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Rockstar

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Eros International
Story by Imtiaz Ali, Muazzam Beg
Starring Ranbir Kapoor
Nargis Fakhri
Shammi Kapoor
Moufid Aziz
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Anil Mehta
Editing by Aarti Bajaj
Studio Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Distributed by Eros International
Release date(s)
  • 11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
[1]
Running time 159 minutes
Country ‹See Tfd› India
Language ‹See Tfd› Hindi
Budget INR60 crore (US$11.97 million)[2]
Box office INR108 crore (US$21.55 million)[3][4]

Rockstar is 2011 Indian musical romantic drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and debutant Nargis Fakhri, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film also stars Shammi Kapoor, Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel and Kumud Mishra, with the former making his last silver screen appearance. The film was produced by Eros International Ltd. along with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. It follows Janardhan Jakhar a.k.a. JJ and Jordan, who dreams of becoming a big rockstar. He undergoes an emotional change to do so and during the process, a love story follows with a girl named Heer, which takes him from India to Prague.

Development of Rockstar commenced in May 2010. Nargis Fakhri was cast as the female lead, after plans to give the role to Kareena Kapoor were shelved. Filming in India took place at Delhi, Kashmir, Mumbai and Dharamsala, while the foreign sequences were shot in Prague, Europe.[5]

Rockstar was released on 11 November 2011. On the day of release, Tibetans in Chennai and Dharmasala protested against the Central Board of Film Certification for asking the film-makers to censor scenes featuring the Tibetan flag. Upon release, the film received positive to mixed reviews.[6] Film critics highlighted Ranbir and Rahman as the stars of the film, but panned the plot. The film did well at the box office, managing to appeal to the youngsters in the cities.[7] Made on a budget of INR60 crore (US$11.97 million), Rockstar grossed INR108 crore (US$21.55 million) worldwide.[8] Ranbir's character brought him awards for best actor from Filmfare and Star Screen. Rahman also received several awards for his music, including Filmfare and Zee TV.

Contents

Plot

The film opens by showing a large crowd outside the Verona Arena, Italy, with eager fans queuing for the rock concert of Jordan (Ranbir Kapoor). Jordan, who was being attacked by thugs moments ago, manages to escape and reach the arena. He shows a complete disregard for his fans, storms onto the stage in a fit of rage and starts strumming his guitar.

A flashback shows the story of Janardhan Jhakar a.k.a. JJ, a simple Haryanvi from Pitam Pura, Delhi, who is a student in Hindu College & dreams of becoming a big star and gets laughed at by his friends for that. Khatana, a canteen owner (Kumud Mishra), tells him that the only way melody can be produced is by undergoing trauma via a heartbreak.

Janardhan jokingly tells himself that since he hasn't seen bad times, he hasn't been able to reach his idol's (Jim Morrison) level of fame. He goes to the performance of Heer Kaul (Nargis Fakhri), one of the girls in St. Stephens College, and overhears that she is the "perfect heartbreaking machine". Instantly deciding to propose to her, he suffers humiliation, which he deciphers as the perfect method for receiving the "heart-break" and the key to "fame". However, they both become good friends, hanging out together and doing things like drinking desi liquor and watching a B-grade Hindi film called "Junglee Jawaani".

Heer marries Jai (Moufid Aziz) in Kashmir and departs to Prague with him. During the process, she develops feelings for JJ and coins the name "Jordan" for him before leaving. JJ returns home finds himself thrown out by his elder brother for attending Heer’s wedding and stealing INR5 lakh. He takes refuge for two months in the nearby Nizamuddin Dargah, singing qawwalis, then shifts to a local temple where he switches over to bhajans and finally to Khatana's place, making it his home.

Ustad Jameel Khan (Shammi Kapoor), a Padma Bhushan classical artist, remembers JJ singing at the Dargah, and prompts Dhingra (Piyush Mishra), the owner of a music company called "Platinum Records", to sign JJ as he foresees a bright future for him. When Sheena (Aditi Rao Hydari), a journalist interviewing Jordan as a rockstar, hints to Jordan that Dhingra intends to send some artists to Prague for a tour and recordings, he instantly volunteers to work there in order to reunite with Heer.

