A fresh wind in midst of dry summer.

I wouldnt have seen this movie on the occasion of 26th January 2006.
But it being a working day for few of the projects in our company and mine being one of them.

I had to attend office on 27th. So the holiday on 26th was going to be wasted.
What else could we do but watch a new released 'Rang de basanti'.

It was first day 3rd show but from the first row!
By the time we decided to watch the movie it was already 2 pm.
The 3:30 PM show was already full.

Abhilash and Yogesh were trying for Black tickets. But I guess Black was also sold out.
So we decided to go for the 9:30 show.

The film begins with a flash back scene. It cant be called flash back even. It starts during the freedom fighters era. A jailor's diary is read by his grand daughter. She is visualising the scenes.
She wants to make a documentary on Indian freedom fighter and so on the story goes ahead.



The first half goes on character building. Madhavan impresses with whatever role he has got. Even a second string actor could do that length of role. Madhavan's presence was not required at all.

Sue is a British person. Why do all the firangs in Hindi movies have to talk in Hindi? I don't think they speak that better Hindi. However Sue speaks with more authority. My favorite dialogue from her is "Tumhari maa ki aankh". Sure to learn any language one should start with the bad words from that language. :-)


The second half has been unnecessarily dragged. It could have been shorter. The end is not that comprehensive.

Songs were refreshing. Picturisation was superb. Aamir proved that Mangal Pande was a disaster and that he could have acted well in an another Bhagat singh movie if had it been made.

The end suggest that to change the corrupt system you should sacrifice your life. But is it really required in today's world? Killing a corrupt minister or a corrupt bureaucrat won't solve the problem!

Bhagat Singh sacrificed his life for the betterment of this country but at the same time there were leaders like Mahatma Gandhi with their sort of tactics.

Even now many people die due to 'whistle blowing' . If we have to change the system we have to change ourself.

We get our driving licence by giving bribe.
We get gas booking from the black market.
We purchase the tickets of such movies in black.
We provide false medical bills to avoid tax.
We send our children abroad to study when there are many world class institutions in India itself.




Finally i have to say one thing. Merely watching a film will not change anything.

To change the system we should change.
After all "WE" are the system!!!