{"id":632,"date":"2009-12-09T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/12\/movie-preview-rocket-singh-salesman-of-the-year-2.html"},"modified":"2011-06-14T02:39:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T02:39:49","slug":"movie-preview-rocket-singh-salesman-of-the-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/12\/movie-preview-rocket-singh-salesman-of-the-year-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Preview : Rocket Singh &#8211; Salesman of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember my 10th and 12th class boards and the pressure was bad then. It\u2019s worse now. But what do folks who can\u2019t make good do ? According to this film, they become salesmen (or women). Meet Harpreet Singh Bedi, skinny Sardar, and failure extraordinaire. He\u2019s passing (or is that failing nowadays ?) B.Com with 39% marks and that\u2019s an improvement on his school performance. But he\u2019s full of confidence, and out to make it in the world of sales. Is it any wonder that the title song goes \u201cPocket mein rocket . . .\u201d ?<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7LLlymgJJE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Ranbir Kapoor plays this zany Sardar, and from the promos it looks like he\u2019s doing a great job. He does have Sikh roots (his mom Neetu Singh is a Sardarni) although I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s what&#8217;s doing it. For one thing with a beard, he looks like such a typical young Sikh boy; button down shirt, long stringy legs, and a nice bright pagdi (turban) all neatly tied. Well Ranbir as Bedi gets a sales job, and the film apparently is about the way his \u201ctraditional\u201d values clash with the contemporary values of the professionals working with him, and how being the hero types, he works it all out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s907.photobucket.com\/albums\/ac276\/amodini\/?action=view&amp;current=Shazahnp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i907.photobucket.com\/albums\/ac276\/amodini\/Shazahnp.jpg?w=640\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"shazahn padamsee\" \/><\/a>This film stars a bunch of newcomers \u2013 model Gauhar Khan (yes \u2013 she of the <a href=\"http:\/\/reviewroom.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/wardrobe-malfunctions-new-social-evil.html\">wardrobe malfunction<\/a>), fresh and dewy-eyed beauty Shazahn Padamsee (daughter of well-known ad-film director and voluble NDTV talk-show guest <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alyque_Padamsee\">Alyque Padamsee<\/a> and singer Sharon Prabhakar). It is directed by Shimit Amin (of <a href=\"http:\/\/hindimoviereviews.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/review-chak-de-india.html\">Chak de India<\/a> fame) with screenplay by Jaideep Sahni. With all the talent in this film, it should be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Singh (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yashrajfilms.com\/microsites\/rocketsingh\/rswebsite.html\">Official website<\/a>) opens in a theatre near you Dec 11th 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember my 10th and 12th class boards and the pressure was bad then. It\u2019s worse now. But what do folks who can\u2019t make good do ? According to this film, they become salesmen (or women). Meet Harpreet Singh Bedi, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/12\/movie-preview-rocket-singh-salesman-of-the-year-2.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_17000648_17000648":"","facebook_10233691416821117_190635594420624":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[76,14,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bollywood","category-drama","category-previews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"amodini","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"I remember my 10th and 12th class boards and the pressure was bad then. 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