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Rockstar is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman, to the 2011Hindimusical filmof the same name, directed by Imtiaz Ali, and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in the lead roles. The film also stars Shammi Kapoor, who makes his last silver screen appearance in the film. The film is jointly produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and Eros International. The album features fourteen tracks, and was released on 30 September 2011 by T-Series to extremely positive critical reception and hysterical response from fans, grabbing nominations and numerous music awards held in the subsequent year.^[1] The entire album topped the iTunes world charts 2011 and continued its legacy until early 2012.^[1]The Indian Express has termed the film’s soundtrack 'A Milestone for Bollywood'.^[1]

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Production[edit]

The music for the film is scored by A R Rahman replacing Imtiaz Ali's previous associate, Pritam. Mohit Chauhan has lent his voice for nine songs and he is voice of character Jordan (played by Ranbir Kapoor).^[2] In 2010, during the development of the album, Rahman stated, 'Rockstar is a character driven film and as one can guess from the title, there will be lots of guitar'.^[3] In 2010, several meetings of Ali and the lyricist brought into a phrase titled, 'Words destroy what I have to say'. The song (Jo Bhi Main) that brings out the dilemma of the protagonist. Kamil suggested the last two lines (In lafzon ke maayne jaaney kaun badalta hai, main kehta hoon kuch, aur matlab aur koi ho jaata hai) for the particular song.^[1] But Ali didn’t accept the lines because the protagonist wasn’t supposed to have this level of sophistication as he was not poetic.^[1] To make it sound like something that could come from character Jordan, Kamil toned down the original after a few more rounds of discussion the lines were 'Jo Bhi Main Kehna Chaahoon Barbaad Kare Alfaaz Mere' in the soundtrack.^[1] Upon development of the vociferating words Sadda Haq, Kamil stated that the situation needed a politically charged number that Jordan performs before a surging crowd at the height of his artistic angst.^[1] The slogan was used by students in during Kamil’s college days in Punjab to protest against the administration’s arbitrary announcement of exams.^[1] On writing lyrics of 'Phir Se Udd Chala', the analogies, he stated on introduction of offtrack lines like 'Banu Raavan, Jiyoon Mar Marke' ('I become Raavan by continuing to live each time I die'), 'The line was a metaphor for character Jordan who like the demon Ravan from the mythology Ramayana, dies a number of times and yet goes on with his life and that is why I used the Ravan simile.'^[1] As per Rahman two songs Jo Bhi Mein and Sadda Haq aspire to be in the tradition of song Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones and song Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd. Further, he added, 'Just like most rock songs stood for people's voices, here also the central character's cry relates to every one of us.' In an interview with Mid-Day, he stated, 'I consciously kept away from using distorted guitars and heavy snazzy music. But I have done it here in Rockstar. Plus most songs are acoustic.'^[4] For the song Katiya Karun singer Harshdeep Kaur noted that the song was recorded at AR Studios, Powai, Mumbai. Rahman asked the translation of Katiya Karun lyrics to which she explained the meaning to him. The lyrics translate as, 'I spin your cotton all night, the entire day is spent in this thought, I shall live and die for you, Be a spinning wheel O’ my body.' Rahman wanted it to be a very catchy number as it was going to be a fun song with Jordan and Heer (played by Nargis Fakhri) on the road. Rahman started composing and created the song right in front of the singer. Kaur stated that it wasn't a folk song, only the rhyme Katiya Karun belongs to a Punjabi folk content.^[5] A part of the song was shot at a discotheque and hence, Kamil put in subtle metaphor lyrics in the song lines translating, 'I will spin your cotton all night long' that indirectly implied 'I will be at your services all night', thus giving it an item song touch.^[1]

