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Rock On 2 (also known as Rock On!! 2) is a 2016 Indian
directed by Shujaat Saudagar, produced by
and , and with music by . The
to the 2008 film, , it stars , Farhan Akhtar, , , , and , in lead roles.
as Joe Mascarehas, a reality show () judge and a club owner.
as Aditya Shroff, husband of Sakshi Shroff
as Jiah Sharma, a singer and a programmer.
as Sakshi Shroff, wife of Aditya Shroff
as Kedar Zaveri/Killer Drummer
as Uday Mishra
as Pandit Vibhuti Sharma, Jiah's father
as Rahul Sharma, Jiah's Brother
Dinesh Kumar as Mann Jyot
as Rob Nancy (cameo)
as Debbie Mascarenhas, wife of Joseph Mascarenhas (cameo)
as herself,
judge (cameo)
as himself,
judge (cameo)
as herself (cameo)
as himself (cameo)
After the release of the first film, a sequel was planned to be made. However, a follow-up went through prolonged
for almost eight years. According to Arjun this was because "it was important to figure out the story." The idea of the sequel was to have the same characters but explore where they are now after eight years. Pubali Chaudhuri spent three years writing the script. During the development phase, the film was initially intended to take place in . But following the attacks of
students in , the producers decided to alter the film's setting. Saudagar was watching the incident on news when Farhan pinged him up where the two discussed on the issue. Neither him or Farhan had been to the North East before but Purab who had visited many places there suggested
and , as Shillong is also called the “rock capital.” Initially, the decision was met with some resistance. Saudagar says that the main intent was to bring the North East to Hindi cinema and also highlights the issue people in the state faces.
The producers decided that there'd be no love relationship between the two leads. Saudagar stated, "Rock On 2 is not about an extramarital affair. It’s a story of human bonds and is based on modern relationships."
"I wanted to do a film in the North-East. There are North-Eastern students in various parts of India being beaten up and called outsiders. This film is a small attempt to bring the region into popular culture. I’m glad we shot in Shillong. Every person felt a sense of loss when we finished shooting. We'd all love to go back.
—Producer
on the decision to make the film in .
In 2011, Shujaat Saudagar received a call from producer
who wanted him to be a
(2011). Ever since then the two kept in touch with each other. Then in 2013, Ritesh once again approached him to see if he would be interested in helming a sequel to Rock On!! as a lead director to which he agreed. Saudagar admits that he is not in favor of sequels, but grew interested in this one after reading the coherent script.
Producer Farhan Akhtar had always wanted to make a film in
and says the film is a tribute to the people of the North-East and an attempt to bring the whole region into mainstream pop culture. Also the film has been called a "visual treat" under the parts shot in
Aside from newcomers
and , the principal cast from the original film all returned for the sequel. The only member from the film's band Magik who did not return for the follow-up was Luke Kenny as his character died in the first film, while ,
all reprised their respective roles making it a rare occurrence in Bollywood. The only other Bollywood sequel to have the three leads return for a sequel was . After Rampal won
in 2008 for his role in Rock On!!, he rejected all offers thereafter to play a lead role as a musician.
There were offers to play the role of a musician but I did not want to do it. I did not want to do it (musician role) because I had done it (with Rock On) beyond my expectations. I had surpassed the expectations. There was always talk about Rock On 2, so I wanted to preserve it.
Kapoor, an ardent fan of the original film undertook vocal training for her role.
plays Jiah Sharma, a keyboard player, programmer and a singer. Kapoor is an ardent fan of the original film and cites the recurring theme of music band and friendship [in the first film] as her prime reason wanting to star in the sequel. After watching the movie in theater, she told her father that if there be made a sequel, she would be in it. When she first heard that the filmmakers were making sequel, she called up producer Ritesh Sidhwani if she could be considered for a part. She met Sidhwani and the production team who mainly wanted to hear her sing. She gave a singing audition to the film's composer . Although Kapoor had sung before in her previous films, this marks the first time that the singer-actress sings rock songs. Whilst growing up, she took training in classical music from her nana, Pandharinath Kolhapure, but had to cease training after her nana passed away for which she says she regret. For the film, Shradha undertook vocal training with Samantha Edwards, a jazz vocalist, in order to adapt the rock genre correctly. Her biggest inspiration as a singer are her grandmother Lata Mangeshkarji and her mother Shivangi Kapoor, née Kolhapure. She said that part of what inspired her to star in the film was watching Farhan Akhtar in the original film write his own songs and perform them. Arjun Rampal was a little skeptic and grew wary when he first heard about Kapoor's involvement in the film since "she is from a different generation". But, upon hearing her vocals, it instead provided him inspiration.
