In Bollywood you’ve got to make a name for yourself. And if you’re name kisses quality each time, your name becomes a brand. A brand people will follow like a religion. Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachan and Farhan Akhtar are one of those people. I went to see Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na just because of Aamir Khan. I’m sure a lot of people out there put their hard earned moolah into the movie for this very reason. Farhan Akhtar, the director made it big with Dil Chahta Hai. He’s back with Rock On!! Now here’s Farhan Akhtar the actor, the singer, the producer. Will he be a better actor than a director? That will have to wait. First let’s check out the music which was released yesterday.
Track Listing:
Socha Hai – Farhan Akhtar
Pichle Saat Dinon Mein – Farhan Akhtar
Rock On!! – Farhan Akhtar
Ye Tumhari Meri Baatein – Dominique Cerejo
Zehreelay – Suraj Jaggan
Tum Toh Ho – Farhan Akhtar
Sinbad The Sailor – Farhan Akhtar, Raman Mahadevan
Pichle Saat Dinon Mein (Live Version) – Farhan Akhtar
Phir Dekhiye – Caralisa Monteiro
The music has been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. The lyrics have been penned down by Javed Akhtar. At first look this might look like Farhan Akhtar’s private rock album. He has sung five out of the nine tracks in the album. And dude! He rocks! He certainly does. The music is simply good to listen to. The album starts with Socha Hai by Farhan Akhtar. This is just some brilliant stuff as usual from Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Farhan proves he can sing. And he sings quite well. So say hello to Farhan Akhtar, the singer. The next track Pichle Saat Dinon Mein is an attempt to rock. Farhan makes it sound so good. The lyrics make it even better. Chances are you’re humming the song, the very first time you hear it! The title song comes next, Rock On by Farhan Akhtar. Say hello to Farhan Akhtar, the rockstar. Ye Tumhari Meri Baatein is a solid slow soulful song. Who the heck is Dominique Cerejo? I’ve got to Google her! The rock part is not over yet. Zehreelay by Suraj Jaggan is a neat one. Tum Toh Ho by Farhan Akhtar is another slow song you’ll wanna hear again and again. You can skip Sinbad the Sailor. The album ends with Phir Dekhiye by Caralisa Monteiro. The lyrics are simply amazing. On the whole an album as expected. Go get it! You’ll love each and every song!
Update: The movie is simply fantastic! Read a quick and cool review of the movie Rock On here!
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??? Rock ON , Hai Yeh waqt ka ishara …?????? , Man , Can’t get it outta my head !
The tunes are so cool!
Dude , Upgrade d fonT or watevr … my Music Symbols Turn into “?” here [:(]
Amazing! Farhan Akhtar is finally a rock star!!!!
Rock on!! seems to be adapted from the background music from the film Lakshya during Hrithik Roshan’s ascent on the rocky mountain.
Yes it is! But then it was a Farhan Akhtar movie, with music composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. So they’re free to do whatever they want to with the tune.
Anyways, the track Rock On!! is still my favourite one!!!!
“Pichle Saat Dinon Mein” rocks (especially the live version – it creates that feel) , Farhan sounds much better than that Atif.
The music is totally rocking! Absolutely great stuff!
The music is an absolute hit amongst the youth, it seems!
amazing muzic like all time
hey,,,rock on!!!….ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
insnt the begning of song rock-on inspired frm laksya???it sounds identical….
Favourite Tracks:
1) Sindabad the Sailor: Encourages you to achieve your dreams.
2) Rock On!!: Simply Rock On man.
excellent music composing and sung well 2.
simply bindas!!!!
I feel this is the new era of Bollywood music. It has overtaken western rock & pop. Nowadays, more often than not I find myself loving our very own bollywood music rather than western Hits ?!!? (are there any like they made em before ?). Case in point Jaane Tu.. ( the jazz number is up there with Sinatra , Pappu Rocks!!) and now this..Rock On!! Makes me beam with pride at our Indian Talent. Way to go …Rock On Dude!!!
u can skip sinbad the sailor???? hav u even heard the song properly??! thats one of the best songs on the album! all in all an awesome album…kudos to SEL!
Yes I have heard the song and I don’t like it. So?
Guyzz!! Finally are we listening to hindi trance!!.. thanks to all related to this movie.. Rock On!! am a sure viewer…
its been three days and my mp3 player, my desktop and my laptop all are sounding the same… rock on!!! thanks for such awesome music…
ROCK ON!!…its 2gud! each Nd every song…mind u! ek-ek gaana mere dimaag mein chadha hua hai! “pichhle saat dinon mein” iz my favourite [4one reason dat FARHAN AKHTAR haz sung it Nd 2nd...dat d lyrics R so gud..."meri laundry ka ek bill...ek aadhi padhi novel" tokz abt wat d singer haz lost in d last 7dayz!]…Nd d oder songz R also awesome…!!! ekdum kool gaane hain…totally ROCKing!!! “tum ho toh” iz a very soft ballad…farhan akhtar has done wonderz by hiz voice…man!!! 5 outta 9 songz…all R just gr8!!! hiz husky voice…Ooooh! sexy…
d title song:- ROCK ON!!…though v hav heard d background score earlier in Lakshya…it duzn’t really matterz coz…diz song…iz really elevating!!![a song wich tells u2 rock ryt now...coz diz iz lyf...Nd tym flies by...u hav 2live it ryt now!] “sinbad the sailor” iz a cute song…[obviously coz ov farhan'z voice!;-)] “socha hai” iz anoder song…[again by farhan! 
