Rockstar

Just imagine…

A young, talented, down-market, wannabe “Jim Morrison”, Haryanvi- Delhi lad named Janardhan Jakhar (Ranbir Kapoor)taking discourses on “sure-shot ways to become a rock star”, from a middle-aged, potbellied, college canteen manager, Khatarabhai, while gobbling away samosa over samosa! The “sauce” of the matter is “you cannot become a great musician if you haven’t gone through pain, tragedy, loss & heart-break!”

Having taken the advice too seriously, Janardhan, better known as JJ, in search of tragedy & heartbreak, runs straight into Heer (Nargis Fakri), the famous “Dil todne ki machine”! Heer is an up-class, posh, stylish Kashmiri chick who tells him to bugger off when he declares his liking for her. Post the samosa episode it’s obvious JJ is now craving for “burger” so he is now “off” to the canteen. Later he realises Heer has a rebellious streak & wants to attempt stunts no sane girl would venture into. JJ is the play-mate who would satisfy her rebellious tendencies, so together they make a “what to do?” list! (seems like Ranbir is still having a hangover of Anjana Anjani starring opposite Priyanka Chopra).

On their escapade they visit dingy Amar Takies to watch some seedy movie called “Jangali Jawani”, drink Desi-daru & what not! Its wedding time for Heer, in the backdrop of Kashmir, the love remains unspoken, she gets married & moves on, leaving behind confused, shattered & heartbroken JJ! Mission accomplished! May be not yet, on returning home, JJ is kicked out of the house as his family thinks that he is the “black sheep” & good for nothing fellow!

The tragedy is JJ’s stepping stone for success, initially the heart-break leaves him in the middle of nowhere- then like every eccentric artist, he goes from place to place, stays in a mosque, sings hymns, prayers & composes sufi music- he has disappeared from the map for his friends & family for almost two months! JJ approaches Khatarabhai, who becomes his manager, together they approach music company & soon JJ is a smash!  Girls go gaga & guys idolise him. This is the rebirth of a JJ, Jordan the Rebel!

He gets a chance to fly to his lady-love, who is now a noble, high-society daughter-in-law & wife, setteled with her family in Prague! Back to list making & “gandh machana”, visiting strip clubs, sleazy pubs & seedy discotheques! They finally confront their feelings for eachother, Husband finds out about the “secret” & Heer throws JJ out of her life for the second time! If one heart-break can result in such sensational art then imagine what the second one can do? Blow your minds off;Mind-blowing storyline (pun intended)! Phew, so much travelling-Delhi:Kashmir:Prague & yet the movie is going nowhere!

One fine day, JJ comes to know Heer is dying so back to list making! Her health improves a bit & on one of their excursions together they make love. No samosa or sauce for guessing what happens next! Heer is pregnant! Her body cannot tolerate such a strain-& her blood-count is reducing (May be she hadn’t seen The Breaking Dawn, or like Bella she would have even tried drinking blood in order to save her child!). She dies- Hatrrick-Third heart-break for Jordan! The movie ends on a note that he is still burning- with guilt, desire, love & craving for his soul mate!

Well by the end of the movie- there is a fourth heart-break; the audience is only left dissatisfied, as the first half of the movie seems promising & raises the expectations to the extent that the second half cannot match! For a musical to be successful there needs to be a strong ensemble of a good enough story-line, performances & mostly great music. A.R.Rehmaan does a great job of coming up with music like sadda haq, nadaan parinde & katiyan karoon- or maybe it’s the marketing of these songs; bombarding on radio! Whatever it is the songs are a rage!

What Vidya Balan:The Dirty Picture=Ranbir Kapoor: Rockstar! Ranbir has given the best performance of his career till date! Simply put, He is irreplaceable & carries the film on his shoulders ALONE!

Watch the movie if you can stand all the heart-breaks, but you are sure in for a treat of great performance by ROCKSTAR RANBIR!

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