 Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) passes out his graduation with
embarrassing marks. The less ambitious Harpreet unlike his friends
doesn’t go in for higher education but opts for a Salesman’s job. He
joins AYS, a computer selling firm which has a very demanding boss,
Sunil Puri (Manish Choudhary) and an extremely rude and no-nonsense
immediate boss, Nitin Rathore. 
With his competitive colleagues leaving
no opportunity to poke fun of the earnest rookie, Harpreet lands in
trouble with his seniors over his first client visit itself. Insulted
and demoted, Harpreet then hits upon an idea to start his own parallel
business naming his firm Rocket Sales. He gradually ropes in all the
key staff members of his own office making them equal profit partners
and soon becomes a big business threat to AYS. The rapidly sliding
company’s sliding sales figures rattle Puri. What happens to Harpreet
and his Rocket Sales team after Puri tries to find who his major
competitor is, forms the rest of the film.
The Chak De India writer – director team of Jaideep Sahani and
Shimit Amin have delivered yet another remarkable film. Taking
situations straight out of real life with kind of characters you and me
would have encountered in our daily life and added with some terrific
performances, Rocket Singh is undoubtedly one of 2009’s best films. The
Sardar character of Ranbir doesn’t appear like gimmick and in fact he
hardly speaks a Sardar’s lingo. Just like Chak De, the perfect casting
of the ensemble cast (mostly unknown actors) is yet another master
stroke by writer-director duo. In fact each of the film’s principle
characters have got their ‘one moment’. The film gets straight to the
point as in the 10th minute itself as Ranbir begins his innings as a
Salesman. Day to day office politics and bitching was never captured so
perfectly in any Hindi film before. The film is laced with some really
well penned dialogues (Customer ke naam mein hi likha hota hai ‘mar’,
Risk to Spiderman bhi leta hai…tum to ek Salesman ho) which evoke
guffaws as well as applause at places, the conversation between Ranbir
and his boss in the climax being the high point. Salim-Suleiman’s music
is apt for the setting and there are no lip-sync numbers.
With this film, Ranbir has cemented his position as a star actor who
has the ability to carry a solo film on his shoulders. Manish
Choudhary, often seen in TV ads, playing Ranbir’s smirky boss is a
great find. The actor with the handle bar moustache playing Nitin
Rathore is yet another amazing discovery. His body language and
attitude has turned out just perfect. Gauhar Khan playing Ranbir’s
fiery office telephone operator is very impressive. Shazahn who plays
Ranbir’s client turned girl friend suits the part. D. Santosh and
Mukesh Bhatt as Ranbir’s colleagues are excellent too.
Rocket Singh is one film, that Yash Raj Films will definitely be
proud to have produced under their banner. Do not miss this film as it
actually delivers more than it promises.
Rocket Singh has the ability to inspire millions of our country's youngsters.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5*
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Gauhar Khan, Manish Choudhary and introducing Shazahn Padamsee
Director: Shimit Amin
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