Direction: Shimit Amin
It's a film made by all-heart and with good intentions.
Ranbir Kapoor plays Harpreet Singh Bedi, plays a somewhat aimless guy, jus lyk in "Wake up Sid!", who’s just out of college wondering what to do next. He decides to take up sales after completing his graduation with utterly modest marks. To convince his friends who are against his decision to become a salesman he says -- "number kamm hai, boss, dimaag nahi". Ranbir brings to his part a lot of earnestness and heart. What we see on screen is a Sardar not quite like any of our movies have shown so far.
The supporting cast of Mukesh Bhatt as the office peon, P. Santoshi as the lazy porn-addicted colleague, Gauhar Khan as the office receptionist and Naveen Kaushik as the crucial link in Harpreet’s work place, boost Ranbir’s presence. To convince sexy-office-receptionist, Gauhar to join him Harpreet says and indirectly warns “I’ll remain the joker Sardarji and you the item girl.”
There are a couple f good lines in the film. All credit goes to Jaideep Sahni who also wrote "Khosla ka ghosla" & "Chak De! India". Sahani's words make their point without being too loud.
The scene where Harpreet goes to the shop owner to buy things on credit with no guarentee and the shop owner tells him "thik hai,le jaa.. waise bhi kabhi kisi Sardar kochori karte nahi dheka" would certainly make the audience clap and the Sardar's happy. There's this another scene which y'all can't miss -- Ranbir riding his cherry-red scooter gifted by his grandfather (Prem Chopra) at the red light when a swanky motorbike rides up alongside.
The lack of drama and the absence f energy are the only missing elements in the film. The movie stands tall despite it's flaws.
While Shimit Amin’s earlier film “Chak De! India” was aggressive in its aspirations, “Rocket Singh” is a more gentle.
The movie is a one-tym watch. Take lots f popcorn with you.
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