Rockstar (2011-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Rockstar Movie Details :

Rockstar Movie is an 2011 Indian Bollywood musical romantic drama film writter and directer is Imtiaz Ali and producer are former Eros International head Sunil Lulla and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited chief Dhilin Mehta, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film also stars Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel, Kumud Mishra in supporting roles, and also Shammi Kapoor, who makes his last silver-screen appearance. The plot follows Janardhan Jakhar a.k.a. JJ or Jordan, who dreams of becoming a rockstar like his role model, Jim Morrison. Eventually attaining all that he dreamt of, however, Jordan ends up anguished and despondent by the loss of Heer Kaul, whom he loved passionately and whose death is inadvertently caused by Jordan himself.

Development of Rockstar commenced in May 2010. Nargis Fakhri was cast as the female lead, after plans to give the role to Kareena Kapoor were shelved. Film Shooting in India took place at Delhi, Kashmir, Mumbai and Dharamsala, while the foreign sequences were shot in Prague and Liberec, Czech Republic.

Rockstar was released on 11 November 2011. On the day of release, Tibetans in Chennai and Dharmasala protested against the Central Board of Film Certification asking the film-makers to censor scenes featuring the Tibetan flag. Upon release, the film received positive reviews. Critics highlighted Kapoor and Rahman as the stars of the film, but criticised the plot. It was one of the top grossing films of that year, managing to appeal the youngsters in the cities. Made on a budget of 600 million, Rockstar grossed 1.08 billion worldwide. Kapoor and Rahman received numerous awards for their work in the film.

• Directer : Imtiaz Ali
• Producer : Dhilin Mehta
• Screenplay : Imtiaz Ali
• Story : Imtiaz Ali,Saiyf Jilani
• Starring : Ranbir Kapoor,Nargis Fakhri,Shammi Kapoor,Moufid Aziz,Piyush Mishra
• Music : A. R. Rahman
• Cinematography : Anil Mehta
• Editer : Aarti Bajaj
• Casting : Mukesh Chhabra
• Production Design : Snigdha Basu,Sumit Basu,Rajnish Hedao
• Costume Design : Dolly Ahluwalia,Manish Malhotra,Aki Narula
• Makeup Department : Alam Hakim’s
• Visual Effects : Francine Almeida,Bakiyaraj,Hemant Bhanse,Vasistha Chawda
• Action Directer : Giorgio Antonini,Mauro Aversano
• Production company : Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
• Distributer : Eros International
• Genres : Drama,Music,Musical,Romance
• Release date : 11 November 2011
• Running time :159 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Rockstar Movie Trailer :

Star Cast of The Film :

• Ranbir Kapoor as a Janardan Jakhar / Jordan
• Nargis Fakhri as a Heer Kaul
• Shammi Kapoor as a Ustad Jameel Khan
• Kumud Mishra as a Khatana
• Piyush Mishra as a Dhingra
• Shernaz Patel as a Neena Kaul
• Aditi Rao Hydari as a Sheena
• Sanjana Sanghi as a Mandy
• Shikha Jain as a Meena
• Jaideep Ahlawat as a Jordan’s Brother
• Moufid Aziz as a Jai
• Geetika Budhiraja as a Sheena-college girl
• Aakash Dahiya as a Jaat
• Sushil Dahiya as a Cop
• Ranveer Kashyap
• Teddy Maurya as a Music Arranger
• Ram Menon as a JJ’s Freind
• Rajinder Sharma Nanu as a (as Rajinder Sharma)
• Shreya Narayan as a JJ’s sister-in-law
• Mohit Rastogi as a Publicist
• Paritosh Sand as a Doctor
• Sharad Sharma as a Mr. Virat Kaul – Heer’s Father
• Narendra Singh as a Cop
• Aru Krishansh Verma as a Bhappa sardar

Story of The Film :

The film follows Janardhan Jhakar in a series of flashbacks and flash forwards, how the small collage boy became an international rock sensation “Jordan”. To chase his dreams of a rockstar, the wanna-be singer his counseled that music and feelings only come with pain. In the process of which, he meets Heer, a tough on the outside and popular college girl, the both become friends, and as time passes by his dreams of music fade away as they spend time together. When heer moves away, Janardhan is thrown out of his house because of family misunderstandings. As he bides his time at a local mosque, his passion for music comes back to life. He is soon signed by a record label, where he makes more enemies than friends, his tour takes him to Prague, where he is reunited with a married Heer. Things go awry when the two share an intimate moment, and Jordan his deported to India on trespassing charges filed by Heer’s husband. Now an angry painful and lonely JORDAN embarks on his journey to become…

Production :
Casting :

Ranbir Kapoor plays the male lead of Rockstar, with whom Eros International worked previously on Anjaana Anjaani. His role of Jordan is loosely based on Imtiaz Ali’s Jat friend, who lived in a small settlement in Pitam Pura. He had seen Kareena Kapoor’s performance in his Jab We Met and wanted to cast her in the film. However, the script required some romantic scenes between the leads. As Ranbir and Kareena happened to be cousins, this was touted as a problem. Moreover, the filmmakers did not want to replace Ranbir with any other actor as the character he portrayed was reportedly suitable only for him. They then made a joint decision to replace Kapoor with Nargis Fakhri, after initially approaching Sonam Kapoor and Diana Penty for the replacement. The film marked Shammi Kapoor’s last appearance in a feature film; he died on 14 August 2011.

