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ganesrah
Jordan(Ranbir Kapoor) is manhandled by couple of policemen. Escaping the scene Jordan makes a…
Jordan(Ranbir Kapoor) is manhandled by couple of policemen. Escaping the scene Jordan makes a rockstar like entry in a stadium concert in Prague. Minutes in to the movie you can feel anger,hatred,passion but not prestige which an artist vouch for. A perfect start and a chance to push the envelope for a Bollywood movie but unfortunately it fizzle. Rockstar is a prime example where you can see a storyteller torn between honesty and entertainment. At heart the movie not only wanted to show the complication and vulnerability in human relationships but at the same time it wanted to show how an act of levity can eventually turn into adultery. Silence, pain, agony and fear are the tools, but ineffectively used as if directly picked from an off-late “Yash Chopra†Banner movie where emotions are plastic in nature. Ranbir really rocked the movie with his performance .Yes in some parts he gets irritated abruptly which is a flaw in writing rather than his performance. From an innocuous, gullible middle class Pitampura guy to a cantankerous rockstar “ Ranbir†has put in everything he can.Without any doubt it is his best performance till date. On the other hand Nargis Fakhri as a college hottie, Kashmiri girl Heer Kaul looks unreal throughout the movie.You wont even care that she is suffering from psychiatric issues and is finally diagnosed with a form of terminal bone marrow. Too much screen presence for “Ranbir†hasn’t really helped any other character to build. Background score is average. Score composed by the maestro AR Rahman has been underutilised .Song like “Sheher Mainâ€,â€Hawa Hawa†and “Tum ho†are beautiful compositions but Imtiaz fails to do justice to it.Every song should add an meaning to the movie, but you will feel some songs are randomly popping out. Choosing “Nadaan Parindey†in the fag end left me stumped.Anil mehta’s cinematography is top notch. Screen play in loose like a water. In the end for Rockstar ,what could have been a dark heart wrenching musical tragedy ends up without making any ends meet. Culprit for the same being the story teller “Imtiaz Aliâ€,who in past has efficiently told love story (Jab we met) with a lot of conviction and guile.
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Rulesakon
ckhan25
Rockstar was an excellent movie. Intelligent piece of film making by Imtiaz Ali. The under current…
Rockstar was an excellent movie. Intelligent piece of film making by Imtiaz Ali. The under current of the whole movie was a love story that drives ranbir's character between his mood swings. Rahman's music as always was top notch. Ranbir was excellent, so was Nargis (I have seen far worse debut performances.
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badkur
Ranbir is a Rockstar….Imtiyaz fell a “little†short to be one. I have always loved…
Ranbir is a Rockstar….Imtiyaz fell a “little†short to be one. I have always loved imtiyaz’s work because of his capability to present very simple things of one’s love-life in an equally simple way. His screenplay speaks over his script while his script speaks over his plot……..But Rockstar had the reverse order in that respect and the simple things were made complex this time Before I put my view forward for Rockstar….I would like to express that it is not a bad movie. I liked it and I appreciate my spending this weekend. The technical part is a subject of criticism but the soul of the movie will surely make my belief stronger that Imtiyaz knows the psyche of people in Love. The types of love story he has written, he has an eye for real romance and not cinematic romance. Coming on to the Rockstar Project, the protagonist stands out. Ranbir can take 40% (majority) credit of making this project successful. He absorbed the script perfectly and was truly a character for 3 hours. He maintained the right body language to present the psyche of a person carrying pain in heart and meaningful songs on lips. The rest 60% can be distributed amongst Rehman, Mohit Chauhan and Imtiyaaz as 25, 25 and 10 percent respectively. The musical score gels well with the feel of the movie and catch your liking only when it is alongside the visuals. Prima facie it is not the one which will last longer in the “audio play-list†of Rehman’s fans. Musical arrangement in “Sheher Mein†and “Hawa Hawa†is innovative. It used to happen for Sonu Nigam in the past that Vocals attract more in comparison to music and this time it was Mohit Chauhan to create that magic. His vocals were excellent and he was one of the major contributor in keeping the soul of the movie in place. Imtiyaz’s direction was ought to be good but his screenplay was complex or disordered. To establish the plot of love happening between Jordan and Heer, he repeated the scenes. In every 15 minutes one can see Jordan fighting with the press and police, while in the second half the characters meet and depart thrice, also Heer’s interest in hanging around with Janardhan came a little quickly, it could have been given more frames. As a director, he was successful in driving the desired level of acting from new actors except Nargis Fakhri. Her expressions were not moving with the mood of the situations and she was really acting rather than being natural. Her moves were very much dramatised. This was again a reason why in spite of Imtiyaz’s romantic intelligence the chemistry between Ranbir and Nargis was poor in comparison to his previous "couple portraits" like Saif-Deepika, Abhay-Ayesha and Shahid-Kareena. Khumud Mishra as “Khatana†is a person to look out for. He supported the character confidently. Rest of the characters including Shammi saheb went well in their limited presence. The departments which are rank holders – Costume designing, Music & Lyrics, cinematography, dialogues and art while the departments which could have been better – Editing and Screen play One must be satisfied this weekend after watching fictitious things (Ra One) last weekend. Although you may also find the presentation complex but don’t move out of the hall until the lights are put on, as a "line" after credits will address the feel of the story and should foster it in those who might feel cheated on the presentation. So I give 3 to everything in the movie and 0.5 to this line “Away..... beyond all concepts of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field ...... I will meet u there†to make it 3.5 for much awaited Rockstar. Ashish :)
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Rockstar is a powerful movie of all respect. its completely based on a lovestory with a musical…
Rockstar is a powerful movie of all respect. its completely based on a lovestory with a musical genre. its a heart touching movie. ranbir perfectly fit on rockstar role. nargis acting is just ok. and music is awesome.director imtiaz ali done a good job with his direction but some loss point and weak story of imtiaz ali. but it is a completely entertainment package of pubic. go and watch this awesome movie.
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finally saw rockstar today. i am still living the movie. i m still not out of it. after a very long…
finally saw rockstar today. i am still living the movie. i m still not out of it. after a very long time, maybe after 3 idiots ,has a movie touched me so much. imtiaz sir full credit goes 2 u for trying something different. rockstar comes out very well. ranbir has delivered his best. he's at par with greats like aamir, hrithik and shahrukh now. rockstar is a must watch.
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