Director Arindam Chaudhuri's "Rok Sako To Rok Lo" is a celluloid extravaganza that celebrates youthful imagination as much as it evokes a nostalgic yearning for youth.
The five friends, Dev, Ganguly, Bhajji, Venky and the sweet Suhana, are final year students at the modest Bharti School. They bask in one another's friendship and a spirit of innocent adventure. Living in an illusory world where lofty ambitions for security have little meaning, they are no match against Ranveer, the undisputed champion from the elitist Valley High School, who utterly intimidates the Bharti boys. Enter Kabir (Sunny Deol). Referred to as Phantom, this mysterious and seemingly unapproachable Harley Davidson biker is a loner, who rides into Suhana's life, and eventually befriends her entire gang.
Debutante director Arindam Chaudhuri, who also shares the credits for screenplay writing, opens the cards at the very outset.
Arindam Chaudhuri makes a confident debut. An efficient storyteller, the debutante exhibits his grasp over the medium in dramatic as well as comic situations with élan. Cinematography [Santosh Thundiyil] is first-rate. The colors add sheen to the enterprise.
Music, except for the title track, is not even catchy and the songs keep cropping up at the drop of a hat. The picturisation of the dream song or the one at the school social makes you wonder if the characters involved are school goers at all. The dialogues too are routine.