As much as I liked the music of Rock On, the movie disappointed me.
Please someone give me your reasons for liking the movie, in case you did.
On the acting front, the movie belongs to one person and it is not Farhan Akhtar. It is Arjun Rampal, who CAN act. And how he can ! Farhan Akhtar again knows what he is doing. Purab Kohli is very likeable and earnest. Luke Kenny brings his character alive, but I am not sure if by bad or brilliant acting. Prachi Desai and Shahana Goswami almost steal the show from the guys.
I liked the movie for the characters. You have seen them all. The Anglo-Indian who is just happy to hold the guitar forever, the rich kid for whom music is a privilege, the good-natured guy whose love for music is higher than anyone but never in the spotlight and above all, the Aditya, who is every person whose answer to the question “What would you do if you had a million bucks ? ” is not the same as his job.
Don’t know about you, but I have seen each of them at some point in my life.
Arjun Rampal’s character is not Anglo-Indian. Its either Goan or East Indian.
By: Salil on September 8, 2008
at 4:07 am
BINGO !!!
I felt the same too. Was just looking around for supporters.
Being called ‘rock’ on,I had expected to see their struggle as a band – a rock band in india or how Rock is looked upon by the common man still humming nadeem shrawan or the (mis)conceptions about Rock and doping or an explaination of why there is so much of pain/death/agression/bloodshed/pessimism in the lyrics or for that matter atleast a better opposition than the ego clashes.
Also i thought the characters were not properly ethched out for farhan akhtar and arjun rampal. They were quiet similar.
Actually the way arjun rampal was portrayed till the time it was said that he wanted all the fame is contradicting. Initially i thought he was the one who will never care for fame/money – he just wanted to play. But it got messy by the end
By: s on September 9, 2008
at 6:51 pm
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at 6:00 pm
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By: s on September 10, 2008
at 6:38 pm
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- Deepak
By: Anonymous on September 10, 2008
at 9:44 pm
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By: s on September 10, 2008
at 10:15 pm
That is exactly how I want things to be !
- the quintessential answer
By: Deepak on September 10, 2008
at 10:18 pm