Product Description
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RANG DE BASANTI is a story about the youth of India today.
A young, London based film- maker chances upon the diaries of her
grandher, who served in the British force in India
during the freedom struggle. Excited about these memoirs, she
makes plans to shoot a film on the Indian revolutionaries
mentioned in the diaries. She comes down to Delhi, and casts a
group of five friends to play the pivotal roles of these
revolutionaries.
However, products of modern India, the five youngsters initially
refuse to be part of the project, as they dont identify with
these characters from the past. Not surprising, considering that
theyre part of a generation of Indians that believes in
consumerism. To them issues like patriotism and giving ones life
for ones beliefs is the stuff stuffy text- books are made of.
They would rather party than be patriots.
In the film both the 1930s British India and the India Today run
parallel and intersect with each other at crucial points. As the
film reaches its resolution the line between past and present
blurs, as they become one in spirit.
The film changed the face of how youth looks at their rights,
their duties and what rebel means to them!
Review
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Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra merges two plots in RANG DE
BASANTI. The first is about a group of friends, their bonding,
the carefree lifestyle they lead. The second plot pertains to the
past, when freedom fighters sacrificed their lives during the
pre-independence era. Without doubt, Mehra's intentions are
noble, since portions in the film do succeed in pricking your
conscience.Mehra draws parallels between Indians ruled by the
British and Indians ruled by corrupt politicians today. The
message is subtle at first, but echoes piercingly before it
reaches its finale. The transition of the five friends from
meaningless to meaningful existence is done brilliantly.
You expect Aamir Khan to deliver yet another astounding
performance in RANG DE BASANTI and he does, but it's not Aamir
alone that you applaud in the film. Of course, Aamir gets into
the skin of the character and delivers a knockout performance
from start to end, but the film has more gems when it comes to
performances: Siddharth [excellent], Atul Kulkarni [fantastic],
Soha Ali Khan [a complete revelation; efficient], Kunal Kapoor
[natural] and Sharman Joshi [powerful].Alice Patten is brilliant
and besides delivering a flawless performance, her style of
speaking Hindi is sure to win a lot of hearts. Madhavan is
likeable. Waheeda Rehman is graceful as ever. Both Om Puri and
Anupam Kher dont get much . Kiron Kher is exceptional yet
again. Mohan Ahe, Steven Mckintosh, K.K. Raina and Lekh Tandon
are adequate.On the whole, RANG DE BASANTI will have its share of
advocates and adversaries. A well-made film, it caters more to
the elite and the thinking viewer than the aam junta or the
masses. --platform47.com
From my point of view a almost flawless movie. Its a story of
today's young generation. there is one line by Aamir khan I liked
""you have two ways, one is sit back and watch what ever is
happening, and the second one is getup and take the
responsibility to change the system. really it says all. Its
movie i will keep watching many more times. --platform47.com