Rang De Basanti (2006)

Original title

रंग दे बसंती

Directed by

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 511 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British film student comes to India to make a documentary about historical freedom fighters. She casts a group of young Indian men in the film, and their experiences playing these revolutionaries push them to take a stand against corruption and injustice in modern India.

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What happens

Rang De Basanti (transl. Paint Me In The Color of Spring) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language coming of age drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The film stars an ensemble cast of Aamir Khan, Siddharth (in his Hindi debut), Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Soha Ali Khan, and Alice Patten (in her Hindi debut), with R. Madhavan in a guest appearance. Waheeda Rehman, Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, and Om Puri appear in supporting roles. It follows a British film student traveling to India to document the story of five freedom fighters of the Indian revolutionary movement. She befriends and casts five young men in the film, which inspires them to fight against the injustices of their present-day government. Shot primarily in New Delhi, Rang De Basanti was released worldwide on 26 January 2006. Upon release, the film broke all opening box office records in India, becoming the country's highest-grossing film in its opening weekend and holding the highest opening-day collections for a Hindi film. It eventually became the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 2006. It received critical acclaim, winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 BAFTA Awards. The film was chosen as India's official entry for the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, though it did not ultimately yield a nomination for either award. A. R. Rahman's soundtrack, which earned positive reviews, had two of its tracks considered for an Academy Award nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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