The soundtrack album is a musical journey that sails through ballads, Gujarati folk, Sufi music and gypsy notes from an unheard Czech tradition.^[6] Prior to composing sessions, Imtiaz Ali told A. R. Rahman about the lead character of the film, 'I told him how Jordan, the protagonist is inarticulate, how he can express himself only through music, how his music is influenced by not only his situation but also by the music of the place he visits. So when Jordan is in Prague hanging about with gypsies, he imbibes their spirit and makes gypsy music. This is what Hawaa Hawaa is.' Likewise, when Jordan is thrown out of his house in the film, he goes to Nizamuddin Dargah, spends time with the Qawwals, absorbs their music and plays with them. His journey wasn't only understanding music, but also about understanding life and so the song Kun Faya Kun was composed. Kun Faya Kun (an Arabic phrase which means 'be, and it is'),^[6] a qawwali, composer A. R. Rahman has dedicated to Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya. The track The Dichotomy of Fame, a shehnai-guitar instrumental jugalbandi, is picturised on the late Shammi Kapoor as a gloomy-looking shehnai player in the image of Ustad Bismillah Khan, jamming with Ranbir Kapoor.^[6] On the song Sadda Haq, the singer Mohit Chauhan quoted, 'I spent an entire day trying to record Sadda Haq with Rahman saab. But couldn't get it right. The next day, I did a take when he was yet to arrive and it sounded perfect and then the final version was recorded.'^[4] The music video of Sadda Haq, another track, has Ranbir Kapoor performing in front of a live audience. Kapoor had travelled to Chennai and stayed with Rahman for a week in order to 'feel the song imbibe and absorb it' so that when he finally performs it, the song would be an 'extension of his personality.'^[7]

Release[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

Songs

The soundtrack met with rave reviews, with most critics citing it as the best album of 2011. The Indian Express called the album a 'milestone' in the history of Bollywood music.^[6] In addition, many reviewers have hailed the track 'Sadda Haq' as the 'youth anthem of India'.^[12] A review by Mumbai Mirror concluded, 'Mohit shines through with his versatility, Irshad Kamil's lyrics make simplicity seem profound and Rahman shows who's the boss. Respect.' The review hailed the album as the 'album of the year' and as 'one of A. R. Rahman's best Hindi scores.'^[8] Nikhil Hemrajani Hindustan Times commented that, 'It may come across as a surprise, but the music of this Imtiaz Ali film is nothing like its name suggests. However, Rockstar’s music is in no hurry to get to its destination. Listen to it without a care for the world and you’ll love it. Rahman’s masterful control is evident in every aspect of the soundtrack, and once again reminds us why he’s the country’s most important composer. We won’t be surprised to see this become a classic.'^[13]CNN-IBN stated that the soundtrack too belongs completely to Rahman as his previous albums but he does not come very close to his real potential in 'Rockstar'.^[14]Koimoi gave the album four and a half star out of five, and said 'Overall, Rockstar is a good album.'^[10]Music Aloud's review called it 'a soundtrack of epic proportions', giving it 9.5/10.^[9] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave the album 3.5 (out of 5) and stated, 'Since there is immense curiosity and excitement to check out what Rockstar has to offer, the album can be expected to fly off the shelves/get downloaded in quick time. While initial sales would be impressive enough.'^[15] Critic Baradwaj Rangan wrote, 'Rahman, we have trained ourselves to be indulgent, even if we suspect that he is never going to give us an album that we take to instantly, and even if we fear that we are going to rush out in droves to purchase our copies of Rockstar duck only to register the initial response of bemusement.'^[16] For Bloomberg TV India, Pratish Narayan stated, 'So it’s left to Rahman to redeem the movie with a soundtrack and score that is arguably his best and most diverse since 'Dil Se.' more than a decade ago. Credit must also go to Mohit Chauhan, whose voice gives life to almost all the songs, ranging from catchy rock tunes and Indian folk music to soulful and dark sufi numbers and romantic ballads.'^[17]Planet Bollywood, Atta Khan writes, 'But for a standalone Rahman soundtrack, Rockstar will only ever fit in the 'very good' category. Only 'Kun Faya Kun', “Hawaa Hawaa” and 'Saadda Haq' can be classed as songs that have the wow factor that we come to associate with his best music. As expected, producing a winning 14-song album is a very tough ask for sure and there's no denying that his latest fans will be happy with the outcome but overall, for those who have had a taste of his true classics, it will not be remembered as one of his best. As for Imtiaz Ali, well what are his chances of collaborating with Rahman for consecutive soundtracks? As a result, he might revert to Pritam (or a newcomer) after this short but interesting experiment with a genius who has a bit too much on his plate at the moment. However the short experiment has paid off for the director - the music of Rockstar works best for the film and its protagonist Jordan. Soundtrack of the year? Quite possibly..'^[18] Writing for Yahoo! News, critic Satyajit felt, 'ROCKSTAR that will be ruling the audio stands and will be enjoying big shelf-life in months to come'.^[19] For Bollyspice, Rumnique Nannar wrote, 'The Rockstar album does fulfill the main requirements, Rahman has reclaimed his title as one of the most innovative music directors in the industry, and the music is very good. Yet this is all surface level, the music as lovely and easy on the ears as it is. Rahman stepping out of his comfort zone and attempting an album that appeals across the board and he does succeed in that. '^[20]

