Rockstar
Rockstar is a 2011 Indian musical romantic drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and debutant Nargis Fakhri, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film also stars Shammi Kapoor, Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel and Kumud Mishra in supporting roles, with the former making 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 and Jordan, who dreams of becoming a big rockstar. Yet, eventually on attaining all that he dreamt of, he realises that he was soulless and despondent without the presence of the already married Heer Kaul in his life, with whom he shared a short-term, intimate relationship, back in his college days and during his time in Prague, where she was living a depressed life with her husband. When diagnosed positive for Bone Marrow Aplasia, Heer was allowed by her parents to be with Jordan, as her health condition improved with his presence. But accidentally, Heer gets pregnant, proving fatal to her life. Her consequent death and the guilt that he was responsible made Jordan suffer the irrevocable and eternal heart break, which he once sought for, believing pain is what that could bring out the artist in him. 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.
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| Running time | 159 minutes
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| Country | India
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| Language | Hindi
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| Budget | ₹600 million
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| Box office | ₹1.08 billion
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- Ranbir Kapoor won his first ever Best Actor Award at the 2012 Filmfare Awards.
- Major parts of the song "Saadda Haq" video was shot at the Norbulingka monastery in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala. People waving the Free Tibet flag in the backdrop was shown in the song video. This triggered a dispute between Central Board of Film Certification and Imtiaz Ali when the Board ordered Ali to blur the flag and free Tibet slogan before the film hit the theatre, but the director refused to do it.
- Mark Shammi Kapoor's last appearance in a feature film who died on August 14, 2011.
- During the Sadda Haq sequence several scenes show Tibetans and Jordan performing in front of them. Several posters have 'give us our rights' written on them. The song literally means the same. This is an indirect support of the Tibetan cause of freedom from China from Imtiaz Ali. He has also stated that his next movie would be directly based on the same. Though the posters directly showing the word 'Tibet', it was blurred in the theatrical version.
- The porn film 'Jungli Jawani' that Jordan and Nargis watch is actually edited from scenes of a B-grade film 'Jungle Love'. The lead actress of that film later unsuccessfully tried to sue Yash Raj Films and Imtiaz Ali for using those scenes as porn without her permission.
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