When i entered to watch Rockstar this morning I had gone to expect a run-of the mill movie where the star carrying the image of an angry brutish man giving into sex, drugs and girls creating his whole world around him and losing his life to it.
What I got in Rockstar was the story of a simpleton looking to follow his dreams becoming the next Jim Morrison.
The movie starts of with a bang introducing us to the violent Jordan what follows is his journey to that stage.
Imtiaz Ali a smart and slick filmmaker whose movies are always high on entertainment lacked the story to match the proficiency of Ranbir Kapoor.
A gifted actor coming from a lineage of cinema showed his full array of talent in this movie most certainly his most fine performance after Wake up Sid. Ranbir bites into the character of JJ/Jordan with splendid ease and comfort. Some of the finest moments are when he's regretting how he has never faced a tragedy as he learns that true artist come from a place of PAIN. But that is what we get to see JJ go through once he decides that he needs to get his heartbroken to become a true star.
Enters Narghis Fakhri with a sparkling screen presence but with a equally low acting prowess she forms the perfect opposite for Ranbir.
As we learn through a series of meetings how both of these neurotic crazy people go from softcore porn, to desi daru and so on and how through their escapades they are more attracted to each other and when she asks him to hug her in the attic we really are left to wonder what next.
What next is we see the birth of Jordan from being thrown out of his house his frustration clearly climbing with confronting his bhabhi of touching him inappropriately or living in a dargah touching roots with his music to getting spotted but Ustaad Jameel Khan(Shammi Kapoor). To his arrest, his anger,his anguish of never being able to see Heer again. We see it in his eyes, in his total disregard for his producer. But we do see another part of Jordan when he refuses to sleep with the reporter who practically throws herself at him.
This pain that Jordan goes through translates into his music flowing from his soul. Rockstar would be incomplete without the mention of A.R Rahman creating an album of heart and soul of class and poignancy. Without his music and the voice of Mohit Chauhan Rockstar is a loose thread. The beautiful locations and everything else is overshadowed by one Mr. Kapoor who bring the Rockstar alive in our hearts. All in all Rockstar is a hidden blockbuster losing its sensibilities in a stretched out climax and a slow middle, fluent editing and a shorter movie would have made this a classic. But bow down because in Ranbir a true Rockstar is born.
What I got in Rockstar was the story of a simpleton looking to follow his dreams becoming the next Jim Morrison.
The movie starts of with a bang introducing us to the violent Jordan what follows is his journey to that stage.
Imtiaz Ali a smart and slick filmmaker whose movies are always high on entertainment lacked the story to match the proficiency of Ranbir Kapoor.
A gifted actor coming from a lineage of cinema showed his full array of talent in this movie most certainly his most fine performance after Wake up Sid. Ranbir bites into the character of JJ/Jordan with splendid ease and comfort. Some of the finest moments are when he's regretting how he has never faced a tragedy as he learns that true artist come from a place of PAIN. But that is what we get to see JJ go through once he decides that he needs to get his heartbroken to become a true star.
Enters Narghis Fakhri with a sparkling screen presence but with a equally low acting prowess she forms the perfect opposite for Ranbir.
As we learn through a series of meetings how both of these neurotic crazy people go from softcore porn, to desi daru and so on and how through their escapades they are more attracted to each other and when she asks him to hug her in the attic we really are left to wonder what next.
What next is we see the birth of Jordan from being thrown out of his house his frustration clearly climbing with confronting his bhabhi of touching him inappropriately or living in a dargah touching roots with his music to getting spotted but Ustaad Jameel Khan(Shammi Kapoor). To his arrest, his anger,his anguish of never being able to see Heer again. We see it in his eyes, in his total disregard for his producer. But we do see another part of Jordan when he refuses to sleep with the reporter who practically throws herself at him.
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