Background Score

Saibal Chatterjee at NDTV noted, 'AR Rahman’s outstandingly lively and eclectic musical score presents a wide range of sounds blended into a harmonious whole.'^[21] Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India reviewed the score as, 'The music by AR Rahman are stuff classics are made of. Of course, Sadda Haq is the youth anthem by now, but there are so many beautiful tracks in the film, you get heady and stirred.'^[22]Taran Adarsh for Bollywood Hungama writes, 'Music maestro A.R. Rahman's music is scintillating. Rockstar must've been a challenge for Rahman to depict the emotional catharsis a rockstar undergoes and the tracks, I wish to add, aren't the typical Rahman numbers either.' He added, 'A captivating score by A. R. Rahman'.^[23] At Daily News and Analysis, Aniruddha Guha wrote, 'The music itself is a delight. Each AR Rahman number is lilting, and woven beautifully in the story, the high frequency of songs not hindering the storytelling but enhancing the experience. Lyricist Irshad Kamil does an outstanding job, penning words that reflect the lead character’s state of mind and complement situations aptly.'^[24]Komal Nahta at Koimoi summarized, 'A.R. Rahman’s music comprises some hit numbers and some which are not too easy on the lips. Sadda haq, Hawaa hawaa, Katiya Karoon and Kun faya are very appealing songs. Irshad Kamil’s lyrics are rich and wonderful.'^[25] Raja Sen at Rediff stated, 'It's remarkable how much narrative detail Ali leaves to the asides, to margin notes not underscored and overwhelmed by AR Rahman's grand, lovely soundtrack.'^[26] The newspaper, The Telegraph claimed, 'And no alfaaz is enough for Rahman. After a couple of disappointing Indian scores (Endhiran and Jhootha Hi Sahi), this is sublime stuff. And perhaps a tad autobiographical. The way Jordan finds soul and solace in the dargah must have been reminiscent of Rahman’s own conversion of faith.'^[27]Rajeev Masand was quoted saying, 'AR Rahman’s score serves as the spine of this enterprise, emerging expectedly as one the film’s biggest strengths.'^[28]

Mini-concerts[edit]

Special mini-concerts were planned across cities including Delhi, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Pune, Kolkata, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Indore and Bangalore. These concerts started from 19 October 2011 however A. R. Rahman was not the part of it. Rahman toured in support of Rockstar album only in London, Mumbai and Delhi.^[29] Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri, as well as singer Mohit Chauhan, performed in mini-concerts planned by 'Rockstar team'.^[30]

Controversy[edit]

In the music CD of the album, lyricist Irshad Kamil's name had been left out on the album cover and on the inner pages. Instead, the CD has given prominent credit to poet Rumi, whose poem was sung by Ranbir Kapoor. In defense, Imtiaz Ali stated, 'It is just a clerical error and sometimes it happens when things are not in our hands. Irshad is my only friend, who has been there with me from the start. In the next lot of the audio CDs, we are going to rectify this mistake.' When the record label's head, Bhushan Kumar was questioned about the missing credit on the album cover, he claimed that it was producer's mistake. He added that the album covers were made by the publicity designer who must have forgotten about it. Also, T-Series doesn't have the control to change it.^[31]

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.'^[32] 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.^[33] Later television broadcasts blotted out a 'Free Tibet' banner featured in the song.

