Comments on: Review: Rock On / C Kkompany

By: Rohit

Rohit — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:40 +0000

hi brangan,

I regularly read your reviews and most of the time find them spot on.

I very much liked the “DCH” treatment of Rock On!! and sort of hoped that we may have another new rising director in Bollywood. But my hopes were crashed after learning that RO MAY be a copy of “The Happy Life”, a korean movie released in 2007. See this link,

http://www.koreanmovie.com/The_Happy_Life_kmintro_541/

Though I havent seen this movie, doesnt the DVD covers at the bottom give a sense of Deja Vu.

By: Radhika

Radhika — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:32:35 +0000

heh, tried some italicising in the earlier post which sadly fell flat.

By: Radhika

Radhika — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:31:55 +0000

[i]and if she’s unhappy about the course her life has taken, she’s not one to complain. It’s not that she doesn’t want to complain – but she has no time and energy for fussy railings against fate.[/i]
hullo – she is perpetually railing against fate – where did you see her as stoicly carrying on? i thought what came across was how they all gave up on their dreams, including her – and only two of them even kept links with music – the others excised it out of their lives in a gigantic sulk against life.

By: the mad momma

the mad momma — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:05:40 +0000

have you heard Farhan auditioning?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRX3FEejis

By: Rk

Rk — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:41:15 +0000

I enjoyed your review and the comments.

I was tempted to post my post as a comment here..but that would be spamming your comments section…
so just leaving a link..
http://rkblogs.net/blog/2008/09/05/rock-on/

By: brangan

brangan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:54:59 +0000

Pradyumna: Interesting connections… though the DCH vibe may be just that Akhtar is a self-confessed Goa addict

By: Pradyumna

Pradyumna — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:41:24 +0000

Anand : Ty

I really didn’t think that it was that subtle actually..

By: Anand

Anand — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:23:45 +0000

Pradyumna..Great comment!! I missed this self referencing completely, probably because it was so subtle?!!!

Just thinking about the ‘in-your-face’ self referencing in Saroja.

By: Pradyumna

Pradyumna — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:20:12 +0000

I personally liked Rock on!! Though i agree that they should have focussed on how the band got together and how they created their music..

Btw.. you didn’t have anything to say about the choreography ?

Btw anyone noticed that there were quite a few things from Farhan’s previous productions?

KD talks about a trip to goa[DIL Chahta Hai]

Guitar riff in the title track[Lakshya]

Arjun rampal tells the lead singer of “Chakravyuh” : Pichle baar bhi haar gaye aur agli baar jeethe tumhaare liye namumkin hai.[Similar to one of the most famous dialogues from DON]

During the climax you see the camera focussing on Reema Katgi[Director of Honeymoon travels..]

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By: Anand

Anand — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:18:32 +0000

Satish…Good observation. I agree with you..It would have been out of tune with Prachi’s character. The other lovely thing about her character is though she sees the video where Aditya is close with his ex but never once she discusses it with any of his friends not with him.