Film Shooting :

The shooting for Rockstar began in May 2010. A major part of the shooting took place in Kashmir at Kulgam, Kupwara and Srinagar, while the last phase was shot in Delhi at places like the Kotla Mubarakpur, Nizamuddin Dargah, Greater Kailash, Munirka, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Amity School (deleted scenes), Connaught Place, Shri Ram College of Commerce, BL Kapoor Hospital, Rajendra Nagar, St. Stephen’s College and Hindu College, which was Imtiaz Ali’s alma mater. Foreign sequences were shot at Wenceslas Square, Charles Bridge and the Old Town in parts of Prague and in Liberec (at Dr. Beneš Square, in front of the Liebieg Villa). The film was shot in reverse as the crew didn’t want to break the continuity of Ranbir’s hairstyle. The climax with long hair was shot first. Kapoor had to transform himself into a rockstar: he practiced guitar at A. R. Rahman’s studio in Chennai for many days, read Kurt Cobain’s biography and familiarised himself with Jats.

Rockstar’s costumes were designed by Aki Narula and Manish Malhotra, who dressed Ranbir in “small-town denim-and-sweater combination and later, Pathani-style kurtas with arm bands”, thus completing the rockstar look. Nargis Fakhri, who plays the role of a Kashmiri Pandit girl, wore a traditional Kashmiri Pandit wedding outfit in the wedding scene, which included Pandit Pheran, Dejhor (ear ornament) and Taranga (head cap worn underneath the veil). This also happens to be the first time in Bollywood that a Kashmiri Pandit wedding was shown.

Rockstar Movie Songs / Music :

The music for the film is composer and scorer is A. R. Rahman. This also marks the first Imtiaz Ali film since his debut Socha Na Tha, to have the same composer for both film score and songs.

The soundtrack features 14 tracks, with all lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. The recording of the album took place in Chennai, London and Mumbai. Mohit Chauhan had lent his voice for nine songs. The audio rights were bought by T-Series. Upon release on 30 September 2011, it received highly positive reviews from critics. “Sadda Haq” became the most popular song of the album and was named as a “youth anthem”.

The complete track listing of the soundtrack was released on 16 September 2011, on A. R. Rahman’s official site. All lyrics were penned by Irshad Kamil.

• “Phir Se Udd Chala” – Mohit Chauhan
• “Jo Bhi Main” – Mohit Chauhan
• “Katiya Karoon” – Harshdeep Kaur
• “Kun Faaya Kun” – A. R. Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan, Nizami Brothers
• “Aur Ho” – Mohit Chauhan, Alma Ferovic
• “Hawa Hawa” – Mohit Chauhan
• “Tango For Taj” – (Instrumental)
• “Tum Ko” – Kavita Krishnamurthy
• “Sadda Haq” – Mohit Chauhan, Orianthi (Guitars)
• “The Dichotomy of Fame” – (Instrumental) Balesh (Shehnai), Kabuli (Guitars)
• “Naadaan Parinde” – A. R. Rahman, Mohit Chauhan
• “Tum Ho” – Mohit Chauhan, Suzanne D’Mello
• “Sheher Mein” – Mohit Chauhan, Karthik
• “The Meeting Place” – Ranbir Kapoor (Narration)

 “Naadaan Parinde” Full Video Song :

• Singer~ Mohit Chauhan
• Music~ A.R Rahman
• Music on~ T-Series

 “Sadda Haq” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Mohit Chauhan
• Lyricist : Irshaad Kamil
• Music Director : A.R. Rahman
• Music Label : T-Series

Release :

Rockstar released on 11 November 2011 and saw a good advance opening at multiplexes closer to educational institutions. The film released in 2,500 screens, and saw cinema halls running 14 to 15 shows in a day.

Rockstar Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.7 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 39,212.

Rockstar is a film made once in a lifetime. Hats off to Imtiaz Ali for story, Ranbir Kapoor & Nargis Farkhri for scintillating performances, A.R. Rahman & Mohit Chauhan for great soundtrack & background Music.

Rockstar is a must watch film. It’ll leave you feel-good hangover of itself. This Movie shows how Love Stories should be made. This movie has something, which is hard to see in other Hindi/Bollywood Films. Something which would make you think about the whole movie even after so many hours of watching it. Watch it deeply and you’ll enjoy it.

I loved the movie and enjoyed it thoroughly after so watching so many movies this year, I’d say Watch it Again, if you’ve seen it once…

• Verdict: Don’t Miss it!!!
• Acting & Performance: 9/10
• Story: 8.5/10
• Music: 10/10
• Overall: 9/10

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 3 star out of 5 Star.

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