Track listing[edit]

The complete track listing of the soundtrack was released on 16 September 2011, on A. R. Rahman's official site.^[34] All lyrics were penned by Irshad Kamil.

Awards[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from A. R. Rahman's official website^[41] as well as original CD liner notes^[42]

Backing Vocals

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Clinton Cerejo's session singers

Suzanne D'Mello's session singers: A. R. Reihana, Swetha Mohan, Prashanthini, Augustine Paul, Ebenezer Arunkumar, Rachel Tharian, Joel Thilagaraj, Cleona Abraham, Kalyani Nair, Nadisha Thomas, Harini Ramkumar, Priyadharshini, Deepa Mariam, Parveen Azad, Simran, Rumana Ali, Shagufta Jan, Shagufta Rehman, Srinidhi Venkatesh

Crowd chorus: Sumit Basu, Roysten Abel, Teddy Maurya, Abhishek Roy, Satish Raj, Ashima Chibber, Tanmai Rastogi, Anubhav Roy, Abhinandan Reddy, Pushpa Jain

Personnel

Production

• Producer: A. R. Rahman
• Mastering:
  • Louie Teran at Marcussen Mastering Studios, Los Angeles
  • Aditya Modi, R. Nitish Kumar at Premier Digital Mastering Studios, Mumbai
• Additional Recording: Tal Herzberg records Orianthi and Oscar Seaton for the song 'Sadda Haq'
• Engineers:
  • Suresh Permal, Hentry Kuruvilla, T. R. Krishna Chetan, Srinidhi Venkatesh, Jerry Vincent, P. A. Deepak (at Panchathan Record Inn)
  • Abhinav Varma, Puneer Samtani (Nirvana Studios, Mumbai)
  • S. Sivakumar, K.J. Singh Kannan Ganpat, Pradeep, Kartikheyan (at A.M. Studios)
  • Tony Joy, Viviane Chaix (at Panchathan Hollywood Studios)
• String engineer: V.J. Srinivasamurthy
• Mixing: P. A. Deepak, S. Sivakumar, T. R. Krishna Chetan, Santoshi Noguchi, Hentry Kuruvilla
• Music co-ordinators: Noell James, T. M. Faizuddin
• Musicians' fixer: R. Samidurai