] wich tokz abt OuR thinking 2wardz d very minute thingz in our daily lyf! “yeh tumhari meri baatein” by dominique carejo iz a really sweet song…her voice makes u rest [a stress-buster!]…”zehreelay” by suraj jagan…[basically based on snakes!]…tokz abt d ppl huR lyk snakes in dis world- POISONOUS! [datzy zehreelay]…a total hard rock song wid electric guitarz…acoustic guitarz…keyboardz Nd obviously ful2 drumz in d bak…completely signifies d ROCK ON!! feel… 
“phir dekhiye” by caralisa monteiro iz anoder soft song…wid just d acoustic guitarz Nd piano at d bak…makes u feel in heaven…wid sucha b’ful voice…gud lyrics Nd such kool compostion wid d 2instrumentz…iz worth listening!
in short ROCK ON!! iz a totally ROCKing album…wich deserves repeated listening…[as i do it everytym wen i open my laptop!] a super kool album…fundoo lyrics by JAVED AKHTAR…awesome muzik by SHANKAR-EHSAAN-LOY…amazing singing by FARHAN AKHTAR among oderz [dominique carejo, caralisa monteiro, suraj jagan Nd raman mahadevan]…it haz 2b on d top ov uR priority list ryt now! a super sexy album…go buy it now…i bet u…u won’t b disappointed…!!!
aasma hai neela kyun
paani geela geela kyun
gol kyun hai zamee
silk mein hai narmi kyun
aag mein hai garmi kyun
do aur do paanch kyun nahi
ped ho gaye kam kyun
teen hain ye mausam kyun
chaand do kyun nahi
duniya mein hai jung kyun
behta laal rang kyun
sarhaden hain kyun har kahin
socha hai… ye tumne kya kabhi
socha hai… ki hain ye kya sabhi
socha nahi to socho abhi
‘Socha hai’ simply rocks!!!!!!!!!
“I feel this is the new era of Bollywood music. It has overtaken western rock & pop.” – Dude…I think you need some reality check.
In my opinion, Rock on is nowhere near what you call in classical terms “Rock”. The music is ordinary and lacks the edge of a real Rock song.
I don’t know why everyone is going all ga ga over it. Radio City review too treads the similar line. Thats sad
socha hai simply rocks.farhan is a true genious.he sounds superbbbbbbbbbbb.
I’ve listen to the songs. I don’t think Farhan is great but he makes it work considering this is a movie. I tell you why he isn’t great:
1. He tries to scream like he’s in Iron Maiden or something… once he even tries to scream as Steven Tyler… obviously he doesn’t have the voice to do that.
2. He has a good voice to consider professional singing, maybe some pop songs definitely not hard enough to rock on.
3. Sankar Ishan Loys rifts and beats are bangin’, they sure rock…
4. Javed Akhtars lyrics are good for some pop version not definely the rock music this music is gonna represent. Javed Akhtar is a old dude who looks at the sunset, sea shores and two heart shaped baloons while writing songs…. the lyrics sounds 100% FAKE. Since it does sound like is written by some controlled dude with wife and kids… really fucked up lyrics.
I give Lyrics a 1.5, vocals a 3 and music a 4.5, in scale from 1-5; that of cource I have give stars here.
And ya I can say without any official feedbacks that Farhan Akhtar is an Aerosmith fan. Since that’s what he ties and fails to be the whole album.
And by this review you can say that I’m one too… not that I care if you don’t care.
Farhan does a decent job and he deserves kudos for his efforts. Personally, “Socha hai” is very refreshing to hear and it doesn’t matter whether Farhan is a fan of a certain band or not. He sings, he conquers, period.
I dont think there is anything great about this album..farhan’s voice
lacks the finesse of a professional singer and it shows at critical points..also the ‘rock’ element seems to be too superficial..the songs are to simplistic and dont have depth..listen to some of the great rock songs..every hearing one seems to discover a new sound, that you cant resist putting in loop..nothing like that for this one..seems more like a wannabe rock album….
i dunno about u guyz…but i simply loved every single song of ROCK ON!!…yep, every person in diz world haz hiz/her own opinion…Nd dey hav d right 2express it as well…so no probs…i hav already published my review 4 ROCK ON!! 6 reviews earlier dis1…if it helped ne1…i’m more dan happy…Nd if it didn’t…well, i can’t do nething den! Newayz…cheers! Nd yeah…ROCK ON!!
After getting through all above reviews i got one common point that is “Rock on’s music is such mein rocking”
whether it is lyrics aur music or say farhaan akhtar’s new avtaar(Rock Star).
