Aug 30 2008
Film Rock On Movie Review
The film Rock On brings together the team of Ridesh Sidwani, Farhan Akhtar who made Dil Chahta Hai with director Abhishek Kapoor. Even the movie Rock On seems to portray the essence of friendship albeit in a different narration, does call for a round of applause for a theme which might not be so popular in India i.e. Rock
The story is all about four friends forming a rock band called Magik with Aditya ( Farhan Akhtar) the lead vocalist, Joe ( Arjun Rampal) the guitarist, KD ( Purab Kohli) on the drums and Rob ( Luke Kenny) on the keyboard, out to cut out an album. Something goes awry and the friends who shared the same passion drift away, each leading their own life.
Aditya is an investment banker with a beautiful wife ( Prachi Desai) who he tries to appease, but is not really happy in life. Joe manages his guitar shop and is at the receiving end from his wife Debbie ( Sahana Goswami) as she is the lone bread earner for the family. Rob does some petty assignments with some big music directors and KD seems an odd man out in his rich dad’s business.
A decade later Aditya’s wife intends to bring the estranged friends together and revive Magik. But each of the four friends have some tough decisions as they embark on a soul searching and to work upon a passion which they once commonly shared between them.
Director Abhishek Kapoor has captured the fragility of relationships on the celluloid with compelling ease. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy;s music just rocks, in a way the music reviews are justified. Jason West’s cinematography is fine. Screenplay and dialogues are okay.
Farhan Akhtar has emerged as an actor and a singer, with no signs of debutante syndrome to be seen in his performance. Arjun Rampal surprises with one of his finest performances till date. Purab Kohli is tremendous coupled with his natural flair for comedy. Luke Kenny is cool as cucumber and is quite persuasive in his role. Prachi Desai scores a point with her poise and competent acting. Sahana Goswami is another talent to watch out.
The movie Rock On has the blended concoction of some outstanding performances, engulfing emotions and topping it is the execution of the entire theme. I have a gut of the film Rock On going to rock the box-office as well.
this movie sure rocks!!Superb performances!See arjun rampal at his best in ‘rock on’.
Rock On is a movie worth watching ..the amzing cinematography would really want you to bring out a rockstar in you.. its just about doing wht you really wanna do in life & not to give up on it come wht may..if at all u try something else other than tht ..you always wnna keep comin back to it… live ur dream has been conveyed without a doubt… Keep Rocking. Even after reading this u still sitting thr.. c’mon move ur bum ..go watch it on the big screen.. ROCK ON!!
Great,After Jaane tu yaa jaane naa this movie.new commers are going to change the face of bollywood.Be aware shahrukh,salmaan,aamir,amitabh now no more u will be baadshaah of Bollywood…How talanted these new commers are.really…
rock on is truly a special movie..a perfect dil chahta hai sequel
the film is excellent… it is a reality based film in the world of bollywood made up of some cliche melodrama…
we can really see the maturity in our bollywood movies nw atleast…. movie simply rocks…
hats off to shankar-ehsaan-loy… also farhan.. for such head banging numbers…. dnt miss it.!
ROCK ON ‘rocks’…….awesome performance by everyone………… awesome theme…….. never before…never again………..
ROCK ON really Rocks.. Every charecter is the movie is justified and Movie keeps u interesting till the end…
Bakwaas movie
A must watch movie for friends of all generations to review there “FRIENDSHIP”……
A movie made to watch not to criticize…..
oh man..wat a movie……. just loved it……it does rock…best movie of the year….and perhaps best indian movie based on a music band
“Rock On” is an amazing concoction of excellent cinematography;head banging numbers and superb performances by the newcomers…it’s a movie not to be missed!!
nice movie ……………Rock ..Rock on…..
Rock On was dyamm good. Arjun can FINALLY act man. I used to think he was a log but he has potential. Farhan over acts I feel. The girl playing Arjun’s wife needs to stop overarching her brows so much. I thought she was OTT with her acting man. Didn’t like her at all. I like Luke. Man oh Man was he funny. Check out his take on “I will survive” FUNNY AS HELL. Prachi as Sakshi was SUPERB. Fitted the role perfectly!
The movie needs a applause from the audience. It has the best meaning of friendship. It reminds of your teenage ages when you never know what you want to be but thrust is to be best from everyone. I wish to see more movies like this. The exceptional movie after Dil Chahta Hai is Rock On!!. Farhan, Arjun you both really rocks but I liked Prachi, Luke and Sahana’s performance as well.. very encouraging. Keep it up!!
hi guys this was an awesome movie
Great Movie for all music lovers !!
Fine acting by the four friends..
It reminds you of the school or college days where you had performed along with your friends in various events with the thought of becoming a great musician one time.
Its nice to see such Hindi movies of substance.
This movie was the pitts! I really don’t know why we Indian’s are so hell bent upon being so overtly westernized to the point that about 80% of the movie is in English. I am an Indian married to a non Indian, and if my husband can follow the movie without subtitles you know there is a problem.
Plus this movie was the same as Dil chaha tha hai… with different people. and it had so many errors! umm 10 years ago in India cell phones weren’t that available yet alone the models of the phones they were using! If you are going to try and make a Hollywood style movie, then at least try and be accurate!.
Overall I think Bollywood has such a unique and interesting style of making movies, why are these wanna be Americans or European kids trying to change that. And in the process making bad movies. I wish movie makers would pause and reflect for a moment and watch classic movies such as Padosan, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Munna Bhai, to get some true INDIAN inspiration.
I am sure a lot of people are going to read my 2 cents and think of I am going of on a tangent. But I am trying to keep Bollywood alive and more importantly keep HINDI in hindi movies alive! Shoot don’t call it a Hindi movie if only 20% of the dialogue is hindi.
Thanks!
Pissed off Hindi movie watcher