''Zindaggi Rocks'' (translates as ''Life Rocks'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Tanuja Chandra Tanuja Chandra (born 1969) is an Indian film director and writer. Chandra is the daughter of writer Kamna Chandra and sister of author Vikram Chandra (novelist), Vikram Chandra and film critic Anupama Chopra. She co-wrote the screenplay of Yash ...

and written by

Mudassar Aziz Mudassar Aziz is a writer, director and producer in the Hindi Film Industry. Having started out as an apprentice on Sudhir Mishra’s “Chameli”, Mudassar constructed the early part of his career as an assistant director and free lance co-writer ...

. This is a love story between a famous singer, Kriya (

Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen (; born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Universe 1994, becoming the first Indian people, Indian woman to win the title. Sen has since predominantly worked in Hindi films, ...

) and a doctor (

Shiney Ahuja Shiney Suraj Ahuja (born 15 May 1973) is an Indian former actor who worked in Bollywood. He won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' in 2006 and then followed with several hit films like ''Gangster'', '' Woh La ...

Plot

Dr. Suraj Rihan meets Kriya, a popular singer, in his hospital. While he is a quiet, responsible man, she is loud, kiddish, and a little crazy. Kriya invites Suraj to meet her family, which includes her very strict mother and her mother's twin sister, who is fun and giggly. Kriya has an adopted son, who is very mature for his age. Kriya and Suraj fall in love, and their feelings are immediately tested by a crisis. Kriya's son is in a critical state as he has a hole in his heart, and they are unable to find a donor till the date of the operation. This makes Kriya commit homicide.

Cast

as Kriya Sengupta * Julian Burkhardt as Dhruv *

as Dr. Suraj Rihan *

Moushumi Chatterjee Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hindi films during the 1970s. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019; she was previously a member of ...

as Indrani Sengupta, Kriya's mother / Mausi (Double role) *

Kim Sharma Kim Michelle Sharma is an Indian actress and model who works in Hindi and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in the 2000-romantic drama ''Mohabbatein'' for which she won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Sharma went ...

as Joy (voice dubbed by

Urvi Ashar Urvi Ashar is an Indian voice-dubbing actress who speaks English, Hindi, Kutchi, Gujarati, and Marathi. She has been active in the voice acting business since 1998. Filmography Commercials Animated films Career Ashar has voiced televisio ...

) *

Ravi Gossain Ravi Gossain is an Indian actor and works for movies and TV serials. He has worked in serials like '' Amanat'' as Nigoda and '' Sarhadein'' as Sohail and on Zee TV's '' Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein''. He got recognized for his role in th ...

as Sam *

Seema Biswas Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur, Shekhar Kapur's film ''Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the ...

as DCP Gazala Qadri * Olivier Lafont as Lester

Soundtrack

The album features six original and four remixed songs. All tracks were composed by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film ...

and the lyrics penned by

Sayeed Quadri Sayeed Quadri is an Indian lyricist and poet known for his work in Hindi cinema. He gained recognition with his debut in the film ''Jism'' (2003) and is best known for his soulful and poetic lyrics in popular films like ''Murder'', ''Gangster'' ...

and

Track lists

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media, as well as his reviews for Bollywood Hungama. Career Taran Adarsh started his journ ...

IndiaFM Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is an Indian entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides ...

gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing ″Sush tries hard to infuse life in her character. She is effective at places, but tends to get theatrical at times. Shiney does a decent job, although the screenplay gives him little scope to go beyond a set of expressions. Moushumi Chatterjee is okay as the mother, but hams as the twin-sister. The get-up also doesn't suit her age. Kim Sharma is wasted. The child artist, Julian, is wonderful. Seema Biswas, as the cop, is alright. Ravi Gosain gets no scope. On the whole, ZINDAGGI ROCKS just doesn't rock. At the box-office, it's bound to go unnoticed. Gullu Singh of

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gave the film 1 star, writing ″Sushmita Sen and Shiney Ahuja do their best to save the film but the script and dialogues are so shoddy that it is impossible for them to do so.″

References

External links

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Official site
' * {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2020 2006 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik Films directed by Tanuja Chandra