As far as critics are concerned i will say it is their first attempt,they are doing something new,something fresh,so we need to encourage them.
IT does’nt matter that this music has a very less resemblence with the rock music of west,but we can say that the future of indian rock music is very bright and secure in hands of innovative people like farhaan,shanksr ehsaan loy and javed akhtar…
The songs of ‘Rock On’ rock big time the music is great farhan’s voice is unique and the review above had me nodding my head !!
M totally in an agreeable mode wid dose who appreciated d muzik of ROCK ON!! its very much rocking…
im a big music freek and seriously u guys
desever an aploz
I heard Rock On! song’s its sound’s gud Farhan u can made ur voice more than better anywaz nice work of Shankar,Eshaan&Loy.
Tum ho to rocks!!!! Awesome song
wow…wanted do a post on this myself…can i copy ur post in to my blog????
I cannot agree with you more, we all are waiting to watch Farhan Akhtar to act in front of the camera…Cheers!
@Kamal: You can post an excerpt along with a link to the complete post!
I must say that Shankar Ehsaan Loy have done a great job as usual ………..Socha Hai is just fantastic…. amazing….. awesome
Farhan’s voice suites the songs and I’m looking forward to see the film….. Good Luck and Keep Rocking…..
rock on “rocks” gread songs we all love that song
Farhan ur movie rocks n ur songs are amazing n u looks so sweet in movie
Socha hai is inspired from
Jimi Hendrix’ take on The Star Spangled Banner
Rock on is inspired from
Bryan Adams signature tracks
Zehreelay is inspired from Corduroy
This is One CRAP album..
1 out of 5 stars .
ok..maybe they are a bit of rip offs..
but come on and stop comparing this music with
classic rock..
all we need to is appreciate farhan’s attempt at atleast making a movie on rock !!!
u started comparisons with led zep,jimi,pearl jam are u off your mind.
those sopngs are immortal !!!
and how can you compare corduroy and zehreeley…are u off your mind??
listen to both the tracks..learn to compare..
thats really a very good action 4 find new faces…
thanks a lot Farhan..
rockon is rocking in our hearts
Music is to Great !!!!!!!!
Specailly the Guitar
Must Watch movie
Arujan Rampal in last song looking damn Smart !!!!!!
its a great movie, ve been expecting this kinda movie for a long time, real eye opener to many of the upcoming rockers and teaches them the draw backs of ego and compromises in the contemporary rock scene, best part is robs love towards the band magik and the others for their determination and dedication towards rock music…………great work …songs are really good , i enjoy the song pichle saat dino me
The music rocks …. the movie rocks .. grt movie and music after a long time … kudos !!
Well if you listen to Music of Rock ON before watching Movie,then you wont get actual feel of the songs.
So watch the movie before listening to music ,then you can actually relate each song with its part in movie.
After watching this movie i must say Music rocks.More than what i expected.
Farhan proved that he can sing also Caralisa Monteiro gave a superb smooth track.
watch the film..its awesome…the songs make more sence there…well yes ridhima its not cery close to western rock..but its an amazing attempt..its a step towards great music which india lacks big time…i follow rock music a lot…and its a part of uk culture whri live..but i know that not all rock bands do have gr8 music…rockon is centainly better than many american rock bands…
True the movies greaaaat!!!(though i have just heard the song as such).Ilike the song Phir Deckhiye a lot. I also like the main song-Rock On1!!!
Do Rock ON YOUR LIFE-YOU WONT GET ANOTHER!!
HAve never seen such kind of rocking on movie till now in bollywood , this is one of the best rock music for this year , but farhan akhtar was focus a lot in this movie , ya film was made by him , thts the another fact , but over all movie was good , good rocking music, mostly music lover will like it
Dominique Crejo is an awesome singer …her voice is so soothing and melodious… the song Ye Tumhari Meri Baatein is very adorable thanks to Dominique’s vocals.
She started singing a good 10 – 12 years ago.. I first heard her perform with a band called “Aqua Flow” in Mumbai, her voice stayed in my head since then.
I was pleasantly surprised when i heard her in ROCK ON! and i think she did an awesome job…
Hope to hear a lot of her in our movies ……
rock on really rocks and “Farhan akhtar really rocks “all the music lovers will like this movie for sure & this hectic life we really need this type of movie to feel relaxed …. GREAT JOB>>>>
I don’t think the movie deserves the hype. Too slow and dude…it’s like a parody on rock music! Extremely hard to digest.
Skip Sinbad the sailor? What are you talking about. Thats the catchiest song in the whole album.
WTH? Skip Sinbad? The lyrics are juvenile, but the picturization was good.
Check this comic review of Rock On’s movie formula – http://www.flyyoufools.com/super-clean-rock-band-movie
Could you please let me know what was the song in Purab’s lip in the rock on movie.
wooooooow
disastorous music
never listened in any bollywood movie
movie should nominated for oscar’S THIS Year from India
da movie & its songs r fab,cool,awesome & wht else i can write………….no words man
keep rockin