OyeG Review

There’s good news for all those who are waiting to see the Kapoor lad as an adorable Sardar, Ranbir clicks, but alas, the film fails.

‘Rocket Singh – Salesman of the Year’ is a story of Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor), a graduate who has low grades but high ambitions to make it big in the world of sales, for he says, ‘his grades are low but not his intelligence’. But soon, his idea of success begins clashing with the strange ways of the 'professionals' and 'bosses' he looked up to.

A man of principles, Bedi will never cheat to achieve sales and, as expected, finds himself at the receiving end of his boss’s wrath. How he sticks to his principles, teaches a lesson to his bosses and emerges a winner finds the rest of this simple film that deals with the complicated world of ‘sales’.

Direction

Director Shimit Amin does a neat job in putting forth a simple story of a middle class man. But it’s the slow pace of the film and lack of ‘masala’ (read comedy, romance, thrill, song and dance) in this drab tale that fails to keep the audience’s interest intact.

Script/Script

The major drawback in the writing is that it fails to appeal to the masses. It is the dirty office politics and the big bad world of sales that forms the crux of the story that invokes both peels of laughter and bit of boredom. But, we wish the protagonist gave it back to his bosses in a more engaging and hard-hitting form.

Performances

Ranbir Kapoor comes across as a polished actor with defined emotions, body language and dialogue delivery. Kudos to the young actor who is slowly getting there! Newbie Shazahn Padamsee has a brief role and doesn’t disappoint. Gauhar Khan as the receptionist of a firm, who is good at potshots, puts forth a decent performance. Prem Chopra as the Punjabi speaking dadaji is a complete natural. The rest of the supporting cast delivers convincing performances.