Rockstar (Hindi)

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6.5/10
Release Date:
November 11, 2011

Janardan, born and brought up in the very middle class locality of Pitampura in Delhi, has a larger than life dream - of being a rockstar like Jim Morrison! But all he gets from his reluctant audience is ridicule and humiliation.

He's at his wit's end, when he realizes that all musical stars; all artists in fact, have one thing in common. And that is tragedy. They all have tragic lives. They have all suffered painful heartbreaks to become what they are. Alas, there is no pain in Janardan's life - it is an oasis of peace. Unless he does something drastic, he will never become a rockstar.

Heer Kaul is the undisputed diva of the college campus - beautiful, talented, arrogant, rich, and unavailable. She has broken many hearts. . Janardan hopes she will break his heart too. He sets out to woo Heer with the sole object of getting his heart broken.

Rock star is the journey of a boy - who leaves behind Janardan to become Jordan; who traverses the highs and lows of life - from simple naivete to tortured soul, from the pleasure of unaffected friendship to the torment of unrequited love, from the campus in Delhi to the international stage… He ultimately gets all that his heart has ever desired…but in the process shatters / loses his heart forever...

Janardan, born and brought up in the very middle class locality of Pitampura in Delhi, has a larger than life dream - of... Show More

The Pucca Critic

Editor   Nov 11, 2011 18:54  

“Mai daru peeta hi nahi. Sirf hothon pe aur collar pe thodi laga leta hu aur acting karta hu nashe me hone ki,” Janardhan confesses when he is frolicking around with Heer, who wanted to go “wild” before her marriage in a royal family in Prague. I think this is where our desi rockstar stands apart from Jim Morrison, who he believes to be a rebel and shot to fame after his middle finger display in public! Janardhan is rechristened to Jordan (because it's much cooler, you see) but never goes about drugs. He gets high on his own madness.

The underlying story is nothing new by Imitiaz. It’s somewhere derived or extended from Jab We Met and Love Aaj Kal: the guy and the girl don’t know what keeps them hooked to each other but love after they realize it at the end. Here too, the boy is ambitious and the girl is nothing but married. With his typical direction where the motion picture comes round to a circle, Imitiaz Ali serves the same dish on just a new plate. But indeed, his love stories aren’t typical where guy has to say “I Love You” to the girl and you expect a reply “I love you too.” He masters showcasing this relationship as a lovely companionship.