The Great Farhan-Abhishek Kapoor Fall Out After Rock On

Farhan  Akhtar-Abhishek Kapoor’s Rock On is 15-years old today. Its youngness, which it wears on its heart like  a sleeve,is still  intact. And yes, the first part released in 2008 holds together  far better as  a parable on the perks and pinpricks  of  musical kinship than the second  part of the  film released in 2016, which fell apart  for two reasons: the change  of director(Abhishek Kapoor was replaced  by Shujaat Saudagar)  and  demonetization which happened a few day ahead of the  release  of Rock On 2.

What was the reason for the fall-out between  Farhan and Abhishek Kapoor? Neither party was  willing to reveal the inside details. But Farhan  did say in an interview, “Things happen . No point in dwelling on them. What happened between  me  and Gattu(Abhishek Kapoor) was unfortunate. We are both mature adults. We could have sorted out our differences  in  a much more sensible way.”

Funfact about Abhishek kapoor: before he turned director  with Rock On he was an aspiring actor. He made his debut as  a  leading man in Uff Yeh Mohabbat in 1996 where he was paired with Twinkle Khanna whom he  was dating at that time.