Rock On : ROCKS.. On n On n On.....!!

StarCast: Farhan Akhtar as Aditya Shroff(Adi), Arjun Rampal as Joe MAscarenhas, Luke Kenny as Rob, Purab Kohli Ketan Zaveri(KD-killer drummer), Prachi Desai as Sakshi, Shabana Goswami as Debbie, Koel Purie as Devika, Nicholette Bird as Tanya
Banner: BigAdda Directed : Abhishek Kapoor
Produced : Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy Story : Abhishek Kapoor
Dialogues: Farhan Akhtar Chereography: Remo

Whats new : Rock on is not just about music, its about life in general, about the complexity of relationships, see-saw life plays with anyone and everyone, and the way these complexities are handled intricately is worth an applaud. Its about 4 freinds, yes reminds you of DCH but no its not a larger than life, imaginitive set up as DCH, its very buch grounded and makes each one of you relate to it instantly. Every aspect is handled beautifully, a must must must watch. Put your hands together for one of its kinds movie of our time.

The Leads: Well first of all let me put forth my opinion about who are the leads, for me the leads of this movie are none, each and every one have done full justice to the roles provided to them, but still 2 lead characters would be Farhan Akhtar and ArjunRampal.
Farhan Akhtar has put up a commendable performance and not a second he makes you feel that he couldnt handle it well as he is a debutant actor. I got bowled over the fact that has put up such an amazing performance and to top it, he has sung all his songs himself, and the dialogues are written by him, oh my my... I have become one crazy Farhan fan dudes and dudettes... all of yuo who agree to me do let me know. Both his Rock age and Business executive looks are classy and he has carried them both in an awesome way.
Personally Iam not a big Arjun Rampal fan, infact after ankhein(where he had played a blind man), I used to find him incapable of emoting anything, but this time arjun has given his best ever performance and the movie couldnt have been this without him. Being a passionate guitarist, but sensitive and incapable of balancing emotions and practicality, arjun rampal has done full justice to the role.


Rest of the Crew: As said earlier they are not just 'the rest' , lets go on as per the impact of performance... Luke Kenny, the keyboard player in the band, most stable and mature of them all, and knows how to keep the group united, as the stort proceeds you would see how passionately he has played his character, he was the best amongst the others. The scenes where he presents his notes to anu malik are awesome.
Purab has always been a sunshine for the roles he plays, here hes been much more than that, hes hilarious, has a depth, and passion, you have got to watch the plates in his beard in the yesteryears, its too cool, and donty forget KD.. killer drummer is actually kedar zaveri... who now runs a jwellery line..
Prachi Desai looks too good, didnt really expect this small screen bani to look so good in her very first appearence, whoever has done the casting has made a good decision, her role demands some poise and level headed person, and she plays it pretty well. Girls you would love to have few of her dresses for sure, go go check out..
Debbies role was a pretty challenging one, being the wife of arjun rampal who has been with him since the band times, was a budding stylist then and is handling the family fish business now, so you can imagine the frustration. She plays it with such confidence, you could so wel relate to her to the ways she reacts to in certain things..Devika has a teeny weeny role but is god enough as a filler. Tanya is adityas ex-girlfren, well if all that was expected from her was to look good, ok mission accomplished, otherwise?????

The Story:

" Rock On!! is the story of 4 friends who put together the greatest band this country has ever seen,but never make it. Years later fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off... a soul-searching pilgrimage into their past. "

-- In the words of the makers and nothing better describes it. I dont want to spill the story, coz you ought to see it yourself to understand how beautifully certain things are handled. How as youngsters they form a reffreshing new band but due to few unavoidable reasons with nobody to blame they part ways, and pursue something they didnt want to get into.. and later how they get back the life they always yearned for.

The Pluses: Relations are handled beautifully, you can relate to one character or the other pretty easily, the fact that guys and gurls are different in their thoughts and theres nothing wrong about it, the fact that if girls dont panic at boys, they do open up and they care for you much more than you can imagine, the fact that there are girls who are level headed, who dont go bonkers about your past relations and todays girls are capable of supporting you both emotionally and financially.. and that hard facts of life can be portrayed in movies without helluva drama.. live your dreams is what they say, yes you got to undestand what you want from life, to be happy.


The Loopholes: Well i have become a big fan of this movie so i dont see any flaws in it... yeah may be the pace and flow could have been better for some, but no i dont want to vouch for it.

Verdict : Rock on ROCKS!!! totaly grounded, emotions, relations and hard facts of life handled beautifully, and sensitively, sensibly...

Watch Out: Some might try finding some resemblance to That thing you Do! as it was also about frens forming a rock band, blah blah but it jsut gives you a feel good.. that you something similar and good again, theres no toher resemblance.

Final Rating: Must Must Musttttt Watch... can watch it more than once definitely.

Muzik - Magic : When music comes from Shankar Ehsaan Loy, well its got to be good, cant we all vouch for it, yeah.. and its proved again, perfect indi rock feeling given by each and every song. You just can stop your foot tapping and hands swiggling to the beats. Even when purab goes on singing a silly english number it sounds super cool, and when sakshi sings ajeeb daastan hai yeh in an amateur way, you love it...
muzik facts: Farhan Akhtar has sung all his songs himself... man i have gone bowled over by this man, he is so so so cool, his husky voice is so apt for a rock band, and the lyrics are by javed akhtar, this is the same man who can write intense songs like tumko dekha to yeh khayal aaya
and neela aasman so gaya...to beedi jalaile....(well am not too sure if it was javed akhtar or gulzar but only one of them could be the one...:))