Shraddha says she and her character, Jiah shares little resemblance. While she had a sheltered upbringing and would always travel with companies, Jiah on the other hand, is a loner and reclusive character who chooses to remain aloof and would rather live and travel alone. Director Saudagar would make her undergo a training process in which she spent as much time alone as possible with herself in order for her to connect to her character. Travelling to Shillong was in a way helpful for this process as she was away from her family. In some instances, she would put up "" sign on the door.
I live with my family, so this meant that no one could knock on my door and come in while the sign was up. I needed to do this because Jiah is very aloof. She taught me to be alone. Jiah just packs her bags and takes off. I feel that I’ve learned how to be by myself, just reading a book or listening to music. I think that's important.
The film also marks the third time that Farhan plays a father in a feature film after
(2014) and in
The film also includes budding star Priyanshu Painyuli who plays Shraddha's brother and his role invoves a twist in the story
The film was extensively shot in and around the city of
(pictured) unofficially called "the rock capital of India."
began in ,
on October 6, 2015 and the film was shot in numeours other locations in the eastern part of the state, including Umniuh Village in ,
and Laitlum. Prior to filming, a
was signed between
in July 2015. Since the script demanded picturesque locations with lots of mountains,
chose Shillong its adjacent places in the state of Meghalaya to be the ideal locations. Sidhwani visited the state in February 2015 for scouting filming locations. In an interview with , Akhtar stated that Shillong was the natural choice because of its close history with music saying "we all know that Shillong has a huge history with rock music and it was an obvious choice for the movie," while Saudagar said this was due to the city's passion for rock music. The film was initially set to take place in . By August 2015, the whole cast and crew had arrived in the city to begin production. Farhan mingled with the people in the villages in order to understand their way of life.
In October 2015, Kapoor flew to Mumbai after an internal injury in her eye – an unknown object flew into her eye which caused a scratch in her . After her treatment, she returned back to the city the same month to continue filming.
In June 2016, while shooting a live concert sequence, Arjun Rampal and Purab Kohli got into a major fight due to creative differences which resulted in the shooting getting stalled for nearly an hour. The incident took place at the
in Mumbai where the film was being wrapped with a song shoot. Farhan Akhtar – who at first was oblivious to the upheaval situation – when heard about the incident met the two men in their respective vanity vans and was able to calm them down. The shoot then resumed thereafter and went on smoothly with all three actors returning to the stage." However, Saudagar rebuffed these allegations saying that such incident never took place.
Filming concluded in the ,
in June 2016.
The film had to undergo ten days of reshoots just two weeks before its premiere, making it a rare occurrence in Bollywood. According to an undisclosed source by the , this was done in order to enhance the film. Such claim was also nevertheless dismissed by Saudagar but said that there some delays in shooting due to rain in Shillong. Additionally, shooting for the "You Know What I Mean" song took place in
in . Pre-production took place for 77 days while filming lasted for a total of 66 days, ending in June 17, 2016.
Due to part of a Hindi dialogue being spoken unclear by a character from Meghalaya, the CBFC requested the producers to re-dub the dialogues for clarity.
The film was released in theaters in India on November 11, 2016. The film was passed with a UA certificate by the
with almost no cuts. On November 8, three days before the film's release,
announced that the
from the next day onwards as a means to counter fake currency and exterminate black money and corruption. This would mean that it would not be possible for patrons to purchase tickets from box office using the old notes until Thursday, November 10, when new INR500 and INR2000 notes will be issued. Ticket buyers would also sway away from buying tickets due to limited sources of money and from the other available option of purchasing tickets, via online, since a 'convenience fee' is charged for such method. In order to curb this problem, the film partnered with theater chain
where ticket buyers will be able to evade paying convenience fees in the company's website and app respectively.
