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Starring: Ranbir Kapoor,
Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Aditi Rao, Piyush Mishra
Director - Imtiaz Ali
Rock star is the journey of a boy - who leaves behind
Janardan to become Jordan; who traverses the highs and
lows of life – from simple naivete to tortured soul,
from the pleasure of unaffected friendship to the
torment of unrequited love, from the campus in Delhi to
the international stage…
Janardan (Ranbir Kapoor), born and brought up in the
very middle class locality of Pitampura in Delhi, has a
larger than life dream – of being a rockstar like Jim
Morrison! But all he gets from his reluctant audience is
ridicule and humiliation.
As a young boy, (Janardan ) now renamed as Jordan used
to spend most of his day with the owner of a music shop
in Delhi. Each day he would pick the same acoustic
guitar and spend hours trying to understand its
intricacies.
She realizes that only this odd ball character called
Janardan, who she’s renamed Jordan has the key to unlock her wilder side. She
also knows that time is ticking away and soon she will be imprisoned into
boring domesticity forever.
He finally gets that heart break he’s wanted so much; and the torment of that
unfulfilled love unleashes in him the musician that he always wanted to
be...but also extracts a terrible price...
Ranbir Kapoor is in his most challenging role as he metamorphoses from a
wannabe Delhi geek to an iconic, charismatic and pioneering rock star, whose
edgy, angst ridden music is but a reflection of his anguished soul.
Credits & Crew:
Banner - Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, Eros
International Media Ltd
Producer - Dhillin Mehta
Director - Imtiaz Ali
Music Director - A. R. Rahman
Story Writer - Imtiaz Ali
Lyricist - Irshad Kamil
Cinematography - Anil Mehta
Editor - Aarti Bajaj
Sound - Dileep Subramaniam
Costume Design - Manish Malhotra, Aki Narula
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After Janardan fails twice in the same class in college;
his elder brother forces him to quit college as he wants
him to join the family transport business. But Janardan
had no interest in the business. In the ensuing fight, his
brother breaks his guitar. Seeing how devastated her son
is, Janardan 's mother gives him the money to buy another
guitar. This guitar is the semi pro guitar which Janardan
carries with him till the end.
He’s at his wit’s end, when he realizes that all musical
stars, all artists in fact, have one thing in common. And
that is tragedy. They all have tragic lives. They have all
suffered painful heartbreaks to become what they are.
As there is no pain in Janardan’s life - it is an oasis of
peace. Unless he does something drastic, he will never
become a rockstar. Heer Kaul (Nargis Fakhri) is the
undisputed diva of the college campus - beautiful,
talented, arrogant, rich and unavailable. She has broken
many hearts.
Janardan hopes she will break
his heart too. He sets out to woo Heer with the sole
object of getting his heart broken. Little realizing what
havoc a real heart break can cause, he’s naive enough to
believe that if he gets his heart broken, he will suffer
enough anguish required to become a great musician.
But when he meets Heer and he’s drawn like moth to a flame
to this cool and classy beauty, which seems absolutely
unattainable. On her part, Heer wants to be a carefree
soul, wanting to break free of all conventions, to let go
in abandonment, to ride on the wild side and to do things
she’s never done before.
Nargis Fakhri is stunning as the classy, campus diva,
who has the world at her feet, but prefers to keeps
everybody at arm’s length. Shammi Kapoor - the iconic
star makes his farewell appearance as the wise Ustad
Jameel Khan who is the first to recognize that
Janardan’s formidable talent cannot be caged, he needs
to be set free as a musician to explore and invent his
own music.
Aditi Rao plays Sheena, the journalist who’s followed
and chronicled Jordan’s graph from struggling artiste to
rock star. She thinks she knows him best, but hasn’t
even come anywhere close to understanding the demons
that drive him on and on.
Piyush Mishra as the canteen manager deserves an
applause, while Shernaz Patel as Mrs Neena Kaul (Heer’s
mother) is striking as she tries her best to understand
the special bond between Heer and Janardan.
- Amarjeet
Cast:
Ranbir Kapoor as Janardan/Jordan
Nargis Fakhri as Heer
Shammi Kapoor as Ustad Jameel Khan
Piyush Mishra as Dhingra
Kumud Mishra as Khatana
Aditi Rao as Sheena
Shernaz Patel as Neena Kaul |
