Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year - Review

With hardly any promotion or marketing efforts, what would get people to Pocket this Rocket?
1. Yashraj (almost lost credibility now)
2. Flavour of the season Ranbir Kapoor &
3. Director Shimit Amin (100% track record)
So is this combo deal worth your while?
It is....

From the first frame, RSSOTY has a very simple believable feel; far away from the glossy fields & snowy caps Yashraj is famous for.

It is the story of Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor). Just about scraping through his graduation, he decides to take up the job of a salesman at a company selling computers. He finds it hard to get his bearings in the company because he refuses to bend the rules & play the game. Being noble & honest, Harpreet realises that his idealogies are not followed by others hence he decides to start his own company. He tags along with himself other colleagues from the office & embarks on a journey to reach to the top. Along the way, he stumbles, rises & eventually is met with an interesting end.

Rocket Singh does have many script flaws. How does one run a company while working at another? How does one manage to get orders without an office address?
Regardless of all this & more, the beauty of the film lies in it's simplicity & of course, its performances.

Ranbir Kapoor is no more the next big thing....he has arrived. He delivers a stupendous performance, his best to date & can be compared to the big names in the business today. He carries this film single-handedly & deserves the tag superstar.
Along with him his boss Puri pitches in a memorable performance & is supported by porn crazed maintenance guy D.Santosh, sideburned team lead Naveen Kaushik as well as loud & brash receptionist Gauhar Khan. Cute newcomer Shahzahn Padamsee is non-existent.

Director Shimit Amin works & falters both. While the film is well made & has a great feel, it could definitely be trimmed a bit. While the screenplay/dialogues by Jaideep Sahani are well written, the duo don't quite create the magic of Chak De. The humour in the film is dry but it brings a smile to your face. The climax is a tad bit filmy & should have been better written.

At the end of it, Rocket Singh is a film with soul. It does tend to preach a bit but still works for most of it. It makes you like Harpreet Singh & see the life of a salesman.
As the review is a bit late, the box office results are already out....sadly, the rocket didn't launch.
I still recommend you to catch Rocket Singh, a one time watch for sure.

Critical: 3.5/5
Commercial: 2/5