Heer, meanwhile, suffers from continuous spurts of health problems. She meets JJ after a while of intimacy, and he tries to profess his love for her, but Heer, being married, spurns his advances. Heer's warns him to stay away from her and he decides to say "bye" one last time before departing for India. While doing so, Jordan trespasses on Heer’s property and is arrested by cops and deported to India. Upon being brought to India, he is overwhelmed by the media attention he receives. Frustrated, JJ clashes with the media and the Indian Police, resulting in a term in jail. Dhingra becomes happy about the publicity he has received because of JJ, as it has helped the sale of his records.

After being released, JJ meets Mandy (Sanjana Sanghi) during one of his performances. She asks him to help Heer after revealing herself to be her sister, as she has been diagnosed with Multiple myeloma. When he goes to meet her, her mother, Neena Kaul (Shernaz Patel), gets angry and asks him to leave her house as she is aware of his past with Heer. To everyone's surprise, Heer starts recovering quickly due to JJ's presence. He starts to spend more time with her disregarding all his work. During a visit to Kangra Valley, Heer accompanies him to one of his concerts where the media links them, portraying her as having an affair despite being married. Heer asks Jordan to take some time off and first finish his work before coming back to her. Her condition worsens ; she slowly slips into a coma, and is discovered to be pregnant with JJ's child. Mandy calls him for one last time hoping that she will recover. However, her condition only worsens.

The film ends as it started: with JJ performing "Nadaan Parindey", and he envisions Heer's spirit.

Cast

Production

Casting

The male lead of Rockstar is played by Ranbir Kapoor, with whom Eros International worked previously on Anjaana Anjaani. His role of Jordan is loosely based on Imtiaz Ali's Jat friend, who lived in a small settlement in Pitam Pura.[9] He had seen Kareena Kapoor's performance in his Jab We Met wanted to cast her in the film. However, the script required some romantic scenes between the leads. As Ranbir and Kareena happened to be cousins, this was touted as a problem. Moreover, the filmmakers did not want to replace Ranbir with any other actor as the character he portrayed was reportedly suitable only for him. They then made a joint decision to replace Kareena with Nargis Fakhri.[10][11] Voice actor Mona Ghosh Shetty dubbed for Nargis Fakhri. The film marked Shammi Kapoor's last appearance in a feature film; he died on 14 August 2011.[12]

Filming

Imtiaz Ali during the filming of the film in Prague

The shooting for Rockstar began in May 2010. A major part of the shooting took place in Kashmir at Kulgam, Kupwara and Srinagar, while the last phase was shot in Delhi at places like the Kotla Mubarakpur, Nizamuddin Dargah, Greater Kailash, Munirka, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Connaught Place, Shri Ram College of Commerce, St. Stephen's College and the Hindu College, which was Imtiaz Ali's alma mater.[13] Foreign sequences were shot at Wenceslas Square, Charles Bridge and the Old Town in parts of Prague.[14] The film was shot in reverse as the crew didn't want to break the continuity of Ranbir's hairstyle. The climax with long hair was shot first.[9] Kapoor had to transform himself into a rockstar: he practised guitar at A. R. Rahman's studio in Chennai for many days, read Kurt Cobain's biography and familiarised himself with Jats.[15]

Rockstar's costumes were designed by Aki Narula and Manish Malhotra, who dressed Ranbir in "small-town denim-and-sweater combination and later, pathani-style kurtas with arm bands", thus completing the rockstar look.[16] Nargis Fakhri, who plays the role of a Kashmiri Pandit girl, wore a traditional Kashmiri Pandit wedding outfit in the wedding scene, which included Pandit Pheran, Dejhor (ear ornament) and Taranga (head cap worn underneath the veil).[17] This also happens to be the first time in Bollywood that a Kashmiri Pandit wedding was shown.[18]

Soundtrack

Main article: Rockstar (soundtrack)

The music for the film is scored by A. R. Rahman, who replaces Imtiaz Ali's previous associate, Pritam. The soundtrack features 14 tracks,[19] with all lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. The recording of the album took place in Chennai, London and Mumbai. Mohit Chauhan had lent his voice for nine songs. The audio rights were bought by T-Series.[20] Upon release on 30 September 2011, it received positive reviews from critics. "Sadda Haq" became the most popular song of the album and was named as a "youth anthem".[21]

