Movie Review: Rock On 2

Movie Review: ‘Rock On 2’
Rating: 2/5
Director: Shujaat Saudagar
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Shraddha Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Purab Kohli, Shashanak Arora, Kumud Mishra.

Rock On 2 Movie Trailer

Shujaat Saudagar debuts as a director with this film and I’d say he has a lot more to learn. At first his direction needs some direction. I wonder if he knew where Rock On 2 was headed when he started working on it.

There is a strong lack of coherency here. Certain frames seem to be just patched together.

One of the very terribly shot scenes is of the Meghalaya relief camp. The kids and families are made to look dirty and dusted so much so that you could even spot fingerprints left while adding the dust. This is the same where Farhan’s character hands meal packets to the villagers and Shraddha’s character quips “Bachche Kha Kyun nai rahe hai”. The camera pans to the kids who give a blank look, I mean what are we expecting, them to dance with joy?

Apart from such scenes, there’s the not so great music by Shankar Ehsaan and Loy. The only number I thoroughly enjoyed was by Usha Uthup.  Saudagar basically fails to get any ‘band movie’ flavor to this one. Magik has no magic left and the pointless story moves at snail speed.

Farhan Akhtar as Adi gives a mediocre performance. It’s probably the writer’s inconsistency that makes his act look haphazard in the film. Nothing notable about his performance.

Arjun Rampal looks hot even with the short crop and that’s about it. He had done a much better job in the prequel. Purab Kohli is almost as if he stepped out of the first film except he has put on a little here. Again, nothing interesting!

Shraddha Kapoor’s tragic act of Jiah hits boredom quite early on. She cries and cries or sings buts acts? I’m afraid not.

Shashanak Arora and Kumud Mishra are two good actors wasted in terribly written roles in this film.