Rockford (film)
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 DVD cover of Rockford |
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| Directed by | Nagesh Kukunoor |
| Produced by | SIC Productions |
| Starring | Nagesh Kukunoor Nandita Das Rohan Dey Kailash Atmanathan Ulrika Krishnamurthy |
| Music by | Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
| Editing by | Renu Saluja |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | English |
Rockford is a 1999 film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor.
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[edit] Plot
A boy named Rajesh Naidu comes to Hyderabad and gets admitted in a beautiful catholic boarding school located in a pristine hill station in southern India. Rajesh Naidu arrives at Rockford Boy’s High School, fresh faced, just completing 13 years having left home for the first time he is a bit sad. Rajesh's best friends Selva, a happy-go-lucky kid, and David, an arrogant sports hero with a heart of gold. Raja - Captain of the school hates Rajesh. With them, he experiences the joy and agony of living in an all male boarding school where one has to learn to fend for oneself without the safety net of ones parents. In these days he meets his PT Instructor Johnny Matthew who teaches Rajesh lots of things and they become friends.
One day the school arranges a fete in which the girls also participate every year and all the boys are to propose at least one girl and Rajesh is least interested.Still he goes to the fete on insisted by Selva. Unfortunately David gets hurt and cannot go to the fete. Hence he tells Rajesh to give a card to Malathi a student from girls school. But Malathi starts liking Rajesh. Since David is a happy go lucky kind of guy he takes it easily.
One day on Rajesh's birthday Johnny Matthew pretending to be Malathi's uncle brings her out of the school to meet Rajesh. This information is then passed on to the Brother Lawrence. Shravya Malati's friend also accompanies them. Malathi and Rajesh spends some time together. Shravya and Johnny Matthew go together for an Ice-Cream. She then accuses Johnny Matthew saying he assaulted her when they were alone which is a lie created by Raja. Still Brother Lawrence believing that asks Johnny Matthew to resign from the school. Rajesh gets angry with all this and he fights against Raja with the help of David and makes him confess the truth in front of Brother Lawrence. Johnny Matthew then gets reinstated and everything ends well.
[edit] Cast
- Rohan Dey as Rajesh Naidu
- Nagesh Kukunoor as Johnny Matthew (PT Instructor)
- Ulrika Krishnamurti as Malathi
- Imran Mirza as David Fischer
- Jayant Kripalani as Brother Lawrence
- Shilpa Pai as Shariyar
- Suhail Bajaj as Raja
- Nandita Das
- Debasakti mohapatra as Happy
[edit] Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | ||||
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1999 (India)
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| # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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| 1 | Aasman Ke Paar | Shankar Mahadevan | 6:15 |
| 2 | Rockford Theme | Ashirvad | 3:35 |
| 3 | Find Me | Malvika | 2:55 |
| 4 | Comatose | Uday Benegal | 3:05 |
| 5 | Vegas Theme | Ashirvad | 2:05 |
| 6 | Feels So Good | Hariharan, Leslie Lewis | 4:59 |
| 7 | Make Merry | John Sudhakar, Ashirvad, Malvika | 4:51 |
| 8 | Yaaron | K.K. | 4:32 |
[edit] External links
- Rockford at the Internet Movie Database
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