Release

Rockstar released on 11 November 2011 and saw a good advance opening at multiplexes closer to educational institutions.[22] The film released in 2,500 screens, and saw cinema halls running 14 to 15 shows in a day.[23]

Controversy

Major parts of the song "Saadda Haq" were shot at the Norbulingka monastery in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala and people waving the free Tibet flag in the backdrop were shown in the song video. This triggered a dispute between Central Board of Film Certification and Imtiaz Ali when the Board asked Ali to blur the flag before the film hit the theatre, but the director refused to do it. Imtiaz Ali said, "I am not concerned at all. I have been out of India for long and don’t know whats going on, but I don’t see anything controversial in the intention portrayal in the movie. The purpose of the movie is not to make any social message, its more about personal freedom rather than a geographical issue."[24] However, he had to remove the sequence from the video to get the film's censor done. Later an official from the Board stated: "The Censor Board chief explained to them that all the cuts were made by the director voluntarily,and he had the option of appealing to a review board which he didn’t do. There were certain discussions between (Imtiaz) Ali and the Board regarding retaining a kiss between two actors (Ranbir and Nargis), but there have been no disagreement regarding deleting the flag from the frames." The controversy sparked protests among the Tibetan diaspora in Dharamsala and Chennai.[25]

Critical response

Rockstar received positive to mixed reviews upon release.[6] Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Rockstar is a simple, unspectacular tale, sometimes even predictable, but director Imtiaz Ali masterfully weaves in details that draw us in."[26] Aniruddha Guha of DNA too gave the film 4 out of 5 saying that the film was "like an effective crescendo that leaves you wanting more."[27] Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India also gave the film 4 out of 5 and stated that "The highpoint of Rockstar is it's high tension, high-on-passion romance between two unlikely people".[28] Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated it 3.5 stars out of 5 and said, "Rockstar is flawed but fabulous."[29] Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times also gave a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and noted "The canvas is wide like early Sanjay Leela Bhansali's; bird's view of the stunning bridge is very Mani Ratnam; witty, earthy dialogues are so Vishal Bhardwaj. Director Imitiaz Ali manages to retain a personal, auteur's touch in a genre vastly commercial, mainstream. This is a rare feat."[30] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, and said "On the whole, Rockstar does not live up to the confidence and expectations from the otherwise very skilled and accomplished film-maker Imtiaz Ali."[31] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN also gave 3 stars out of 5, commenting "Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar is a far-from-perfect film, but it has honesty and depth, which is mostly missing in Hindi movies today."[32]

Sumit Bhattacharya of Rediff gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5, saying that "Rockstar is what is called a one-time watch", and highlighted that the film "is more Devdas than Jim Morrison".[33] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV too gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, and said "Rockstar has a Sufi soul. If only it had been set free and allowed to go the whole hog!"[34] Komal Nahta of Koimoi again gave the film 2.5 out of 5, and said, "Rockstar will meet with a mixed response: one section of the audience (mainly youngsters in the cities) will love it while another section (mainly the single-screen audience and public of smaller cities) will find it ordinary."[35] Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said "AR Rahman's music is the soul of the film. What is missing is the spine, leaving just a jelly in place."[36] Yahoo! gave the film 1 star out of 5, and said "Rockstar drives home an unscientific hypothesis that people who’ve endured sufferings/heart break etc will reach their creative best."[37] A reviewer from Reuters commented that Rahman and Ranbir are the stars of the film while saying "Rockstar works on so many levels, but it fails miserably on so many more."[38].

Box office

Domestic

Upon release, Rockstar had a very good opening. The film opened to a good response at multiplexes with bookings averaging around 60–70%, and single screens witnessed a lower capacity at around 30–40%.[39] It collected INR10 crore (US$2 million) nett on its opening day, thus becoming the second highest opener in a non-festival season after Ready.[7][40] The good opening was attributed to the multiplexes across cities, the "star power" of Ranbir Kapoor as well as the youthful theme of the film.[7] The film showed growth on Saturday by grossing INR11.25 crore (US$2.24 million) nett, therefore taking its two-day net total to INR20.5 crore (US$4.09 million).[41] A similar growth was seen on Sunday, and hence the first weekend collection ended at INR33.75 crore (US$6.73 million) nett, the majority of which was collected from Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Bangalore.[42]

