ROCKSTAR

When I heard of the movie reviews, I thought its one of the regular Bollywood movies which is still trying to figure out its script , story and screenplay. Even though I knew the director had some promise as he had given some very different movies in the past. The last one was not well thought over and swayed from the story line but was a decent try. While doing the regular rituals of work-home-work, I spent some time on facebook and saw several people commenting negatively about the movie. I have a penchant for bad bollywood movies !!One day while shopping on the grocery store I thought of getting a movie. Now I had an option RA One or Rockstar. After thinking for some time I decided to give ROCKSTAR a try. Came back had some food and started watching the movie hoping to sleep before the intermission.

The movie print wasnt great but it was decent. The movie started to grow on me. Especially the character of JJ, a typical lower middle class Delhi boy who has a passion for music. The canteen waala and the amazement for a hi-fi girl was something I could relate my past to. Even with a regular story line in the first half there was something very different in the way it was handled. The chemistry between the characters and the "dillipana" was endearing to me. Ranbir Kapoor was natural and he was bold. The actress (I still don't know her name) looked irritating and plastic to me. Especially her high pitch loud voice which wasn't coming out any better in the ripped dvd print. The movie continued, the innocent young boy still wanting to have a broken heart kept following the girl and they became friends. There was a strange chemistry between the two characters in their escapades.A regular fun hindi movie followed and I started enjoying the plot. The girl got married and went to Prague and JJ became Jordan. The music was fabulous ( AR Rahman continues his magic). JJ thrown out of his house by his brothers suddenly starts to break loose, he isnt the gullible boy any more and loses interest in becoming a rockstar. The girl changed things for him. And probably he had a broken heart, he got thrown out of his house, he got all the pain his canteen wala had told him was needed to become a ROCKSTAR. The movie had some under currents of a rebellion but it was now when we see the rebelious nature of Jordan. Creative/ Genius people are a little bit different from the usual lot and by societal standards they have a crazy streak in them. Jordan's streak was now showing up in a different way.

To be continued...