Posts Tagged ‘rock on’

Rock On: The Great Indian Sexist Tamasha

Ankur Agarwal • September 8th, 2008 • Film Review, Highlights, Movies, featured

It’s surprising how Indian and Hollywood cinema is completely based on sexist fare, how people simply love such films. Says a lot of Indian and American cultures, and what roles are women expected to play in India, both on and off bed. Rock On is less about music, or a band, or anything else, rather than just Farhan Akhtar’s coming to grips with I didn’t understand what, his wife stage-managing the show.

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Rock On is Bang On!

Smriti Mudgal • September 1st, 2008 • Bollywood, Film Review, Movies, featured

This may sound like an unfair allegation but it could be taken for a compliment too – Has Farhan Akhtar ghost directed Rock On. How else do you explain his brilliant performance? It looks like as if he was the one with the vision of the debutant director Abhishek Kapoor.

Let’s go with what we have been told, Abhishek has directed this film and he has done it superbly. The film about four members disbanding their band after two of them have a confrontation, is an emotional film about how they get back.

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Rock On Magik

Payal • August 30th, 2008 • Bollywood, Film Review, Reader's Review, featured

Rock on turned out to be a refreshing movie. The movie’s plot is neither revolutionary nor novel but it has been executed quite well. Despite being full of clichés and a rather predictable story it succeeds in keeping you glued on to the screen.

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