Rockstar opened well on Monday collecting around INR5.75 crore (US$1.15 million) nett, with 40% drop as compared to the first day collections, thus taking the four-day total to INR39 crore (US$7.78 million) nett.[43] The film collection saw another noticeable fall on Tuesday as it collected around INR4.25 crore (US$847,875) nett, with five days collection totaling to INR43.25 crore (US$8.63 million) nett.[44] At the end of first week, the film had a good collection by grossing INR47.46 crore (US$9.47 million) nett, though the film had found appreciation only with a small section of the audience.[45] In the process, it was ranked ninth in the list of all-time first week domestic collections.[46]

Rockstar grossed INR2.50 crore (US$498,750) nett on second Friday, with a 75% drop as compared to the first day.[47] On Saturday, the film collected INR3.25 crore (US$648,375) nett, and INR4.25 crore (US$847,875) nett on Sunday, taking the second weekend collection totaled at INR10 crore (US$2 million), representing a 70% drop from its first weekend. As of ten days, the film had collected approximately INR57.46 crore (US$11.46 million) nett.[48] Rockstar made INR15.85 crore (US$3.16 million) nett in the second week, declining by 67% and taking the two week collection totaled at INR63.31 crore (US$12.63 million) nett.[49] The film on week three managed to earn INR2.96 crore (US$590,520), and hence taking three weeks collections to INR66.27 crore (US$13.22 million).[50] By the end of its fifth week, the film netted INR67.49 crore (US$13.46 million).

International

Rockstar managed to gross $1.65 million from all overseas markets and was termed as below the mark. The film collected £1,85,000 in the UK, $6,12,000 in North America, $3,70,000 in UAE and $1,00,000 in Australia.[51]

Accolades

Ceremony Category Recipient Result
2nd BIG Star Entertainment Awards[52] Most Entertaining Film Actor – Male Ranbir Kapoor Won
Most Entertaining Romantic Actor – Male Ranbir Kapoor Won
Most Entertaining Romantic Film Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Won
Most Entertaining Song Saadda Haq Won
Most Entertaining Playback Singer – Male Mohit Chauhan – Saadda Haq Won
Most Entertaining Film Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Nominated
Most Entertaining Director Imtiaz Ali Nominated
Most Entertaining Music A. R. Rahman Nominated
18th Annual Colour Screen Awards[53] Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor Won
Best Music A. R. Rahman Won
Best Male Playback Mohit Chauhan – Saadda Haq Won
Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parindey Nominated
Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil – Saadda Haq Nominated
Best Cinematography Anil Mehta Nominated
Best Sound Design Dilip Subramanium Nominated
Best Production Design Arcopolis and Sumit Basu Nominated
Best Actor (Popular Choice) Ranbir Kapoor Nominated
Zee Cine Awards 2012[54] Best Actor – Male Ranbir Kapoor Won
Best Director Imtiaz Ali Won
Best Film Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Nominated
Best Playback Singer – Male Mohit Chauhan – Jo Bhi Main Won
Best Music A. R. Rahman Won
Best Lyrics Irshad Kamil – Rockstar Won
Best Editing Aarti Bajaj Won
Best Screenplay Imtiaz Ali Won
Best Song Saadda Haq Nominated
7th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards[55][56] Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor Won
Best Playback Singer – Male Mohit Chauhan – Saadda Haq Won
Best Music A. R. Rahman Won
Best lyricist Irshad Kamil – Rockstar Won
Best Film Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Nominated
Best Director Imtiaz Ali Nominated
Best Actress in Supporting Role Aditi Rao Hydari Nominated
Best Playback Singer Female Harshdeep Kaur – Katiya Karu Nominated
Best Screenplay Imtiaz Ali Nominated
Best Cinematography Anil Mehta Nominated
Best Sound Design Dilip Subramanium Nominated
Best Sound Mixing Alok De & Dileep Subramanium Nominated
57th Filmfare Awards[57] Best Film Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Nominated
Best Director Imtiaz Ali Nominated
Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor Won
Best Actor (critics) Ranbir Kapoor Won
Best Music A.R Rahman Won
Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parindey & Saadda Haq Won
Best Male Playback Singer Mohit Chauhan – Saadda Haq & Jo Bhi Main Won
Best Female Playback Singer Harshdeep Kaur – Katiya Karu Nominated

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