Masand's Verdict: Rang De Basanti

ibnlive.com is on mobile now. Read news, watch videos
be a Citizen Journalist. Log on to m.ibnlive.com NOW!

Related Stories

Top Headlines

Top Videos

Most Popular

• Education reform will be for all Indians: Sibal 

• Federer wins record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title | Photogallery 

• Budget preview: Promises to keep | What to expect and what not 

• One-upmanship: Sonia, Pawar in foodgrain politics 

• 5 feared dead in Madhya Pradesh factory explosions 

• Policemen guard Maya's statue wealth across UP 

• Youth shot dead by cops had 26 injury marks | Watch 

• CPI-M leaders to act to curb Kerala infighting 

• Recruiter of child suicide bombers held in Afghan 

• Paes-Black lose Wimbledon mixed doubles final 

• Pranab has promises to keep in Budget of hope 

• Youth shot dead by cops had 26 injury marks 

• Kargil victory was certain: ex-army chief 

• Bollywood stars sizzle at the IIFA fiesta 

• IBNFocus: TDS process simplified 

• No minister contacted Madras HC judge: CJI 

• Scrap EVMs, let's go back to ballot, says Advani 

• CNN-IBN debate: Homosexuality vs Indian morality 

• Watch: Parties react to HC judgement on gays 

• Railways fail to provide basic facilities to passengers 

• Kambakkht Ishq is not vulgar or offensive: Akshay 

• Federer wins record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title 

• Umpire dies after being hit on head by ball 

• Budget preview: Promises to keep 

• Education reform will be for all Indians: Sibal 

• Who said what about record champion Federer 

• Chronology of Federer's record 15 Grand Slam titles 

• 5 feared dead in Madhya Pradesh factory explosions 

• Recruiter of child suicide bombers held in Afghan 

• Scenarios: What to look for in budget, and what not 

Photogallery

Find us on Facebook | Join IBNLive community

Stay ahead with G-Talk Buddy | Click now!

RANG DE BASANTI

Starring: Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Sidharth and Soha Ali Khan

Director: Rakeysh Mehra

Every once in a while comes a film that makes you question your indifference towards everything that's going on around you. That makes you feel almost ashamed for being unconcerned about the state of affairs in your nation. A film that inspires you to wake up and react. To raise your voice, or to put your foot down.

You don't see such films in India very often. To be honest, you don't see too many films that stay with you half an hour after you've left the movie hall. And that's why when a film like Rang De Basanti comes along, you stand up and cheer.

Rang De Basanti is the story of a group of young friends in Delhi, who spend the most part of their lives laughing and joking, drinking beer and chilling out.

When they're urged by a British documentary filmmaker to act in her film about the Indian revolutionaries, their lives change forever.

What they may have until then regarded as outdated, stuffy, text-book values eventually begin to assume greater relevance in their lives.

In the end, the line between past and present blurs as our protagonists become one in spirit with the revolutionaries that they set out portraying.

Right away what appeals to you about director Rakeysh Mehra's new film is the fact that it so accurately captures the spirit and mood of the current generation.

The jokes are not forced, the emotions aren't cheated. This is the real stuff.