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Rang de Basanti

Country: India, Language: Hindi, 157 mins

  • Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
  • Writer: Renzil D'Silva; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
  • Producer: Adam Bohling; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

CGiii Comment

Epic in length, ambition and story - and then it all comes crashing down - tumultuously.

Mehra is, single-handedly, to blame - a great story ruined by ridiculous writing and a mongrel directing style that will have you baying for blood.

There is so much wrong with this film - is it Bollywood trying to be Hollywood?

If so, then, shame on all involved.

This could have been - should have been - a triumph instead it is a comedic mess of style and culture.

A truly serious story stained by ineptitude. But...what do we know, it's been hailed as a masterpiece!!!


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The(ir) Blurb...

A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-drama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place ...

Cast & Characters

Aamir Khan as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad;
Siddharth as Karan R. Singhania / Bhagat Singh;
Sharman Joshi as Sukhi / Rajguru;
Kunal Kapoor as Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan;
Atul Kulkarni as Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil;
Alice Patten as Sue;
Soha Ali Khan as Sonia / Durga Vohra;
Steven Mackintosh as Mr. McKinley;
Madhavan as Flight Lt. Ajay Rathod;
Waheeda Rehman as Mrs. Rathod;
Anupam Kher as Rajnath Singhania;
Kiron Kher as Mitro / DJ's Mother;
Om Puri as Amanullah Khan / Aslam's Father;
Lekh Tandon as DJ's Grandfather;
Cyrus Sahukar as Rahul