The release date was almost postponed following the demonetization of the said currencies as it would have caused hindrance and limit the purchase of tickets by patron's. However, this decision was later scrapped since the film had already been released in Gulf and such decision would lead to piracy. The weekend's two other releases –
and 30 Minutes – were however re-scheduled.
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While the film is predominantly aimed at youger demographics,
carried out a marketing plan in order to appeal to a much wider audience. The film recouped INR8–10 crore from various brand tie-ups alone. The first poster was released on September 2. A live concert by the stars and music directors was held in
on September 17, for the album launch. Akhtar and Kapoor, along with members of the former's Farhan Live band embarked on a nationwide concert tour such as in ,
on November 2 and
on November 6. Akhtar performed at the annual
held in Bhoirymbong in , Meghalaya from October 21–22. The first trailer was launced on October 24 in presence of the cast members. In October, , Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapoor and
made an appearance on . On November 8, the band held a concert at one of 's
in . The band were originally set to perform in one of the University's other college, , which is the alma-mater of Shraddha Kapoor's father, . But permissions were not granted for performing there due to unavailability of the place on the ground that the staff council allow concerts only during the fest and not for any other event. [[Catch Photos: Rock On 2 Team On The Sets Of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’
Team -November 2, 2016]]Shraddha Kapoor,Farhan Akthar,Arjun Rampal and Prachi Desai on the
Due to her commitments over the film, Shraddha decided to put a hold for her shooting schedule her upcoming film, Haseena, until December 2016 in order for her to promote the sequel more robustly. She also delayed a flight to the
in September 2016 for her
shooting schedule for the same reason.
The film signed with 10 various brand associations which served as promotional partners, such as Hexa from , , Boat Speakers, Regal Shoes, , , Spunk Apparels, ,
The film's accompanying soundtrack on the film is composed by . Akhtar and Kapoor sang all parts of their respective songs. The soundtrack was as pivotal as the script according to Saudagar. They didn't wanted just a few hit songs. Shankar composed the music side-by-side when Chaudhuri was working on the script. The soundtrack also features music from Shillong-based band Somersault.
Picturized on
"You Know What I Mean"
"Manzar Naya"
"Tere Mere Dil"
"Woh Jahaan"
"Hoi Kiw/Chalo Chalo"
, Kit Shangpliang and Pynsuklin Syiemiong from Summersalt Band
"Ishq Mastana"
"Rock On (Revisited)"
Promotional music video
According to , since the film is a sequel to a successful prequel, the film is expected to post a "decent opening week" of around INR35 crore (US$5.2 million) to as high as INR40 crore (US$5.9 million) on its opening day.
pointed out that the continued run of
as well as the ban of the use of INR500 and INR1000 currencies were all (negative) factors in determining the film's opening performance. The film is releasing across approximately 1,700 screens the same day as , making it a rare occurrence in Bollywood that two sequels are releasing on the same date.
The film opened Friday, November 11, across approximately 700 screens, earning approximately INR2.02 crore (US$300,000) and witnessed an above-average start by occupying 5–10% of seats on its opening day. The prime factor for the film's low performance was the
of the two currencies as people nationwide were more pre-occupied with depositing, exchanging and withdrawing the currencies and the money would be allocated to other needful resources other than movie tickets since people would want to forgo waiting in long queues as bank would constantly run out of cash. Producer Sidhwani lamanted on the performance saying, "We have made a beautiful film and by the time announcement was made, it was Wednesday and the prints were already out. We couldn't afford to push the release date as the privacy laws in our country are not strong enough to protect the movie from getting leaked. Our two years of efforts would have been wasted." He also pointed out that had the postponement decision been made a week before, then they would have gone with it.
The film garnered polarized reception from critics. Praise was aimed at the cast's performance and 's cinematography, while its screenplay and soundtrack received negative reception.
lauded the film giving it 4 1/2
stars out of 5 and writing that the film is pretty much the most engaging and authentic sequel to come out of Bollywood in recent times. Rohit Vats of
wrote, "Rock On 2 might not have a strong conflict in the storyline, but it definitely works as the narrative of a unique camaraderie among the boys."
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