Rock On ... and then some more :)

I can think of plenty of reasons why I liked Rock On and then a few more for why you should go see it too.., Not least of them being the soothing relief that it can be from all the anxious madness that the last year in law school has come to be...
I belong to the generation for whom DCH was definitive in many a sense- Farhan Akhtar's credentials have only gone from strength to strength thereon, I say that without actually having seen Lakshya or Don for that matter.. :P , Rock On was once again in a familiar league..
Its impressive how farhaan has managed to create a signature style with just four movies.

The slick narration and the quintessential urban uber protagonists.. from DCH's Aamir to Rock On's Frhaan himself - theres a little bit of the viewer in him.
Music- another stronghold of the Farhaan-Ritesh Sidhwaani duo is yet again fortified by the tried and tested Shankar - Ehsaan -Loy's trio. Impressive. Herein also lies one of the biggest attraction of the movie, that mistakingly Lucky Ali-ish raw yet dulcet voice crooning some straight from the gut lyrics.

Shots from Flora fountain, Just not jazz by the bay and other parts of Colaba and Bombay were enough to take me a few months back in time and provide that extra dash of nostalgia.
Coming to the cast, lets start with Arjun Rampal who rather effortlessly slips into JOe, the emotionally charged, sensitive, rock star and surprising manages a mix of boyish charm with a some what Jesus like persona at times. Kudos.
And then ofcourse therez Purab Kohli (aka KD)- who does what he always does the best..be cheerful. Remember Hip Hip Hurray..? Saakshi plays the role of a decked up rick mans wife with the perfect indian up bringing to the core. She wouldnt stomp out of house and would go that extra mile to bring that smile back to hubby dearest! Not bad we say. (Do they not make more of tose in real life?) She floors me with ajeeb dastaan.
Perhaps Koel Poorie didnt get the screen space she deserved (or thats what my heart says .. sigh.. :(
In all- there wasnt something surprising about the story- and perhaps thats what made me like it. There was little left to imagination right from the beginning. The story of College bands finally coing back together for their jig- and one member terminaly ill has perhaos been told time and again. Yet, "magic" of cinema they say- is not in the story, its in "story telling" and thats what the movie proves.
Perhaps not all of us had a band we quit and friends we deserted, but perhaps most of us did leave some things in the past.., not necessarily the really big and glamorous rock band things, but prhaos small yet significantly fulfilling things which defined who we are- and which were lost when we joined the race - the race to be one amongst the crowd. Go watch the movie- watch it for sheer magic :) Watch it for its sincere and honest attempt to live the dream..!