In my younger days, I had a predisposition of wanting to like everything that caught my attention. I had no preferences, and what drove me was the need to understand the object of my attention in its essence before I brought it back with me to create a judgement through integration.
In some ways, it still continues with movies today. Any movie that catches my attention, I walk into the theater to watch, and my pre-disposition is to delve into that world and discover its essence as it stood and liking it when I saw internal consistency in that world.
So it was with Rockstar, the movie.
There are many performers, but very few artists. So the performers of the lead artists were just that, performances; quite competent at that; But they don't touch the realm of living, and hence art. Though, Ranbir Kapoor is a willing learner; and that is always a good sign. His transformations are visible, and that is an achievement in itself.
The story is not event based, hence, it is a directors movie; where he is delving into creating a story of contradictions in wanting and being; between wanting the world and living yours. This can always be a bed of manipulation, but it was good to see Imtiaz ali, recognizing his limitations and steering clear of the manipulative aspects of the story in conversion of his vision into an artifact. And his conversion of vision into celluloid (or bits) is above average. Which is to say, perhaps he had a grander and wider vision that didn't translate in its totality on screen. But this is rarely a limitation, and is worth an applause for the future.
The points touched are competent, if somewhat lacking in poignancy. Janardhan finds grace in Dargah to become Jordan the star. Various influences and impressions taken from various classics to create an effect in the story (a touch of wuthering heights for example). All fine.
The novelty, factor - fine for Indian audience, but I doubt this is unique in world history.
The attention to detail, sufficient to create an emotional narration. But compromised by the nature of cinema we watch in India today.
Overall like, I like it by my predisposition, but not enough to quite judge it as much as learn from it.
Worth a watch. The BGM and songs are good too.
In some ways, it still continues with movies today. Any movie that catches my attention, I walk into the theater to watch, and my pre-disposition is to delve into that world and discover its essence as it stood and liking it when I saw internal consistency in that world.
So it was with Rockstar, the movie.
There are many performers, but very few artists. So the performers of the lead artists were just that, performances; quite competent at that; But they don't touch the realm of living, and hence art. Though, Ranbir Kapoor is a willing learner; and that is always a good sign. His transformations are visible, and that is an achievement in itself.
The story is not event based, hence, it is a directors movie; where he is delving into creating a story of contradictions in wanting and being; between wanting the world and living yours. This can always be a bed of manipulation, but it was good to see Imtiaz ali, recognizing his limitations and steering clear of the manipulative aspects of the story in conversion of his vision into an artifact. And his conversion of vision into celluloid (or bits) is above average. Which is to say, perhaps he had a grander and wider vision that didn't translate in its totality on screen. But this is rarely a limitation, and is worth an applause for the future.
The points touched are competent, if somewhat lacking in poignancy. Janardhan finds grace in Dargah to become Jordan the star. Various influences and impressions taken from various classics to create an effect in the story (a touch of wuthering heights for example). All fine.
The novelty, factor - fine for Indian audience, but I doubt this is unique in world history.
The attention to detail, sufficient to create an emotional narration. But compromised by the nature of cinema we watch in India today.
Overall like, I like it by my predisposition, but not enough to quite judge it as much as learn from it.
Worth a watch. The BGM and songs are good too.
Surya do you believe passion comes from sorrow?
ReplyDeleteNo Raj I don't believe so.
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