By Rinky Kumar, Team iDiva
Rock music seems to be the new flavour of Hindi films. And you're not talking conventional rock where you have the lead singer in a black t-shirt and dread locks, singing away in his raspy voice. Instead, we have established actors like Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan, who are in their early 40s, grabbing the mike and strumming the guitar in a very un-roll n roll manner. We're not surprised!
After Rock On, many Hindi film directors are trying to cash in on the rock music trend. Though Rock On was about an Indian rock band, it had soul-stirring music quite unlike the heavy metal of Def Leppard or Metallica.
Soon to be released movies like All the Best and London Dreams are apparently based on rock bands. But we are sure the portrayal will be anything but realistic.
Don't believe us, check out these Bollywood 'rock' flicks
Hello: One night at the call centre
Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel by the same name, this movie directed by Atul Agnihotri, sank without a trace at the box office. Not only did the movie failed to do justice to the book, but it also had atrocious performances by Sohail Khan, Sharman Joshi, Gul Panag and Isha Koppikar.
Agnihotri convinced his brother-in-law Salman Khan to do an item song for the movie in his rock star avatar. We think he must have guessed the fate of the film beforehand and approached Sallu Bhai as a last resort. Salman took off his shirt and gyrated away to the song, Party like a rock star. The film had lyrics that went like "Bang, bang, bang, zamana bole, party like a rock star". Can you believe it? Sad lyrics, equally sad music and an ageing Salman Khan made us cringe in our seats.
Jashnn
This Mukesh Bhatt film had Adhyayan Suman and Anjana Sukhani in the lead roles. It apparently revolved around a rock star's professional struggle but the film was far from it. What we saw was an emotion-laden family drama with Suman in usual, terrible form. Rather than a quintessential rock star, Adhyayan was made to wear tacky outfits, mouth bad lyrics penned by some newbies and holler away to glory.
All the Best
The promos of the film are out. And we can't bear to see Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse making futile attempts to ape rock stars. They are prancing around on the stage, with fake smiles in place, all the while screaming… sorry… singing to their heart's content.
London Dreams
Forty-something stars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn are playing rock stars in Vipul Shah's London Dreams. The movie is based on the life and times of a 'rock band'. While Devgan and Khan play rock musicians, female lead Asin plays the guitar in the movie. The music is far from rock, and we can't bear to watch forty-year-olds prancing around on the stage as 'young' bad a** rock stars.
After seeing the promos, we were highly disappointed. Shruthi Nair, a die-hard rock fan says, "They are abusing and ruining the sanctity of rock music. They have no knowledge about it. Just by wearing tight t-shirts and hollering away, they can't be rock stars." We can't agree more.
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