Also, as many fighters for independence (from British Empire) in India they joined the non-cooperation movement started by Ghandi. Like most revolutionaries around the world in the beginning of the XXth century, they were firm believers in socialism, and keen readers of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Bakunin and other Marxist and anarchist authors. First of all I will introduce the famous revolutionaries: Bhagat Singh (played by Siddharth), Ashfaqullah Khan (Kunal Kapoor), Ramprasad Bismil (Atul Kulkarni), Rajguru (Sharman Joshi) and Aamir Khan plays Chandra Shekhar Azad. There is a lot to say about this movie, so I will start from history.
While making the film this youthful bunch of contemporary rebels finds within them something they did not even expect existed. She finds friends there who become part of her documentary project. Instead of national pride, feelings of apathy and helplessness prevail, or on the other side of spectrum discrimination and resentment to “everything Western”, going back to the “pure Hindu culture”. She goes to India only to find out that the revolutionary heroes are quite forgotten by the youth. Sue has a very strong determination to make the film, even after hearing the news that she did not receive the necessary funds. He was an imperial official during that time and directly witnessed the story.
The story she wants to tell is based on her grandfather’s diary. The basic story goes like this: a young British filmmaker Sue goes to India to make a documentary about early XXth century Indian revolutionists. First two thirds of the movie I watched considerably calm and very engaged and after the last third I just kept staring at the screen thinking “what just happened?” I will try not to put spoilers in the review, but if you do want the surprise effect, I’d recommend watching the movie first.
“Rang De Basanti” is in the latter group. Some movies fulfill the expectations and some can just blow you away with unexpected. Rang De Basanti is an absolute must watch.Written: Renzil D’Silva, Kamlesh Pandey, Rakeysh Omprakash MehraĮvery movie while telling the story sets certain expectations what it will be like. Rang De Basanti is full of social messages it’s up to the viewers to pick them up and do something about them. This is clearly reflected in attitude of these young guns who lighten up the movie, with there fun loving personalities. It also teaches one not to take oneself too seriously all the time, one need’s to learn to laugh at oneself and always look on the brighter side of things. This, according to acclaimed actor Aamir Khan is the main agenda of RDB. They should not sit back and complain how things are not right and instead of pointing fingers and blaming others, they should get up and start correcting what is wrong. It propagates the concept that each person has a responsibility to society and only when all of us shoulder it will life get better.The core message of RDB is that youth should get involved in mainstream politics and administration. It encourages people to get involved in society and not be selfish by thinking of only themselves. The movie wants to make an impact on people it desires to motivate its viewers. There’s also the issue of sparking an awakening in today’s youngsters. RDB has also managed to capture the spirit and essences of the vivacious seek community. It stamps out the long standing myth, that Muslims are not part of our history. The movie has also depicted that love, brotherhood and a common goal can transcend all castes and creed.
It shows how corruption at high levels can affect people from all strata’s of society, and how in this case it affects a few college students. There’s also the issue of rampant corruption in politics and administration depicted in RDB. It gives us a sense of pride in our history. RDB brings to life, the famous Jalianwala Baug massacre, the Rowlatt act, etc, events in our history which we have only read about in history textbooks. It shows us how some common youngsters became great historical figures. It gives a brief background of the historical events that have led to the freedom of our country. Rang De Basanti is more than just another patriotic film it deals with several issues, ones that lead to the awakening of a generation.