Rock On (12A)

Sep 12 2008 By Manish Gajjar

Director: Abhishek Kapoor

Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Shahana Goswami & Koel Puri.

The plot: A soul searching journey of four friends who put together the greatest rock band but failed to make it to the top.

Lead singer Aditya (Farhan), now a gloomy, workaholic investment banker, has a beautiful wife Sakshi (Prachi) but no happiness.

Drummer of the group, KD (Purab) now works unenthusiastically at his father’s jewellery business.

Dejected guitarist Joe (Arjun) daydreams whilst squabbling wife Debbie becomes the family bread winner.

Laid back keyboard player, Rob (Luke), is the only one still earning money from small music assignments.

Ten years on, Sakshi conspires to bring them together when discovering some old photographs of the band called Magik.

With her help, all four characters now living different lives set off on a soul-searching journey. Demons from the past have to be conquered as they face new challenges.

The verdict: Abhishek Kapoor deserves awards for his brilliant direction and story telling.

With a well thought-out script and characters to match, he succeeds in extracting superb performances from all the cast with flashbacks adding to the gripping narrative.

Showing their joyful lives ten years ago enables comparisons with life without their beloved band, ‘Magik’.

Director-turned-actor, Farhan Aktar surprises all with his superb, flawless performance as he transforms from a hippy-styled lead-singer to a subdued workaholic banker.

Arjun Rampal is proving his acting prowess with every release and Rock On is no exception.

Rock On is an enthralling watch with entertaining moments to make you smile.