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefghijAkshay Manwani (1 September 2013). 'Something to Sing About - The life and lyrics of Irshad Kamil'. The Caravan. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
2. ^Joshi, Tushar (7 April 2010). 'Ranbir-Rahman get jammin''. Mid-day.com. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
3. ^'Nothing gets Rahman worked up'. Hindustan Times. June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
4. ^ ^ab'Was so overworked thought I would die: AR Rahman'. Mid-Day. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
5. ^'Rahman is like God: 'Rockstar' singer Harshdeep Kaur'. Bollywood Life. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
6. ^ ^abcd'Back In BeatRockstar - Indian Express'. www.indianexpress.com.
7. ^'Ranbir Kapoor rushes to Chennai for the recording of climax song of Rockstar'. Bollywood Hungama. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
8. ^ ^abAnand Holla (5 October 2011). 'Rock solid'. Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.
9. ^ ^ab'ROCKSTAR – MUSIC REVIEW'. Music Aloud. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
10. ^ ^ab'Rockstar Music Review'. 19 October 2011. Koimoi.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
11. ^Joginder Tuteja (3 October 2011). 'Rockstar: Music Review by Joginder Tuteja'. Bollywood Hungama.
12. ^'Battle Royal for Ranbir Kapoor!'. NDTV. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
13. ^'Music Review: Rockstar'. Hindustan Times. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
14. ^'Music Review: 'Sadda Haq' excels in 'Rockstar''. CNN-IBN. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
15. ^'Rockstar'. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
16. ^'The Rahman Effect'. Baradwaj Rangan. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
17. ^Narayan, Pratish (16 November 2011). ''Slumdog' Oscar-Winner Rahman's Music Redeems 'Rockstar': Review'. Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
18. ^Khan, Atta. 'Rockstar Music Review'. Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
19. ^'Rockstar Music Review'. Yahoo!. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
20. ^Nannar, Rumnique (6 October 2011). 'Rockstar Music Review'. Bollyspice. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
21. ^Review:Rockstar Retrieved 8 May 2014
22. ^Rockstar Retrieved 8 May 2014
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25. ^Rockstar review Retrieved 8 May 2014
26. ^A Rockstar worth rooting Retrieved 8 May 2014
27. ^Rahman and Ranbir rock it Retrieved 8 May 2014
28. ^Masand, Rajeev (11 November 2014). 'Music of the heart'. rajeevmasand.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
29. ^'Rockstar concert in Delhi, Mumbai in November'. Hindustan Times. 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
30. ^'Rockstar's rocking on'. The Times of India. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
31. ^Mehul S. Thakkar 'Lyricist Irshad Kamil's upset with Imiaz Ali'Mumbai Mirror. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2014
32. ^Banerjee, Soumyadipta (Mumbai) 'Protests over Tibetan flag deletion In film continue'Daily News and Analysis. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011
33. ^PTI (Chennai) 'Tibetans in Chennai protest against deletion of scenes in Rockstar'Daily News and Analysis. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011
34. ^'Official Tracklist'. www.arrahman.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
35. ^'MIRCHI MUSIC AWARDS 2012 - WINNERS LIST'. Lyricsmint.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
36. ^'Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2011'. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
37. ^'Winners - Mirchi Music Awards 2011'.
38. ^'RMIM Puraskaar 2011'. Giitaayan.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
39. ^'GiMA Music Awards 2012 - Complete Nominations and Winners List - Koimoi'. 2 October 2012.
40. ^BollywoodLife
41. ^'Rockstar Album Details'. A. R. Rahman - The Official Website. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
42. ^'Inlay of CD'. Imageshack.us. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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Rockstar is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language musicalromantic drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film also stars Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel, Kumud Mishra in supporting roles, and also Shammi Kapoor, who makes 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 or Jordan, who dreams of becoming a rockstar like his role model, Jim Morrison. Yet, eventually on attaining all that he dreamt of, Jordan ends up anguished and despondent, by the loss of Heer Kaul, whom he loved passionately and whose illness is inadvertently caused by Jordan himself.

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 and Liberec, Czech Republic.^[5][6]

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.^[7] Critics highlighted Kapoor and Rahman as the stars of the film, but criticized the plot. The film did well at the box office, managing to appeal the youngsters in the cities.^[8] Made on a budget of ₹600 million (US$8.7 million), Rockstar grossed ₹1.08 billion (US$16 million) worldwide.^[9] Kapoor and Rahman received numerous awards for their work in the film. It is considered a cult classic in India due to its popularity in youth even after years of its release.

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Plot[edit]

A large crowd gathers outside the Verona Arena in Italy to watch the performance of rockstar Jordan. Despite being mobbed, he storms onto the stage in a fit of rage and starts strumming his guitar.

A flashback reveals the story of Jordan, whose real name is Janardhan Jhakar a.k.a. JJ, a boy from Delhi. He is studying at Delhi University and dreams of being a rockstar like Jim Morrison, for which he is often laughed at by his friends. Khatana, the canteen owner, tells JJ that one thing common among all artists is a life-altering heartbreak. JJ jokingly tells himself that since that hasn't happened yet, he won't be able to reach his idol's status. He watches the dance performance of Heer Kaul, a beautiful girl from St. Stephen's College during a contest, and overhears that she is the 'perfect heartbreaking machine.' Remembering Khatana's words, he decides to propose to her, but suffers humiliation, which he sees as the perfect method for enduring the heart-break needed for stardom. Over time, he and Heer become good friends, often going on adventures and engaging in risky behavior.

