Pyaasa highlights the journey of every artist who refused to change according to the system, the society and the culture and Vijay (Guru Dutt) did not do it because he thought it was cool but because that’s who he was. And throughout the film it is about Vijay’s journey of a never-ending search for peace, truth and freedom. And the same thought gives birth to Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar, where Jordan (Ranbir Kapoor) and his angst is the driving force of this story as it unfolds more like a puzzle with documented bits, making viewers aware of the societal arc which we also see in Pyaasa but in a linear way.
The endings of both Pyaasa and Rockstar justifies the journey of self discovery. In Pyaasa, when Vijay had a chance to reveal the truth of his writings which went popular without people knowing the true author but he chose to keep it as a secret and got beaten by a huge mob of crowd. While watching this scene, we question ourselves why did he do that? And when he confronts Meena, he complains about the society that tears away a man’s compassion and he believes that he will never find peace here, and begins another endless journey.
The same goes at the climax of Rockstar in a more musical way, he’s an empty man feeling nothing looking at the sea of people cheering for him. He’s just standing there wishing he was under that bed-sheet with the girl he loved and there’s no one around. And the thing which haunts him is that he’ll never find peace as at the end he conforms to the system i.e the company which has restricted him completely. These lines from Pyaasa will do justice to Jordan’s situation, “Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaaye Toh Kya Hai”
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