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Ranbir Kapoor | ... |
Harpreet Singh Bedi
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Prem Chopra | ... |
P.S. Bedi
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Gauhar Khan | ... |
Koena Shaikh
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Mukesh Bhatt | ... |
Chhotelal Mishra
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Naveen Kaushik | ... |
Nitin Rathore
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Manish Chaudhary | ... |
Sunil Puri
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Sumeet Darshan Dobhal | ... |
Rumaan - double 'A'
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Mokshad Dodwani | ... |
Tanmay aka Taxi
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Rajesh Jais | ... |
Choudhary
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Bikramjeet Kanwarpal | ... |
Inamdar
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Rashmi Kulkarni | ... |
Office Receptionist
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Shazahn Padamsee | ... |
Sherena K.
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Amol Parashar | ... |
Sai
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D. Santosh | ... |
Girish Reddy
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Neeraj Sood | ... |
Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) has just graduated, and his marks are, well, let's say a little embarrassing. But marks never stopped him from dreaming of an exciting and adventurous career, and they never will. 'Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year' is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned his world upside down, and his career right side up. Welcome to the world of sales, boss! Written by Dubai Internation Film Festival
I went to watch Rocket Singh with the expectation to see a good movie knowing that the same creative team (Shimit Amin and Jaideep) had put together a good movie previously with Chak De India. By the time "Rocket Singh" was over I sat in my seat spell bound and amazed by some excellent story telling by the same creative team. Half way thru the movie I was certain that I was witnessing a special piece of work by a talented team. What works for Rocket Singh is an absolutely crisp script, screen play, dialogues (some of which are very witty), sharp direction and awesome performance by an amazingly talented cast. The casting fits perfectly and Ranbeer deserves special mention for his performance, it is hard to believe that he is only a handful of movies old as an actor. In fact I could not pick anything negative or faulty with the film in my first viewing. Coming to the plot itself, it is about a fresh graduate with ordinary grades who lands a trainee salesman job and is shocked to see the cut throat methods used to succeed both at individual and team levels. He is soon found wanting in terms of the "killer" instinct necessary to survive. But he continues to believe in his ways and shows everyone how success is achieved with out resorting to cut throat/unethical means. The climax is very interesting; the conversation between "Rocket Singh" and Mr. Puri (his ex-employer) is one of the highlights of the movie.
In summary Indian cinema needs more of these movies - engaging stories of "real" people made with utmost attention paid to the story itself. Indian cinema can do with out "Love stories that have blood on them".
--S Rao