Purely Joyful Movie!

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Blistering performances.

Abhishek Kapoor's 2008 hit 'Rock On' is easily one of the best attempts to come out in Indian Cinema. A film that vows, entertains and moves you. The story of the film is wafer-thin and also predictable, but what works for Rock On is the brilliant execution. The filmmaker deserves brownie-points for making such a true film, and ending up as a fantastic watch. Rock On is an awesome experience all the way... Two Thumbs Up!Pluses of the film: Almost everything. The captain of the ship, the director is the true hero here. A fantastic script made into a a Fantastic film. Music by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy is first- rate. Performances are great: Arjun Rampal delivers a brave performance, he's natural to the core. Farhan Akhtar is strictly okay. Purab Kohli and Luke Kenny are very good. Shahana Goswami is outstanding. Parchi Desai looks cute and delivers an beautiful performance. Koel Purie is passable. Minuses of the film: The film's length could've easy been trimmed.All n All 'Rock On!!!' is a must see film. Strongly recommended.

This Movie is Excellency! Perfect Story! Perfect ActingI cannot believe that their are still Best Writers in this industry! im completely surprised on the scripting and on the story! this movie is highly recommended for light hearted people! it will make them Feel Better and Alive! the way they get back together as a band formation!The Acting Done by the Actors are Extremely Superb! Farhan turned out to be a Fine Actor, a Good Singer, a Very good Director (as he originally is), Awesomely Made film by the Director Abhishek Kapoor, a very Rockstar (i think he is) its none other than Arjun Rampal! he is very Handsome and an Awesome Actor! he did some exceptional acting! so did Purab Kohli and Luke Kenny was Very good! and Prachi Desai was Good! not so much but her effort was nice, Koel Purie looked Smashing!The best thing in this Movie is the Storyline!! i would Rate this Movie! 10 on 10 because it deserves it!I just hate the Reviewers who said this movie wasn't good and them trashing it! they probably like movies like Singh Is Kinng or Welcome or Om Shanti Om! (im not saying those were bad movies all im saying is that good movies aren't being appreciated in this cinema)The Music is Awesome Since its Rock it should be Heavy Duty! but nonetheless it should be as it is! its perfect! Kudos on the Lyrics WOW! awesome!SEL: Hats off to you Brothers!this Movie surely deserves 10 on 10 and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND to everyone! just see this movie IM sure you wont REGRET it!

The movie failed to rock me as much as the hype. Farhan Akhtar chose not to direct but do everything else. Produce, sing, act. With a lisp that becomes irritating at times. Wonder why did he trust one-film-old Abhishek Kapoor to direct a somber, serious, 'grown-up-DCH', and made Papa Akhtar write some Kaale-Neele-Peele rock songs which became nonsensical and had to be somehow fitted in the drums and guitar. The soft ones like 'Tum ho to gaata yeh dil' and 'Kabhi khud pe hansa' are very good though. I did not like the basic premises of the plot that four very good friends don't interact for 10 long years just because of a stupid altercation. The pony-tailed Arjun Rampal and beautiful Prachi Desai provided some saving grace to the otherwise boring cast.

My name isn't inspired by the movie..its an album title. I have seen better films but this one has a charm all its own..even though, the plot is the same as Dil Chahta Hai in a parallel "rock" universe...even though most of the "rock" lyrics were lame...even though the characters were not convincing at all, I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. I wonder why but i actually loved the movie. And that is because I loved the music which continues to surprise me every time i listen to it. I'll write this review from a music perspective since the story and execution itself was nothing new. The first time the trailers showed up, it was exciting to expect something other than Bolly-Dance+romantic-wood music. I first heard the title track and it was real catchy and the other slow number "Ye Tumhari Baatein". Now this song sounded suspicious. It has nothing to do with this genre of music. But then after I watched this movie, it struck me, this is Prachi's song. Prachi, who knows only old Hindi songs. So maybe thats why this song was a little mellow. But the Title track was fun....every time it came on the radio, elders in the car would try to change the channel. To watch the disgust on their face when i turned it back on was fun. But even i have to admit, the lyrics are the most lame here "Ji Karta Hai TV tower Pe main Chad Jauu?"..Sorry, Javed Sir, writing a rock song is different. It has to be raw but not weak. I felt stupid singing the verses but the chorus was slightly better. But then, I watched the movie with friends which started with "Socha Hai". A straight start before any storyline or whatever, immediately sending you the message that this is going to be a fun movie. But then again even though Sh-Eh-Loy has given great music here too, the lyrics sounded like it should have been a song for Tare Zameen par or whatever. "Asmaan hai Neela Neela, Paani Geela Geela, Dekho Dekho, Kya Wo Ped Hai" this rock song is actually trying to inspire people to think. Sounds like a teacher trying to teach science class. But then, enough complaining. The story rolls on to show their friendship and how they want to play for a Big Gig. They need money, so they play "Dandia rock". The title track plays on and they are having fun trying to run through the whole rock star clichés. Not bad, when you think, you haven't seen anything like this in Bollywood movies. But then the Live Gig competition arrives and we are all left wondering how is their song going to sound like because we already know that MAGIK is going to win the show. So, it should be one helluva song. Their act is preceded by another band with a song named "Zehreeley", the heaviest in the OST. But behold, MAGIK plays "Pichele Saat" and though it was light as a feather, it was actually fun. How MAGIK won the competition with this song was convincing due to the band-audience interaction. How the vocalist made sure everyone was enjoying with him. I thought this song was OK but when i heard it in the album/studio version, I was very pleasantly surprised at the groove. THE BEST ROCK song in the OST. The lyrics here is slightly better. Javed Sir even name-checks "Mary Jane"(Marewannah!) which gives it a rock n roll feel. But then he could have done it better. Now they were some music and songs not on the OST. I would like to look up those songs. Meanwhile the "Ajeeb Dastaan" song was beautifully sung and shot. "Tum ho Toh" sang by Joseph Mascarenhas unplugged was a better version than Aditya Shroff's one. The story is meanwhile dragging on about how the band broke up due to personal opinions. What is unconvincing is how their friendships ends too..The music executives are exaggerated. Farhan is sleepwalking through his role. Arjun is a helpless musician in a money minded world. Purab..I don't know what was Purab doing...apart from his stage name KD- killer drummer, he had nothing exciting in his role except for watching Arjun and Farhan fight and make up. Luke gets sick as there was no solid reason to re-unite MAGIK. Only when he says he wants to play together one last time does everyone get serious. For the ending they had to present music that would be the ultimate experience. Hence "Sinbad". Now the lyrics here are good and actually makes sense about living your dream which leads to the music pulling in Joe to the concert. He somehow manages to reach the concert almost at the song end fighting the Indian traffic and potholes. And then MAGIK created MAGIK. Luke dies, Purab gets girl and opens a company with Arjun who is economically better now. And Farhan, he lives out our dreams of being a rock star and a rich man at the same time. Something which is ahem quite unattainable in our rocking country. In here comes "phir dekhiye", the second best song in the album. All in all, the music was fantastic and that was the only reason I sat there in the theater.