Well, its pointless to compare the two movies because the stories are different. But, from the music point of view there are certain things common & hence making an attempt to post here. The music composers are same & the story revolves around young friends, thats the common thing here. Dil Chahta hai is probably the best musical film in the recent times. All songs were ‘hits’. This is very rare to happen in a movie. After ’1942 a Love story’, I would rate this film to be best musical film till date. The main reason being the variety of songs based on the situations & that is the key. I haven’t seen ‘Rock on’ but only heard the title song, which has good lyrics but the music is ordinary & the guitar pieces look to be copied from the western numbers. I am not a great fan of rock or western music but somehow it has got certain limitations & it becomes monotonous after you hear 1-2 songs. 

Well, the younsters do fall in love with western music and hence might have enjoyed & liked ‘Rock on’. But from the music angle, I guess you need to do lot of research & study before you try and make a film related to that subject. We have some great examples in the past – there are infact plenty of films based on Indian folk & classical music for eg: Umarao Jaan, Lekin, Amar Prem, Mughal-E-Azam, Pakeezah, Abhiman, Sargam etc. and on the western side, movies like Karz (ofcourse the old one), Hum kisi se kum nahi, but ‘Rock on’ doesn’t come close to any of these movies to be remembered for long time. The important aspect is ‘originality’ – music should always feel fresh & new then only it will last long or be remembered for decades.

Songs from ‘Dil chahta hai’ are of that quality so the music ‘rocks’. ‘Rock on’ ka to band baj gaya hai – as far as music is concerned. Well, if people start liking the new (so called musical) ’Karz’ then certainly Rock on is much better option, I would say.

We cannot blame the audience after all, unfortunately, there is very little choice with regards to good music.

This is a very popular patriotic song composed by Shri Madan Mohan and sung by Mohammad Rafi from film haqikat. The powerful voice of Rafi sahab & high intensity of the orchestra & chorus touches your heart & easily brings tears in your eyes. The song coveys a very strong message to all of us about the sacrifice made by the brave soldiers of our nation who gave freedom to India. Unfortunately, we play & listen to these type of songs only during independence & republic day. Freedom gives us a message of peace & harmony. But we, especially today’s youth thinks freedom as sheer enjoyment, fun & freak out. Rave parties, drugs, night clubs, smoking, drinking & prostitution – this is freedom for most of us.  Well there is other kind of youth, very smart, highly educated but fed up of living in India and decide to settle down in other countries. Are they enjoying real freedom?

We are very proud of our rich culture & heritage.  India gave birth to great national leaders, Spiritual gurus, Ayurveda, Yoga, classical music & dance. Today people from other coutries are following and adopting Indian ways and culture which is giving them great satisfaction & peace of mind. And we, the youth of India are wrongly following the western ways & culture and ruining our lives.

Look at the movies, the music we create. It has a huge impact on today’s youth. The purity, richness & classical nature of music is lost somewhere. There are very few people amongst the younger generation who are following Indian music, culture and practising yoga - these are the real means to our progress & attaining a healthy and peaceful life. 

Let us wake up and have a real good start. We still have a chance to improve and bring back the culture that our freedom fighters dreamed about and gave away their lives for it.

God bless us!