Rock On!: Review

Rock On!

When I first heard about this movie, or rather when I heard its songs, I knew it was going to be good. It is now official… Indian Cinema is changing, baby. For the good.

Four friends Aditya (Farhan Akhtar), Joe (Arjun Rampal), KD (Purab Kohli) and Rob (Luke Kenny) are part of a Rock band called Magik, and these four are ready to leave everything behind to follow their dream of becoming big. And they see their oppurtunity, in a competition held by Channel V, the prize of which is an Album Contract. They win the competition, and this is when things start going sour. The band splits, right in the middle of shooting a music video because of a fight between Aditya and Joe. Ten years later, with the main efforts of Aditya’s wife, Sakshi (Prachi Desai) the band members come together again, though Aditya had to be convinced quite a bit.

In the end, this movie is about friendship and music, mixed together in such a beautiful way that you feel the warmth seep in through you and take you away from your troubles, lift you into the sunlight and charge back the fun into you. Farhan Akhtar’s first singing stint has left all wanting for more. This guy has proved himself as an all-rounder. Though this movie reminds everybody of Dil Chahta Hai, Farhan’s directorial debut, you may be surprised to find that this film was not directed by him. This is only the second film by Abhishek Kapoor, but this is enough to look forward to more work by him. Arjun Rampal’s look and personality already put him as perfect for his role, and Kohli and Kenny also made us feel their characters. I think that using Prachi Desai was most convenient, as she has had a couple of years training in laughing and crying, which is all she does in the film, in acting in a Soap.

I would recommend this to anybody with the least interest in music, because this is the new anthem, right in the top shelf along with Chak De!, Lagaan, Rang De Basanti, and of course, Dil Chahta Hai.