Rang De Basanti!!!!!!!!!!!! - Thumbs Up!!

It has been a while since i have posted something out here. and i decided to start my regular posting ( yes this time i promise to be regular), with my own reveiw of a movie that i saw recently.

Rang De Basanti, is in one word a Good movie. A novel plot, beautifully sketched out, comprehensively acted out, amazingly scored in music and what have you.

Sue, an english filmmaker comes to India with a dream to make a documentary on the Indian Revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru etc. Shes inspired by her grandfather who served in the Indian prison where these revolutionaries were lodged, and wrote a diary on his daily interactions with them. She chooses for her cast a group of collegians from Delhi, comprising DJ, Sukhi, Aslam,Karan,Sonia and Lakshman Pandey.

Its a group that any youngster would connect with. Wild, fun loving, with ideas of their own that are yet still in the making even if they appear permanent. A group that tends to live for the day and then wait only for the next. Of course you have Pandey as a fanatical Hindu nationalist but he has a change of mindset as the story progresses. So do all the others as the movie within the movie completes. The mood changes with the death of Sonia's Fiancee Flt Leiutenant Ajay in a Mig 21 Crash. The events that unfold thereafter are poignant and tragic leading to a an emotional climax.

What i liked about the movie as i said before was the portrayal of the idea. The way the flashback of the Indian Freedom movement is gelled with the story of the current is simply great. In fact i did not realise in the beginning why it happened but when the end approaches you know why it was done.

All the performances are strong, and you can beleive it when i say even Aamir Khan cannot overshadown his co-actors here. Of course credit goes to him too for his own portrayal of a Punjabi brat ( DJ), but the others are equally strong characters. The music is one more point. AR Rehman shows once again his genius.

Its a beautifully made movie, and as commented by one of my freinds, one hell of a movie after Dil Chahta Hai.

Of course just as anything cannot be perfect and i do have a couple of points. I thought Anupam Kher as the industrialist father and Om Puri as Aslam's father were wasted. i mean you cant give such measely roles to such great actors. but then thats just a point. Then i also thought maybe the part about the crash and the subsequent actions should have been given 15 more minutes. it was kinda abrupt.

But as i said before, nothings perfect, and hell i am also not a perfectionist. I really enjoyed watching the movie, and i plan to watch it once more with my family when i go back hom in Feb end.

till then
Kudos