An Analysis of Cinematic Moments in the Film Rockstar
Author : Indrajit
Abstract :
The film, Rockstar (2011) has associations both with cultural kitsch and a romanticized imagination in relation to how it’s remembered. Rockstar poetically blurs the boundaries between commercial and critical cinema. It's almost as though the film belongs to a third realm of liminality which lacks a suitable label. Rockstar was directed by Imtiaz Ali and its soundtrack was composed by A.R. Rahman and Mohit Suri. Ranbir Kapoor plays Janardhan Jakhar, who is a student at Delhi University. Nargis Fakhri plays Heer Kaul, a Kashmiri girl who also studies at Delhi University. Janardhan who is later also known by the alias, ‘Jordan’ is from a poor and dysfunctional family. He is cheaply dressed and speaks bad English. But he is also artistic as he has a talent for music. Heer is attractive, sophisticated, rich and elite. It's not clearly mentioned what subject Heer studied. But she is seen in a classroom where a lecturer is reading lines from Odysseus which suggests that perhaps she was a student of Eng. Hons at St. Stephens, Delhi University. The following paper analyses the film, Rockstar.
Keywords :
Romance, abstract, cultural, lived-experience
