Hypothetical story of pain and creative genius.

Rating: 5/10 (25 November 2011)

Rockstar is a hypothetical depiction of a aspiring singer and performer, that rests on "pain and suffering" as the prime element in the movie. It is clearly shown that success does not come without an imbibed pain and that it has to be essentially or through suffering, made a part of an artist or a creative genius.
I am an avid fan of Imtiaz Ali movies as he has always shown the true colors in life with no camouflage of any kind. The dialogs have always been so natural in his earlier movies and you could someway know where the movie is taking you and still be thrilled and excited to know it. His movies had always been a commonplace which everyone could relate themselves to. Though, Rockstar unlike his other creations failed to impress me as anticipated because it rests on pure ideological grounds and camouflaged events. As the name suggests, Rockstar is music driven and commendable for the way A.R. Rehman has explored into a new territory of Sufi, Czech and Rock. For a music lover, the movie will spell bounds of fun but for a serious movie goer and critic, it would look nothing but an exaggerated attempt to show anger and frustration and how it leads to creativity. Ranbir Kapoor as a protagonist has done justice to the role and I believe no other actor could have showed the gravity and expressions that were needed to show the madness and craving desire to be someone great. The role needed a young, angry, outcast and rowdy actor and Ranbir was him. The story follows the ambitions of a boy in a traditional and conventional New Delhi life who wants to be a rockstar. He often gets inspired by music legends and wants to be known like them. Though his attempts to be someone great are always saddened somewhat by the narrow mindedness that is floating around him and otherwise by his own foolishness of being a careless and stupid lad. He learns that true passion and creativity lies in pain and that he had no pain in life. Hence, he tries to find pain around himself and how he could then be someone great. In the process, he comes across a chick who is known to be sophisticated and talked about in his college, tries to be rejected by her so that he can feel pain. Eventually by his own foolishness, he gives up but the girl finds fun. They both start being together as they carry same ideas of mischief. What begins from then, is a story of madness to be with the girl and hence the his songs carry pain which is always wanted. Another element in the story that could make it a little tolerable is its cinematography. Certain songs have been shot with great emphasis to how the songs could relate to the surroundings. Thus, one actually feels for a small period of time to be experiencing the events. Other than that, the movie had no substance. And, I would not recommend it to someone who thinks him/herself to be a serious movie watcher. You can skip this one as you did the last few.