Rockstar
2011, NR, 160 min.
Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shikha Jain, Jaideep Ahlawat.

Not reviewed at press time. A young man in Delhi dreams of becoming a rock idol but meets only ridicule in this Bollywood film. He decides his middle-class life has sequestered him from tragedy, which is the common thread in rock-star biographies, so he sets out to acquire some painful experiences.

This article appears in November 18 • 2011.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.