Heer marries a man named Jai in Kashmir, after which the couple moves to Prague. During this time, she develops feelings for JJ and coins the nickname 'Jordan' for him. JJ finds himself thrown out by his brothers for allegedly stealing family money. He takes refuge for two months in the nearby Nizamuddin Dargah, singing qawwalis, and then moves into Khatana's home. Ustaad Jameel Khan, a renowned classical musician, hears JJ's singing at the Dargah and prompts Dhingra, the owner of 'Platinum Records,' to sign him. Sheena, a journalist, interviews JJ and hints to him that Dhingra is sending artists to Prague for a Europe tour. JJ volunteers to work there in the hopes of reuniting with Heer.

Heer, meanwhile, suffers from continuous health problems. She meets JJ in Prague and they reconnect, but when he tries to profess his love for her, Heer, being married, spurns him. Despite this, their relationship gets intimate and Heer feels guilty. As soon as Jordan's Prague tours are over, she leaves him. JJ tries to visit her one last time before departing to India but is arrested on trespassing charges filed by Heer's husband. While JJ is being taken away, he sees Heer collapse. Upon being deported back to India, he is overwhelmed by the attention he receives, and clashes with the media and the Indian police, resulting in a jail term. The event garners enough publicity to make Dhingra decide to release JJ's recordings; the album does well, throwing JJ into the limelight.

After being released, JJ terminates his contract with Dhingra, embarks on a country-wide tour and finally morphs fully into 'Jordan,' the rockstar he had aspired to be. He turns bitter, arrogant, and lonely as time goes on but remains a highly popular artist.

Jordan meets Heer's younger sister, Mandy, during one of his concerts, and she asks him to help Heer, who has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Jordan's presence causes Heer to somewhat recover. He starts disregarding his musical obligations to spend more time with her, and Khatana, his manager now, asks Heer to persuade Jordan to attend his concerts. Heer does so, and JJ resumes his tour as her condition worsens. She finally slips into a coma and is discovered to be pregnant; her mother and Mandy guess Jordan to be the father. When Mandy informs him of Heer's condition, Jordan leaves a show midway and goes to her hospital bed. He tries to wake her up but she remains non-responsive; Jordan realises that she will not survive. His grief is reflected in his music and he finally attains international fame like his idol.

The film cuts back to the concert in Verona and while performing, Jordan sees a vision of a smiling Heer walking towards him, implying that she did in fact die. The film ends with a line from the poet Rumi's poem; translated, it means: 'Away, beyond all concepts of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.'

Cast[edit]

• Ranbir Kapoor as Janardhan 'Jordan' Jakhar / JJ / Rockstar
• Nargis Fakhri as Heer Kaul (Mona Ghosh Shetty as the Hindi dubbing voice)
• Aditi Rao Hydari as Sheena
• Munsif Mujtaba as Rathore
• Kumud Mishra as Khatana
• Piyush Mishra as Dhingra
• Moufid Aziz as Jai
• Shammi Kapoor as Ustad Jameel Khan
• Shernaz Patel as Neena Kaul
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Jordan's brother
• Shreya Narayan as Jordan's sister-in-law
• Nizami Bandhu- as Qawwal from Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah
• Sharad Sharma as Virat Kaul - Heer's Father
• Sanjana Sanghi as Mandy Kaul - Heer's Younger Sister
• Paritosh Sand as Animesh - Heer's doctor

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

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.^[10] He had seen Kareena Kapoor's performance in his Jab We Met and 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 Kapoor with Nargis Fakhri, after initially approaching Sonam Kapoor and Diana Penty for the replacement.^[11][12][13] Voice actor Mona Ghosh Shetty dubbed for Fakhri. The film marked Shammi Kapoor's last appearance in a feature film; he died on 14 August 2011.^[14]

Filming[edit]

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, Amity School (deleted scenes),Connaught Place, Shri Ram College of Commerce, BL Kapoor Hospital, Rajendra Nagar, St. Stephen's College and the Hindu College, which was Imtiaz Ali's alma mater.^[15] Foreign sequences were shot at Wenceslas Square, Charles Bridge and the Old Town in parts of Prague and in Liberec (at Dr. Beneš Square, in front of the Liebieg Villa).^[16] 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.^[10] 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.^[17]

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.^[18] 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).^[19] This also happens to be the first time in Bollywood that a Kashmiri Pandit wedding was shown.^[20]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music for the film is scored by A. R. Rahman, who replaces Imtiaz Ali's regular song composer, Pritam. This also marks the first Imtiaz Ali film since his debut Socha Na Tha, to have the same composer for both film score and songs.

