Rock On : A heart warming experience

Combining entertainment and enlightenment is quite a task. That's the point where movies like 'Lageraho...' and "Chak de...' score more goals. On the other hand, movies like 'Swades' miss out on entertainment aspect. 'Rock on' is a wonderfully made movie which might touch your heart but refuses to earn points on entertainment.



Story Plot:

If Faran's earlier effort 'Dil Chahata Hai' is in your all time favorite list then this movie may not disappoint as well. Loosely based on the same story, but a great effort put in this time to bring some depth to the characters. A story of four college friends whose ambition to become rock stars, breaks down some where down the life's race due to personal confrontations. The effort that takes to reunite them after a decade and how maturely that has been put is the strength of the movie. Faran and Arjun Rampal have done justice to their lead roles.



Strengths:

1. Intelligent story telling; We can see a great effort put in to make the movie look realistic and matured. Though story is told in current time line, clever references are made to the the past timeline. You can feel the realistic touch even through the lyrics.

2. The character roles and the justification by artists.



Weakness:

1. In the process of giving a realistic touch to the screenplay, the pace of the movie is hampered.

2. Though the narration is good, story is ordinary.

The best part in the movie is nothing looks unnecessary. Director has spent time on finer details and has delivered a quality product. There are no sudden twists without enough evidences. You actually believe in the script. Music is good but not great. Since its a musical movie, the music should have been very popular before the release of the movie but not so. Unlike DCH, this may not please all kind of viewers but still a very sensitive movie which may strike a chord of your heart. Its respectful 6.5/10 to this flaw-less,well made, sensitive movie.

Bollywood please make way, New 'Raj' is here ; Review - Bachna ae Haseeno

It took more than a decade to establish an image of Rahul/Raj for SRK, it took almost same time for Salman to build his trademark character of Prem. But here you go, combining both, RK shows up mischievous romance with a little essence of stupidity just enough to make it look like Innocent , the new-age Raj hits the screen this time. The well-polished, well-groomed Ranbir looks like a complete package. The movie entirely belongs to him and he does the justice. Though some grey areas while emoting positive emotions, but he can only improve from here.



Story Plot:

Yes there is a story in the movie for a change, though not great. Raj (Ranbir) is a typical playboy kind of character who is never ready to commit. Flirting around and having fun with girls is what becomes the top item on his agenda of life and doesn't even give a s**t to those heart-broken girls. He decides to set those mistakes right only when he tastes his own medicine. The movie-maker is very clear about the story and delivers perfectly without any fuss. Though almost 3 hours in length, the pace of the movie is very good and screen play is such that you wont feel bored.


As any other Yash Raj movies, there is no compromise on the performances and cinematography. But what is tragic to see is an average music. I was expecting Deepika to be used as more than an eye-candy, at least in this movie. But sorry folks, she appears on screen in-total for maximum of 25 minutes. Bipasha, does a decent job with acting but her costume and an unnecessary item song letting her down.
Minissha Lamba, I hardly knew her name before the movie but she is good, in fact quite impressive, especially in the first half.



Strengths:

1. RK

2. Screenplay, cinematography and heart-winning performances.



Weakness:

1. Hmm... Probably music should have been better. Hardly one song is good.

2. A little predictable in the second-half without much graph.



I cannot count story in either strengths or weakness column. Humour in the movie is very refreshing. Compared to first half, second half is more predictable but sub-plots are good enough to keep you interested in this movie. I initially felt I am seeing DDLJ-II as they make so many references to it and keeps on happening till the end. Advisable to go with your chuddy-buddys than family as its going to matter a lot with whom you are watching the movie. To sum up its hands-up 6.75/10 to this complete entertainer. At the beginning of movie, Don't forget to watch KJ's next 'Dostana' trailer. :)