kapoor, in the small but important role in this last film of his, has once again proved to be simply scintillating as he has always been all through his spectacular career.
Imtiaz Ali has very skillfully extracted sterling performances from his lead actors. This film would remain another of his remarkable achievements as a director.
The music by A.R.Rehman is excellent.
“Rockstar” is sufficiently entertaining to make one exclaim “Boy, I’m rocking!”
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Aditi Rao, Kumud Mishra
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Producer: Eros International Media Ltd
Music: AR Rehman
