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Rang De Basanti (Paint it Yellow) (2005)

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A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-drama. While making the film, the students come to realize the courage of the revolutionaries who struggled before them.

Unrated, 2 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International

Directed By: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra , Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

In Theaters: Jan 27, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Apr 21, 2009

Box Office:$2.0M

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Cast

Aamir Khan
Daljeet AKA 'D.J.'
Siddharth
Karan
Kunal Kapoor
Aslam
Sharman Joshi
Sukhi
Alice Patten
Sue
Soha Ali Khan
Sonia
Madhavan
Ajay
Kirron Kher
Mitro
Om Puri
Amanullah Khan
Waheeda Rehman
Ajay's mother
Anupam Kher
Steven McKintosh
James McKinley
Mohan Agashe
K.K. Raina
Lekh Tandon
Atul Kulkarni
Laxman Pandey

Critic Reviews for Rang De Basanti (Paint it Yellow)

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The simple-minded presentation ultimately makes it ring hollow.

May 5, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

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An ambitious melding of history, politics, romance and patriotism within the parameters of a commercial Hindi movie.

February 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Derek Elley

Variety

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Accomplished and universally appealing, this is the way Bollywood films should be made.

February 21, 2006 Full Review Source: BBC

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Jaspreet Pandohar

BBC

Already a cultural phenomenon in India, this reformist melodrama by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (Aks) uses razor-sharp technique and an eavesdropper's ear for dialogue to update the patriotic fervor of Bollywood's golden age.

February 2, 2006 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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David Chute

L.A. Weekly

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Kinda bolywood version of v for vendetta. A politic movie aims developing public awareness. First one and an half hours of it is unnecessarily long. And oh boy, Indians are dancing, even in political films. I'll watch an Indian documentary as soon as possible. Look the lion is eating baby zebra...chik chik chikki chik

December 12, 2009

Ricky Chapman

This movie takes a turn for the weird towards the end with a plot twist that made me stop and go "wait...what?!" On another note, I was annoyed that the version I watched did not subtitle the flashbacks.

May 11, 2008