Rock On traverses the simple ’spirit of winning’ path that is usually followed by films of the sports genre like Chak De India, Goal or for that matter the director of this film, Abhishek Kapoor’s previous attempt Aryan.
The plot outline is obvious for this variety. There’s a committed individual or a team who can’t make it big for the first time.
Life gives a second chance and this time is the phase to prove credentials. What matters in such endeavours is the conviction in direction to connect with the audience. Rock On scores on that level.
Four friends share a common passion for music and form a rock band called Magik. Aditya (Farhan Akhtar) is the lead vocalist, Joe (Arjun Rampal) is the guitarist, KD (Purab Kohli) is the drummer and Rob (Luke Kenny) handles the keyboard. They get a chance to cut out an album but things don’t work out and the group splits to go their separate ways.
A decade later Aditya’s wife Sakshi (Prachi Desai) attempts to reunite the group. After some initial hiccups and ego clashes, the band members bond and blend to brew good tunes. Predictably the climax is set in a rock concert where the band performs to perfection. At least this time he succeeds in creating a realistic rock feel.
Rock On strikes a chord on that
note.