Rockstar is an upcoming 2011 Hindi musical film directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and debutant Nargis Fakhri, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. Eros International Ltd. co-produces the film with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. Shammi Kapoor makes his last silver screen appearance in this film. The film is currently in post-production stage, set to release on 11 November 2011.
The shooting began in May 2010 and the film is scheduled to release on 11 November 2011. The major part of the shooting took place at locations in Kashmir at Kulgam, Kupwara, Srinagar and last phase has been shot in Delhi including, Kotla Mubarakpur, Nizamuddin Dargah, Greater Kailash, Munirka, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Madangir DDA and Connaught Place, and three-day schedule at the Shri Ram College of Commerce, St. Stephen’s College, followed by one at the Hindu College, director Imtiaz Ali’s alma mater, during the winter break of these colleges.
The film would also mark Shammi Kapoor’s last appearance in a feature film who had died on August 14, 2011. Film’s costumes were designed by Aki Narula, who dressed lead Ranbeer in “small-town denim-and-sweater combination and later, pathani-style kurtas with arm bands” completing the rockstar look, as the designer said, “I dress the character in what the character can afford.” The film’s lead actress, Nargis Fakhri, who plays the role of a Kashmiri Pandit girl, will be seen wearing a traditional Kashmiri Pandit wedding outfit. Great attention was given to detail in portraying a typical Kashmiri Pandit bride, with Nargis wearing the traditional Pandit Pheran, Dejhor (ear ornament worn by Kashmiri Pandit brides) and Taranga (head cap worn underneath the veil by Kashmiri Pandit brides). This is the first time in Bollywood that a Kashmiri Pandit wedding will be shown.
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