Rockstar: what clicked for me

A friend asked me how was the movie and I replied “Palangtood”

Two things which Rockstar did to me:
It dragged me to theater after 6 months (my last movie was Onir’s I Am). The promos had that something which I couldn’t resist watching on big screen.
And It made me blog again after a really long time.

The Bad Part
Nargis Fakhri is probably the worst actress ever in a mainstream film. Even Mayuri Kango acted better. Her acting makes Katrina Kaif seem like goddess of acting.

This scene in which Nargis is shown for the first time in the city of Parague, she is chatting with her sister-in-law in a mall. Both the actors in the scene looks like are competing to get the worst actor award. All I can say is this scene makes people in Sona Slim Belt advertisements look better as actors.

I can’t understand what on earth made Imtiaz choose Nargis as lead and more surprising is he eventually completed the film with her. Leave Nargis some other character actors are so bad. Why, sir why? Is there such a dearth of character actors?

And the Good
10/10 to Ranbir Kapoor for his acting and 10/10 to the people who worked to make him look the “Rockstar”.
Do I need say about music (AR Rehman) and vocals (Mohit Chauhan)?
I can just watch this movie 10 times on the big screen to watch the songs.

Second half:
The first half of the movie didn’t affect me much. We’ve seen cool people playing Friends and realizing they’re in love but not saying it many times. So, two different cool people again play on the same rules.

The real deal was the second half.

I agree the movie is dumbed down but not to the extent which disrespects my intelligence as a viewer. It is actually quiet subtle in many parts.

I was always like why these crazy Rockstars behave like nuts. Why the self-destructing ways when you get so much from life?

Rockstar made me realize that. It made me at least get a glimpse or a window to understanding of that self-destruction through Ranbir’s character.

I loved each and every bit of his self-destructiveness and his middle finger showing attitude to the word.

Yes, it sucks when people praise you and you know your life sucks. You seem to get all the things in the world except for what you really want.

There is a scene when Rockstar Ranbir meets his college buddies in a sort of reunion. He goes there to meet his friends while the friends actually came looking to meet the Rockstar. You’ve to watch the scene to know.

I wish:
Wish this movie had a better lead actress. Even Katrina would have done wonders.
Wish they could have little less bollywoodisation. Like Shammi Kapoor dialogues “Uspe Khuda Ka Noor Hai”
Wish some of the character actors were not so bad (Particularly actors playing Narigs’a in-laws).

All I can end up with is - Jo Bhi Main Kehna Chahu Barbad Karein Alfaaz Mere.

I’m watching it again next weekend.

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