Rockstar is a 2011 Indian musical romantic 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.
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Directed by | Imtiaz Ali |
Produced by | Dhilin Mehta |
Screenplay by | Imtiaz Ali |
Story by | Imtiaz Ali Saiyf Jilani |
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Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Cinematography | Anil Mehta |
Edited by | Aarti Bajaj |
Production company | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd |
Distributed by | Eros International |
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Running time | 159 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ?600 million (US$8.3 million) |
Box office | ?1.08 billion (US$15 million) |
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.
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. 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. Made on a budget of ?600 million (US$8.3 million), Rockstar grossed ?1.08 billion (US$15 million) worldwide. Kapoor and Rahman received numerous awards for their work in the film.
Screenplay
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A large crowd gathers outside the Verona Arena in Italy to watch the performance of rockstar Jordan. Despite being mobbed, he reaches the arena, storms onto the stage in a fit of rage and starts strumming on 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 Hindu College and dreams of being a rockstar like Jim Morrison, for which he is often laughed at by his friends and classmates. 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 had attained. JJ sees a beautiful girl rehearsing before a dancing contest called "Shut Up & Dance" when he and his friends go to venue, as the contest is about to start. He watches the performance of Heer Kaul, a girl from St. Stephen's College, and overhears that she is the "perfect heartbreaking machine". He remembers the word of Khatana telling him that heartbreak is the way to become an artist, and decides to propose to Heer, but he suffers humiliation, which he sees as the perfect method for receiving the heart-break needed to achieve stardom. Over time, JJ and Heer become good friends, often going on adventures together and sometimes engaging in behaviour which the conservative JJ thinks is risky.
Heer becomes engaged to Jai, a man she ultimately marries in Kashmir, after which the couple depart to Prague. During this time, she develops feelings for JJ and coins the nickname "Jordan" for him before leaving. JJ returns home, 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 asking for shelter.
Ustaad Jameel Khan, a renowned classical musician, remembers JJ singing at the Dargah, and prompts Dhingra, the owner of "Platinum Records", to sign JJ. Sheena, a journalist, interviews JJ and hints to him that Dhingra is planning to send some artists to Prague, and a Europe tour for recordings. JJ volunteers to work there at any cost (by signing some contracts with Dhingra), in the hopes of reuniting with Heer.
Heer, meanwhile, suffers from continuous spurts of health problems. She meets JJ in Prague and they reconnect, but when he tries to profess his love for her, Heer, being married, spurns his advances. As their relationship gets more intimate, Heer suffers from guilt. As soon as Jordan's tours in Prague gets over, she leaves him. JJ tries to visit her one last time before he departs to India, but is arrested on trespassing charges filed by Heer's husband. Upon being deported back to India, JJ is overwhelmed by the attention he receives, and he clashes with the media and the Indian Police, resulting in a term in jail. The event garners enough publicity to make Dhingra decide that this is the right time to release JJ's recordings, and the album does well, putting JJ into the limelight.
After being released, JJ terminates his contract with Dhingra's company, embarks on a country-wide tour for his concerts and finally morphs fully into 'Jordan' the rockstar, which he had aspired to. He turns bitter, arrogant, and lonely as time goes on but despite his outbursts, he 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. Although he is initially asked to leave by Heer's mother Neena, Jordan's presence causes Heer to recover somewhat. He starts disregarding his musical obligations as he spends more time with her, and soon Khatana, his manager now, asks Heer to persuade Jordan to attend his concerts.
Heer asks Jordan to complete his tour and reunite with her. As JJ continues to tour, her condition worsens. She finally slips into a coma and is discovered by her doctor to be pregnant; Neena and Mandy guess the father is Jordan. When Mandy calls him and tells that Heer is pregnant and has gone into a coma, Jordan leaves a show right in the middle and reaches the hospital where Heer is being treated. He tries to wake her up but she remains non-responsive; soon, Jordan realises that she will not survive. The film doesn't show Heer's death or recovery, leaving her fate undetermined. As Jordan grieves for her, it is reflected in his music and he starts receiving international fame.
The film cuts back to the concert in Verona and while performing, Jordan sees a vision of Heer walking towards him, smiling. The film ends with a line from the poet Rumi's poem, which when translated to English is: "Away, beyond all concepts of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."
- Ranbir Kapoor as Janardhan "Jordan" Jakhar / JJ
- 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
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. 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. 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.
Filming
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. 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). 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. 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.
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. 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). This also happens to be the first time in Bollywood that a Kashmiri Pandit wedding was shown.
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, 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. 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".
Rockstar released on 11 November 2011 and saw a good advance opening at multiplexes closer to educational institutions. The film released in 2,500 screens, and saw cinema halls running 14 to 15 shows in a day.
Controversy
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." 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 rega
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