Rang De Basanti - Indian Movie
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:28 pm
Rang De Basanti (Devanagari: रंग दे बसंती, Nastaliq: رنگ دے بسنتى) is a 2006 Bollywood film. It was released on 26th January 2006; it was directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (of Aks fame). The film stars Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni, British actress Alice Patten, Waheeda Rehman, Om Puri, Kiron Kher and Anupam Kher. The music is by A. R. Rahman and the album went on to become a chartbuster. The movie was well-received all over the globe, and grossed Rs. 345.5M in its opening week.[1] The film has recently been selected as India's entry to the Golden Globe Awards and will compete in the foreign language film category.
The movie has been selected as the official entry from India in the best foreign language film category at the 2007 edition of the Academy Awards .
Rang De Basanti presented patriotism from a different point of view - from the point of view of the Generation-X who has no idea what it means to have your freedom curbed. It taught the viewers that there is no point in blaming "the Netas" (politicians) for all our miseries because they have come from within us only and if we want to change something, it should be ourselves. It brought the ideals of Bhagat Singh in front of the youth. Bhagat Singh did not aim for the type of freedom we "won" where the power shifted from oppressive foreigners to oppressive natives.
Most of all, Rang De Basanti taught us to shed this feeling of indifference towards what all goes around us. And it has succeeded in awakening the generation that has slept through lectures of history. The protests against reservation by the youth are just the start of what this movie might achieve.
The movie has been selected as the official entry from India in the best foreign language film category at the 2007 edition of the Academy Awards .
Rang De Basanti presented patriotism from a different point of view - from the point of view of the Generation-X who has no idea what it means to have your freedom curbed. It taught the viewers that there is no point in blaming "the Netas" (politicians) for all our miseries because they have come from within us only and if we want to change something, it should be ourselves. It brought the ideals of Bhagat Singh in front of the youth. Bhagat Singh did not aim for the type of freedom we "won" where the power shifted from oppressive foreigners to oppressive natives.
Most of all, Rang De Basanti taught us to shed this feeling of indifference towards what all goes around us. And it has succeeded in awakening the generation that has slept through lectures of history. The protests against reservation by the youth are just the start of what this movie might achieve.