Rock On!! (2008)

As Good As It Gets

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I didn't have many expectations from this one before the release. Then, came the reviews and they were surprisingly positive which raised my expectation bar. And after watching the movie, I realized that both (moive and the reviews) were Spot On!! Abhishek Kapoor's 'Rock On!!' is indeed a rocking and a refreshing film.It tells the story about four young friends who put together a wonderful band called 'Magik' but could never make it big. The movie brilliantly depicts the life of aspiring rock stars in India and carefully handles their rise, fall and reunion. The whole movie see- saws between the past and the present which keeps the viewer interested.Acting is also nice. Frahan Akhtar acts well and is a capable singer. Though I hope he doesn't become Himesh #2 and keeps his singing within limits. Rest of the cast- Arjun, Purab, Luke, Prachi and Sahana also do well.I have now started finding better movies through www.flickstree.com. It not only suggests great movies to watch, it also tells where you can watch the movie online.. Highly recommended.

A beautiful movie for all the Indian Regional Music & Rock Lovers. This is my first review on IMDb and I'm proud to have watched this movie, bunking college with a bunch of friends to buy tickets in Black and watch this amazing movie. If you haven't watched it, watch it. I can guarantee Farhan Akhtar and Arjun Rampal are their best. Directed by Abhisekh Kapoor who later went on to direct this beautiful film Kai Po Che based on Chetan Bhagat's best-seller 3 Mistakes on my Life. Watch it for the beautiful music, ALL HAIL! Amit Trivedi. The Part 2 on this film is in rumors, but I hope some day Abhisekh Kapoor makes the sequel of this movie with the same actors 10 years later in 2018. It will be better than the Richard Linklater's movies Before Sunrise, Before Sunset & Before Midnight. I pray!

After DCH Farhan debuted into bollywood as a director and with ROCK ON he strikes as a heroThe film is a simple story but is ably handled by the flop director of ARYAN Abhishek KapurThe film is predictable and has hangover of DCH plus it gets unrealistic at places but in such films which talks of dreams, aspirations you can ignore such flawsEven the brain tumor aspect could be done away withThe story is well handled otherwise and by the time it ends you are caught into their livesAbhishek Kapur does a good job Music is a big hit, all songs are fantastic Camera-work is excellent, Sound(Sync sound) is aptFarhan displays the maturity well enough for the role and for a first timer he is awesome Arjun Rampal had acting potential as shown in PIAM, MOKSHA, VAADA but mostly he did bad roles and gave some bad performances but in this film he is back in form, he is outstanding especially when he ages Purab too gets a large role and he is fantastic Prachi is good but Shahana is a rare find, she is natural to the core The guy playing Rob is good too

First, let me start with the negatives of the movie. None. Of course you can start nitpicking for trivial unnecessary detail but the movie is such a treat to watch, you would not want to do that. Kudos to Abhishek Kapoor, this is one of the most brilliantly executed Hindi movies I have seen. I started watching the movie with the expression "Farhan Akhtar and a rock movie ~!"(being an Engineer ~ means negative!) and got really convinced after watching the rather bizarre "Asaman hain neela kyoun..." song. Then the movie takes gear and boy is it a smooth drive. The director uses to the maximum effect interleaving style of narration to maintain a sense of suspense in an emotional drama genre film. Each character is perfectly defined and the story telling is tight. Farhan the actor rocks. He carries the body language of a rock performer with élan and is as cold as ice when required. Every other actor performed exactly what they are supposed to, nothing more nothing less. And even Arjun Rampal is absorbing. When the director knows what he wants, he can extract exactly that from his crew and this is the best example.For a movie based on rock, the music must rock and did Shankar-Ehsan-Loy exceed expectations. With the help of excellent but simple lyrics from Javed Akhtar the music meets the standard of the movie. The lyrics, especially for the rock songs, are different using everyday language and bring freshness to the songs. The song 'Pichle Saat Dinon Mein' is extremely catchy and meaningful. Here again Farhan the rock star rocks rendering his vocals for four songs. I seriously wish Farhan doesn't get carried away by his multi talents and concentrates on directing. That is where we need him the most although I would love to enjoy his acting and singing talents occasionally.I don't want to get into the details of the story as it is best enjoyed when you see it happen. Rock on!! tracks the life of rock band Magik comprising of lead singer Aditya, guitarist Joe, drummer KD and keyboardist Rob. It's a wonderful journey of the intrigue in their lives, the practical realities and their passion. Just enjoy it as Abhishek takes you along.Finally Rock on!! definitely needs more exclamations. Go watch it and I assure you, you will enjoy it immensely. Thanks Abhishek and Farhan, keep rocking on with such quality movies. Indian audience deserves it.