Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti is a ‘good’ movie. You will probably want to watch it again. I want to and I mostly will. Though I will not say it was better than Dil Chahta Hai, or Saathiya.. but it was the next best. Many people would disagree with the end; they will even ridicule it. The ending left me confused and stunned. But then you think about the movie. And then you link. The documentary that ‘golabo’(clever :-)) was filming was not just a coincidence. I was there because the director wants us to relate what Bhagat Singh, Azad, Rajguru, Bismil, Ashafaque did with the 5 students of the DU.
Imagine when BS walked down his path to achieve independence, there must have been people around who must have thought that he was crazy, especially when the whole nation was fighting the independence using Ahimsa (non-violence). Of course today we don’t have the cause of fighting for independence and the cause is in the movie, more relevant in today’s times becomes the cause for these young man. The movie is about inspiring our young generation who seem to give up, looking at the daunting task of changing this nation. It probably tells us that even today we need people like BS fighting to once again free this nation from corruption, oppression.
You may ask, why did the heroes die? I ask why did BS die. Would we have been inspired the same way if he had not died???
Rang De Basanti.. don’t take the movie on face value. Try to link the lives of the heroes and those of Bhagat Singh and others…
Overall the movie, it’s amazing. It manages to capture the issues faced by today's young generation.. Who are alive but not living, confused Acting is superb. Cinematography is brilliant.