Rock On!!: Interview of Farhan Akhtar
Rock On!! is Farhan Akhtar’s debut movie as an actor and singer. In this movie, he played the character of Aditya, who is the vocal of a band. The movie is jointly produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Here is an interview of Farhan Akhtar on “Hindustan Times,” where he talks about the movie.
When asked about how he felt singing five songs in the movie, Farhan said that it had to be done because the script demanded it. There were five songs in the movie, written and sung by the band. The actors remained faithful to the script. Director Abhishek Kapoor also clarified that the actor playing the vocal of the movie had to sing five songs.
The background melody of Farhan Akhtar’s previous movie, Lakshya, is used in the title song, “Rock On!!” Farhan Akhtar said that after the release of Lakshya, many people asked him why he did not include the tune in the movie album. While doing the music of Rock On!!, composer trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who also composed Lakshya’s music, decided to include the tune.
How come there aren’t too many Hindi singing rock bands here?
Maybe because lyric writers for rock bands are more comfortable in English. But there are bands in Delhi, which write their songs in Hindi. Rock buffs prefer international acts to Indian bands, which is a bit shameful actually because there are fabulous bands here. I think promoters lack perspective about how to tap a psychedelic crowd. But it’s just a matter of time now. Slowly but surely, rock is gaining popularity. Indian rock has come of age.
To prepare for the character, Farhan Akhtar did not listen to any special music. His own listening of Guns N’Roses was enough to prepare him for the character. Currently, he enjoys listening to pop.
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