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Rock On!

ABHISHEK KAPOOR
India, 2008, 145 minutes, Color, 35mm

In Person: Director Abhishek Kapoor

Four friends in their early twenties start a rock band called Magik and struggle to make it big. Young and carefree, their music and friendships are the center of their collective world, until it falls apart and they drift away to their separate lives. A decade later, they are brought together again, in different life circumstances—with their families, jobs, and some old grudges from their long-ago split. We experience the complexity of their relationships, their responsibilities competing with hopes and dreams. Past and present are interwoven in this multi-textured musical and dramatic feast—along with great concert filming, the, powerful performances, and excellent editing. Because the stories are interspersed, the audience is brought into the fold of the characters’ personal lives slowly, as we learn just what did happen to Magik, and whether they will in fact play that one more concert.

The live-affirming music was composed by the composer-trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa). The actor Farhan Akhtar is the vocalist on six out of the nine tracks.

Director (and screenwriter) Abhishek Kapoor has also directed the film Aryan (2006) and has appeared in the films Shikaar (2000) and Uff! Yeh Mohabbat (1997).

In Hindi with subtitles

Featuring: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai, Purab Kohli, Shahana Goswami, Luke Kenny, Koel Purie, Nicolette Bird

Thursday, November 13 7:00 PM Phoenix Adlabs Theatres Union Station 9 $35.00