Purely Joyful Movie!

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Music by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman carries a convoluted love story written and directed by Imtiaz Ali.Delhi boy Janardan (Ranbir Kapoor ) and exotic Kashmiri girl Heer (newcomer Nargis Fakhri) meet as students in a Delhi college. Heer dubs him "Jordan," and the name sticks. Jordan is a bit of a nerd, but he has music in him; the one thing he's missing, according to an old friend, is angst. "Nobody can make great art until they've experienced real pain," says his friend. When a family misunderstanding ends up with Jordan thrown out of his family's home, he seeks refuge at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, sleeping on its floors with other city outcasts and eating the simple, free food from its kitchen. Gradually, the charity he experiences there and the power of its Sufi music change Jordan, and — guitar in hand — he learns to hone his craft by playing for whatever audience will have him, be it a shrine full of Muslim worshipers or a Hindu gathering, random listeners on the street or even the prostitutes in a local brothel. These scenes are the absolute high point of the film, sparked with Rahman's inspired music and convincing guitar and vocal performances by Kapoor (with the dubbed vocals of singer Mohit Chauhan ). Technical aspects are well handled, especially Anil Mehta 's camera work capturing the grand vistas of Kashmir, Dharamsala, Delhi and Prague (the film was shot in association with the Czech Republic's film commission). Guitar wonderland Orianthi Panagaris (This Is It) lends her blazing licks to the film's background score as well. One incongruous image sticks in the mind. During the film's most blistering rock anthem, Jordan sings to an audience of Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's home in exile. The careful viewer will note that a banner in the background that reads "Free Tibet" has been digitally blurred out — at the orders of India's censor board, reportedly bowing to Chinese government pressure. The song Jordan sings in the scene, "Sadda Haq," speaks about freedom and truth. Director Imtiaz Ali has not spoken out publicly about the issue, but young Indians have been vocal in appreciating its irony. Real piece of cinema!~Emily

Bollywood never usually make best movies, the usually follow others idea's or the easy way, copy from foreign cinema, but this film is something different from the typical Bollywood movie. Good foreign locations, fantastic cast and crew, marvelous acting, real struggle of life, fabulous music and the most important thing, the message that not every love story had happy ending. The one thing i love about this movie is the main lead character Ranbir Kapoor I've seen his other movies before this one, and i couldn't believe that he could act like this too. If you gonna love anything about this movie it's gonna be the Music and the acting.... So a must watch movie, if you have a good taste in foreign cinema....

When the movie got released, many complained that they didn't like it for various reasons. But mainly coz of its so called abrupt ending that they didn't like. I think it was misunderstood and even a bit mis-realized at the very first place. Don't know somebody has thought of it or not, but the blame for this comes down on two things -1)Strong role, weak actress : the whole life of Jordan was revolving around this girl he loved. She played the strongest part in his life and the film's story. This role required a lot of conviction and expertise of an accomplished actress. But what we got instead, a new comer calendar girl who was a new joinee into kindergarten acting school. I believe that was the biggest mistake made by Imtiaz. Selecting Nargis Fakhri for such an important role that was the basis of super-strong performance of Ranbir and his music (one of bests of AR Rahman). Nargis tried her very best and gave a pretty decent performance for a new comer, but, infront of these very strong people, she looked completely out of place.2)Marketing: Sadda Haq, yes this song was great and all. But using this song as the prime weapon of publicity was a blunder b'coz the movie was a love story and this song set the mood otherwise. I heard many people saying that we expected that Jordan would be a rebel against the corrupt system (in the League of Rang De Basanti). There are no 2 thoughts about it, it was a very personal and intimate movie, but in contrast, Sadda Haq was a totally rebellious and crowd-pulling song and not apt for marketing the movie. Also, the whole movie was thought of to be presented as Jordan(Ranbir) being the sole driver of the story. But in fact, he was driven by Heer(Nargis) at each step. And as I already said, she was no match to what the role demanded. The movie would have been so better if they would have got an accomplished actress instead of a newcomer. With Ranbir, AR Rahman, Imtiaz Ali and Mohit Chauhan, bars were already very high for this movie, why don't they seriously thought while selecting the main lead actress also, i don't know. They should have given equal weightage to lead actress too. Then the ending would have been more clear and satisfying. B'coz movie doesn't end with Jordan's life, it ends with Heer's life and explaining "when and where" Jordan and Heer will live happy together, forever.Still after these flaws, it is 1 of my personal favorites of all time. And i give it 9/10 (minus 1 for Nargis). This is what we call "one step behind the true perfection". But apart from these reasons, it is truly a great effort by Imtiaz and and i would like to congratulate Ranbir n Mohit for this particular movie.

Rockstar is a movie about a confused youth who achieves fame a rock singer. And what all he loses in the process to achieve fame. Somewhere in the beginning of the film, the character Janardhan Jakhar is told that one can be a true artist only if he suffers pain. And he goes about looking for an opportunity to create pain for himself (as well as others around him!). In this process, he tries to woo a girl already betrothed to someone else, knowing well that the drama is going to cause him a lot of pain, and give him the motivation to become a singer! The problem with this film is that it represents the wrong track on which the society thinks. And it gives a very wrong message. After watching this flick, quite a few creative individuals may think about dropping their pursuits. This is the 'Sadda Haq' generation, to quote a song from the film. These are the people who feel entitled to everything on Earth, and make a lot of noise during the TV debates. Unfortunately, the film ends up glorifying such behavior. The Rockstar's behavior and motivations are completely out of place. Nothing justifies that show of rage, or anti-social behavior which he exhibits. Apart from the wrong message, the film suffers from a poor and incoherent screenplay as well. One scene jumps to another, without much co-relation between them. Performance wise, Ranbir Kapoor is good as the rebel-without-a-cause Rockstar, but so would be anyone playing the role. It is the debut of the lead actress, Nargis Fakhri, and it is not fair to have sky-high expectations from her! The music is certainly not A.R. Rehman's best, but the excellent lyrics more than make up for it. The director Imtiaz Ali had shown this tendency of randomness in his previous flicks (Love Aaj Kal), but had managed to keep them intact. Here, he completely loses the plot. The high ratings are symbolic of a similarly confused society that has gone 'out-of-focus' itself. I will go with a four out of ten for Rockstar. Ra.One and Bodyguard are much more entertaining!