Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year Movie Reviews

Rocket Singh is quite relatable in recent times. Half the day one gets uncalled-for calls from salesmen wanting to sell us products from the world. And in the other half almost every employee in any organization dreams of starting his own company like his workplace. Rocket Singh combines these common-man conflicts to come up with a compelling narrative. Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) has always been

Like Swades and Lage Raho Munnabhai which came before it, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is a film about the importance of basic goodness. In an industry driven by opening weekends and bumper collections, it's that oddball film that seldom compromises on its intentions for the sake of becoming more box-office friendly. As a result the film feels too long, indulgent even, and ever-so-often it appears uncinematic.

Have you ever seen or heard of a theatre full of masala moviegoers clapping at a company sales chart? Naa? Don’t worry, you will have to join the party soon. Because it’s no ordinary sales chart. It’s one where the bars of the bar graph are replaced by rockets. And these small paper rockets have the power to crush the mechanics of big Bollywood. They did it with Chak De! India and now they have again rocked it with Rocket Singh.

Somewhere down the film, deep in the midst of his downward slide into ignominy and despair, his friends try to console oddball salesman Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) by telling him he's a nice guy, unfit for the unethical corporate jungle out there. But, mice are nice, scoffs HP, hating his own niceness and mousy inconsequence. Poor HP. Doesn't he know nice guys always do finish first.

Did you see the initial promos of Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year? It had a desk and Ranbir sitting on it and talking to you. "Hi, Harpreet Singh Bedi, salesman," he smiled at you. He then said that he would sell the movie to you - the audience - in 60 seconds flat and went on to tell you how the movie would give you complete value for money. He finished it with the statement - a salesman's job never ends. You may have liked the promo, or thought of it as nothing great.

How in the world does Jaideep Sahni do it? Really, how? At a time when our cinema attempts to either be shampoo-commercial glossy or marijuana-rolling edgy, the ace screenwriter hammers out his work with a stark neatness, a stoic tidy that stands out amidst both the varnished and the handheld. And when we see such unspectacular triumphs as Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year, it is clear that mere nails and efficiency aren't what hold them together: like his latest leading man

The prefix Rocket to Singh in the film’s title, I suspect, has appeared from the usage ‘rocket science’. I’m not certain though, how that line — “This isn’t rocket science” — one of the top 10 irritating phrases in the language, according to an Oxford research, gained such popular currency in our times. Young Harpreet (Ranbir Kapoor, astonishingly sincere) calls his underground company Rocket Sales Corporation, mainly because

Sometimes, simplicity is everything. Forget the flamboyance, the grandeur and the melodrama. What strikes you most about Rocket Singh Salesman Of The Year is director Shimit Amin's ability in telling a tale that connects with you purely because of its sincerity. The film starts with average middle-class student, Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir) passing out from college. He decides to work as a salesman

Two years after delivering a hit on the hockey fields with CHAK DE INDIA, Shimit Amin returns, this time with business as the field of play. Yet again, he delivers a product with finesse. ROCKET SINGH appeals, endears, and warms the cockles of one's heart. Ranbir Kapoor is in that phase of his innings right now, where he can do no wrong. He is, in sporting parlance, what you call 'in the Zone'

Yashraj Films turns over a desperately-needed leaf with ‘Rocket Singh’, a film with both art and heart. The not-so-regular story of a regular guy is seldom told right: here, scriptwriter Jaideep Sahni, director Shimit Amin and lead actor Ranbir Kapoor work in tandem to keep it real and grounded and engrossing. Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) passes out of college with poor marks, so he decides to go into sales

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is a sweet but slight film, which should be watched for its good intentions, its inherent decency and for Ranbir Kapoor's performance, which firmly establishes him as the best actor of his generation. Ranbir plays Harpreet Singh Bedi, a B Com graduate with 35 per cent marks who becomes a salesman in a computer company. His idealistic vision of the working world shatters quickly. Within a few days of working, a client asks for a kick-back.

Some films absorb you instantly, from the very outset. But it takes time to get into the world of a salesman who thinks from his heart. Come to think of it, ROCKET SINGH - SALESMAN OF THE YEAR is about a simpleton, but the story of his struggle and accomplishment isn't the kind that would charge you or make you charter a similar path in life. Also, the story of an underdog who comes up the hard way