Rocket Singh is the smartest and best film of 2009 along with Kaminey, without a doubt. Starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead and made by the combo of Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni, Rocket Singh deserves all the praises in the world.
Rocket Singh is a film about college pass out Harpreet Singh Bedi who was just an average student in college. Not finding any suitable options in further studies, he decides to pursue his career in sales. But, things were not the way he expected. Corruption, bribes, hard competition between the staff, a frustrated guy as his senior, and a corrupt boss, that job turned out to be his worst nightmare. He then decides not to give up on his dream and fight the system and thus begins the journey of Rocket Singh. I won’t give too much story as I want you guys to really enjoy it.
Let’s start reviewing the technical department first. Shimit Amin is a genius, no doubts about that. After Ab Tak Chappan and Chak De India, he is back with a bang! He captures your attention so beautifully that you won’t be able to think about anything else while watching the movie. He sets the tone of the film and shows the corporate world very realistically and that’s why the film works. And, we certainly can’t ignore his partner, Jaideep Sahni for writing such a wonderful script. Filled with many subtle comic moments and such a powerful drama, it is a perfect hybridization of both genres.
There are so many powerful scenes such as Harpreet’s interview, conversation between him, his boss, and the client where his boss insults him and the climax; all 3 probably the best scenes of the year. TWO BIG THUMBS UP!
Background score is really nice by Salim-Sulaiman. Cinematography is also awesome.
Ranbir Kapoor is awesome and as I said before, the only actor of current generation who knows the art of acting. He sinks in the character fully and delivers a powerful performance. It’s definitely on of his best.
But, for the first time, he is not able to steal the show. This time, it is the supporting cast which steals the show. Thanks to Yash Raj, there is no correct information available about the supporting cast on net, so I will update the post with correct names and their characters.
But, there is one character Nitin, Harpreet’s senior, his performance was mind blowing. He takes the whole movie from Ranbir. Other performances were also good and especially Prem Chopra, I liked him after a long time in a movie.
Final Verdict
Rocket Singh is such a powerful film that it is a must watch for everyone, especially for the multiplex audience. If you love no-brainers and can’t digest smart and realistic films then stay away from this one. And don’t go to watch this movie in hopes of a total comedy coz it’s not. There are so many moments which are really cruel. They’ll probably remind you of your own office life. Rocket Singh belongs to two people; Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni. They are the heroes of this film. It’s such a pity that the promotions of this movie started so late.
Rocket Singh is the top contender for best film of 2009 award with Kaminey. And with Three Idiots releasing, too, battle for Best Film award is really tough this year. We can’t forget Dev.D, Wake Up Sid, Paa, and Kurbaan which are also strong contenders. I just can’t wait for the nominations this year. Best year of the decade for Bollywood, hands down.
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Cast – Ranbir Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Gauhar Khan
Music Director – Salim-Sulaiman
Movie Director – Shimit Amin
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I expected this movie to be the best this year.. but how on earth can you say 2009 is best year of decade!!! i think..
it was 2006 without any doubt.
2009 is the best because of so many good movies coming out in a single year. I’m not talking from the point of view of making money but that of the cinema. So many experiments, a new trend in filmmaking. Everything happened in 2009.
i think 2008 was the best year..even in 2008 lot of experimentation was done..example:oye lucky,mumbai meri jaan,welcome to sajjanpur,rock on,sorry bhai,tahaan,aamir,wednesday,jodhaa akbar,n many moree..if u can remember more plss mention
Yeah, but the difference in this year is that big stars are in these path breaking films unlike last year. AB in Paa, Ranbir in Rocket Singh and Wake Up Sid, Shahid in Kaminey etc.
2009 could have been even much better if MNIK was released this year. But, it’s 2010 now. I hope 2010 will be even better.
yeah i do agree..but in terms of box office collections this year has been among te dullest..but 2008 was good in both ways it had critical acclaim as well as good collections..movies like kaminey were semi hit n kurbaan was flop though both were awesome..rubbish movies like wanted ,de dana dan n Kambakkht Ishq r running well..its a disgrace
and yeah forgot to mention two more good movies of 2008..mithya n dasvidanya
And okay film, was disappointing work from Shimit Amin.
cant believe this movie has garnered one of the lowest openings..gosh good movies r getting so low openings and bad movies are being declared super hits..cmon wake up india..wen will ppl stop praising non-sense brainless cinema..
Yeah, it’s sad. But, Yash Raj should be blamed, too for doing no publicity at all.
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