Imtiaz
Ali's
2011
film
Rockstar
starring
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Nargis
Fakhri
clocks
10
years
(November
11).
Touted
to
be
one
of
the
most
polarising
films
in
recent
times,
the
movie
is
still
remembered
for
Ranbir's
heart-wrenching
performance
and
the
evergreen
songs.
On
Rockstar
completing
a
decade
today,
Imtiaz
Ali
in
his
latest
interaction
with
Hindustan
Times
revisited
his
work
and
said
that
his
film
belongs
more
to
the
audience
than
him.
"If
a
film
is
being
discussed
and
its
characters
and
situations
are
being
dissected
ten
years
after
its
release,
that's
great.
I
think
that
a
film
belongs
to
its
viewers
more
than
its
makers.
I
know
there
are
people
who
own
the
movie
much
more
than
I
do," the
filmmaker
told
the
tabloid.
Imtiaz
shared
that
Ranbir
was
not
his
first
choice
for
Rockstar
and
continued,
"I
began
trying
to
make
Rockstar
even
before
Ranbir
became
an
actor.
So,
I
was
thinking
of
other
actors
to
play
this
part.
When
I
met
Ranbir,
he
strangely
knew
the
story
of
Rockstar.
When
he
began
telling
me
the
story,
I
saw
Jordan
in
him."
The
director
said
that
he
was
overwhelmed
by
the
audience's
radical
reaction
to
the
film
and
said
that
the
audience
took
the
film
personally.
Imtiaz
said,
"Prior
to
Rockstar,
my
films
were
known
to
be
pleasant.
Jab
We
Met
(2007),
Love
Aaj
Kal
(2009)
and
Socha
Na
Tha
(2005)
had
nothing
deeply
disturbing
about
them.
People
took
Rockstar
very
personally.
But
the
film
could
have
never
ended
on
a
happy
note.
If
I
were
to
look
back
and
change
the
ending,
it
would
have
been
even
more
tragic.
He
added,
"The
film,
in
a
way,
is
about
the
myth
that
good
music
comes
out
of
a
broken
heart.
The
broken
heart
was
necessary
at
the
end
of
the
film."
Ali
also
shared
an
anecdote
and
told
the
tabloid,
"I
was
waiting
for
the
lift
at
a
production
house
and
there
was
a
girl
inside
who
seemed
to
be
crying.
I
had
to
get
into
the
same
elevator
but
looking
at
her
but
I
wasn't
so
sure.
But
then
she
looked
at
me
and
rudely
asked
me
if
I
wanted
to
come
in.
I
went
in
and
kept
to
myself.
As
she
was
crying,
she
said
to
me,
'Don't
listen
to
anyone.
Rockstar
is
the
most
amazing
film.' She
said
it
to
me
with
such
wrath!
I
remember
that
incident
even
after
ten
years.
People
took
the
film
very
personally.
That's
what
surprised
me
when
it
released."
On
being
asked
if
there
is
a
possibility
of
a
sequel
to
Rockstar,
the
filmmaker
revealed,
"There
has
been
a
lot
of
demand
for
a
sequel
to
the
film
and
sometimes,
we
just
mention
it
among
ourselves,
mostly
as
something
to
talk
about
but
there
has
never
been
a
serious
plan
to
make
a
sequel.
Long
back
I
had
said
that
if
we
go
into
making
a
sequel,
it
should
only
be
ten
years
later
in
the
life
of
Jordan.
Though
a
decade
has
passed,
there
is
really
no
plan."
Imtiaz
Ali's
last
directorial
venture
was
Kartik
Aaryan-Sara
Ali
Khan
starrer
Love
Aaj
Kal
in
2020.
The
film
was
panned
by
the
critics
and
was
a
box
office
disappointment.