Do you hear music, Rockstar?

I remember watching RK’s first movie, ‘Saawariya’ and I cannot forget how my head was in clouds for I could not understand what was going on in the movie... I had surely brushed RK off thinking he is another Kapoor offspring in the rising and shall fade unnoticed like many. I was so grossly wrong! With his choice of movies and talent he made my judgement about him melt into effervescent fondness. And my point of view strengthened after I watched Rockstar. The movie has witty and earthy dialogues. It is flawed but fabulous.

I think the movie does not have to offer anything great but music. The soul of the movie is its music and RK’s acting. Movie starts with the striking life in Delhi University and a wannabe rock star, Janardan’s yearning to become Jim Morrison. He enters the campus like a mildly frazzled goldfish and learns that without any big pain in life his dreams of becoming a rock star will be reduced to rubble. Enters Heer Kaur who is hot, most desired and famous for breaking heart; Janardan wishes her to break his heart and instil pain so that he becomes rock star. Instead the plot moves on making them quite close to each other and he even rallies round her wedding. Detailed plot has few flaws and since devil lies in details if you ignore story’s imperfection you will enjoy the rest. RK is so skin-deep into the character that his pain, anguish and agony will pique your interest. His vendetta voice makes him look like an irate bear with a sore head. The way he has strum the chords of guitar in frenzy makes him a wannabe. He metamorphoses into an angry, distressed and disgruntled rock star whose pain inflicts on his guitar chords and music... he becomes Jordan.

Sometimes it is difficult to fathom what have you lost despite seeing the presence of perfection in your life. You try hard to get what you like for the fear of forcefully liking what you get. In turn, a lot of us lose the enchanted melodies of life, we neglect the small things which were the reason of our happiness and we forgo people who made us alive. Rock star is not a movie, it is a timeless journey of a wannabe who gets what he wanted in life but at a cost he wasn’t aware of!

"Pata hai..

Yahaan se bahut door
Ghalat aur sahi ke paar
Ek maidan hai
Main wahaan milunga tujhe"