The soundtrack features 14 tracks,^[21] 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.^[22] 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'.^[23]

Release[edit]

Rockstar released on 11 November 2011 and saw a good advance opening at multiplexes closer to educational institutions.^[24] The film released in 2,500 screens, and saw cinema halls running 14 to 15 shows in a day.^[25]

Controversy[edit]

Major parts of the song 'Sadda 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 theatres, 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.'^[26] 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.^[27] Later television broadcasts blotted out a 'Free Tibet' banner featured in the song.

Critical response[edit]

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.'^[28] 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.'^[29]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'.^[30] Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated it 3.5 stars out of 5 and said, 'Rockstar is flawed but fabulous.'^[31]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.'^[32]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.'^[33] Hrithik Sharma of El Viaje Reviews included it into his select list of Bollywood classics and says that 'Rockstar is a unique cocktail of 50% drama, 40% romance and 10% comedy. What stands out is the music by A. R. Rahman. Each song in the film is a masterpiece and fits very well into the plot. Cinematography is realistic but prepossessing indeed. The film gets a 10 on 10 in this department. There are certain scenes in the film that may seem unrelated to the plot but those would be the scenes that would stay with you longer.'^[34]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.'^[35]

Program flash download. 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'.^[36] 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!'^[37]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.'^[38] 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.'^[39]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.'^[40] 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.'.^[41]

Box office[edit]

Domestic[edit]

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%.^[42]It collected ₹100 million (US$1.4 million) nett on its opening day, thus becoming the second highest opener in a non-festival season after Ready.^[8][43] 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.^[8] The film showed growth on Saturday by grossing ₹112.5 million (US$1.6 million) nett, therefore taking its two-day net total to ₹205 million (US$3.0 million).^[44] A similar growth was seen on Sunday, and hence the first weekend collection ended at ₹337.5 million (US$4.9 million) nett, the majority of which was collected from Mumbai, Pune, Delhi & Bangalore.^[45]

Rockstar opened well on Monday collecting around ₹57.5 million (US$830,000) nett, with 40% drop as compared to the first day collections, thus taking the four-day total to ₹390 million (US$5.6 million) nett.^[46] The film collection saw another noticeable fall on Tuesday as it collected around ₹42.5 million (US$610,000) nett, with five days collection totalling to ₹432.5 million (US$6.3 million) nett.^[47] At the end of first week, the film had a good collection by grossing ₹474.6 million (US$6.9 million) nett, though the film had found appreciation only with a small section of the audience.^[48] In the process, it was ranked ninth in the list of all-time first week domestic collections.^[49]

Rockstar grossed ₹25.0 million (US$360,000) nett on second Friday, with a 75% drop as compared to the first day.^[50] On Saturday, the film collected ₹32.5 million (US$470,000) nett, and ₹42.5 million (US$610,000) nett on Sunday, taking the second weekend collection totalled at ₹100 million (US$1.4 million), representing a 70% drop from its first weekend. As of ten days, the film had collected approximately ₹574.6 million (US$8.3 million) nett.^[51]Rockstar made ₹158.5 million (US$2.3 million) nett in the second week, declining by 67% and taking the two-week collection totalled at ₹633.1 million (US$9.2 million) nett.^[52] The film on week three managed to earn ₹29.6 million (US$430,000), and hence taking three weeks collections to ₹662.7 million (US$9.6 million).^[53] By the end of its fifth week, the film netted ₹674.9 million (US$9.8 million).

International[edit]

Rockstar managed to gross $1.65 million from all overseas markets and was termed as below the mark. The film collected £185,000 in the UK, $612,000 in North America, $370,000 in UAE and $100,000 in Australia.^[54]

Accolades[edit]

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

• Rockstar on IMDb
• Rockstar at Box Office Mojo
• Rockstar at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rockstar at Bollywood Hungama