Rock on, Fahran Akhtar and Ritesh Sidwani’s latest production who’ve given some gems like Dil Chahta hai and Lakshya, have the producer himself as lead star in their latest venture.
Farhan plays the central character Aditya Shroff, who was the lyricist and singer of their Magik rock band in college with Joe (Arjun Rampal) as lead guitarist, Kedar Zaveri (Purab Kohli) as ‘killer’ drummer KD, and Rob Nancy ( Luke Kenny) on keyboard 10 years ago. They’ve broken up and are leading their lives in the same city without knowing each others existence until Aditya’s wife Sakshi (Prachi Desai) unknowingly meets one of the band members.
Aditya is a rich i-banker with successful career and married to Sakshi, Joe is a penny less guitaring genius with his college sweetheart turned wife Debbie (Sahana Goswami) struggling to make ends meet, KD failing miserably to woo girls sits at this dad’s jewellery shop and Rob is doing music sessions with Anu Malik.
Sakshi senses her husband is unhappy and discontent about something which is affecting their lives. She discovers some old photographs and video of Magik and is surprised to know another face, a happy face, of her husband. She plans to put together the band. The movie goes on, with glimpses of their past showing what went wrong, as they get together subsiding their egos to create the magik once again.
Movie theme, and screenplay reminds you of DCH with friends having fun, fighting over misunderstanding, and finally making up but Rock on doesn’t have a story as good as DCH. It’s kind of a mix between Jhankaar beats, and DCH. Music as you might have already heard is good, with amateurish lyrics and a bad voice of Fahran Akhtar.
The weak points are loose script on predictable lines with very little surprises. Does not have strong enough reason for the band to disassociate, and Aditya to break up with his then girlfriend, which was a totally unnecessary character i felt.
Acting by Fahran Akhtar is ok. He is impressive as a rock star but otherwise nothing great. Purab Kohli sizzles with his funny antics, and has got a good screen space since Bas yuh hi and has totally done justice to his role. Luke Kenny is fine. Arjun Rampal suits his character with expressionless straight face, and long hair guitarist. Sahana Goswami has portrayed a vulnerable wife and egoistic/possessive girlfriend’s role very well, and pretty Prachi Desai has carried her role quite graciously.
Overall a movie with good music which has been showcased spectacularly in the final show/competition. It might reignite passion for playing guitar. Watchable movie with second half better than the first, and i’d give ‘Rock On’ 3 out of 5.
Rating: 3/5
The songs are brilliant..but I wish farhan hadn’t sung them. He’s a better director than a singer.
Review makes the movie sound less sensational. Have to listen to the audio still.
so to watch or not?
Hmmm doesnt sound interesting. Its more serious than comical like Jhankaar Beats.
“The weak points are lose script which “- LOSE is a verb LOOSE is an adjective.
@Tia
I can’t agree more
@Dinesh
hmmm.. not a bad movie for sure.. but not a great one either.. for a teen, movie would be rocking.. otherwise it’s just some fun
@Vishesh
The final show is beautifully done.. you’ve to experience it in a theater.. watch it
@Reema
Hmmm.. Jhakaar beats has better music coz of Boss :)
Ya.. there’d be more mistakes, thanks for pointing out.. was really stressed and tired last night.. just had to get done with it.. will edit :)
r u a film critic or do u just write bcoz it interests u??
Purab Kohli always shines out in small yet significant roles..like WOH LAMHE..
At least this does not appear 2 b like one of those cliched bollywood dramas..the concept is fresh..novel??
Ohhh… I was planning to watch this movie on friday itself… but somehow didn’t get to. I like the simplicity of the songs that I have heard so far. From the review it seems that they were trying to get a heady mixture of DCH and Jhankaar and in the end managed to go on a lost track…
But I might just go and watch even if it is not that great…
@Swats
I’m no critic.. this is my first movie review.
didn’t you read my previous post? :)
fresh yes.. novel to certain extent.. like i’ve already said, predictable story line.
@Priti
Hmmm not really lost track.. but no surprises here.. you can surely watch for fun.
still will watch it :P
I’m going to watch it!! I like the song “Socha Hai”!!
And you say – “It might reignite passion for playing guitar.” ?
Watching it for sure! :D
Seems to a good movie… I think I’ll watch it today! :D
People have been telling me to watch it all weekend! Hehe! :D
DCH was awesome; a movie I can n have watched zillion times!
Lakshya was not that impressive.
Will watch this movie soon!
i watched the film yday..its nice n inspiring..kind of thought provoking..but something is amiss..it gets boring in between..i loved the title track..rock on zindagi milegi na dubara..makes a lot of sense ;-)
@megs
ya sure :)
@Priya
hmmm ya.. take a break from studying too much
@Nikhil
did you watch?
@Manasa
i got to share similar thoughts about dch :)
@Swats
hmm ya.. something is missing..
don’t wanna get philosophical! :)
you know about my jinx! hai na! :) :)
hey, i broke the jinx.. i saw themovie yesterday and it simply rocked! :) the music is awesome! :) the story line is predictable but it is cool movie!
haha.. cool.. good you liked the movie :)
I like your review. Couldn’t agree less.
Thanks Gaurav
de review is good :)
but i’d probably give it a 3.5/5…
de movie was on de whole good…different from de lot..
it did remind me a lot of DCH Jhankar beats…
but was refreshing…
though the lyrics aren’t gr8…de songs were jus rocking :)
and farhan’s voice has made de songs hat ke i feel….
if it were sung by any other playback singer it would have jus been normal…
i some how loved the songs… :)
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@Pavitra
Thanks..
Good you enjoyed the movie! :)
HI.. nice review… but i am a biiig rock on fan … u didnt like d lyrics.. i enjoyed it… u dont like farhans voice … i loved it that all his songs were sung by him… wel i guess we both prove to b true to our genders :D.. but i enjoyed ur review… cut and straight… you will find only waah waahs in our review :)
hey,
I haven’t read all the comments … Here’s a blog entry that presents both points of view … the perspective of someone immersed in rock music and another, the opinion of a layman…Makes for an interesting read…
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