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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rang De Basanti – A Generation Awakens
04th Jan 2006 23.57 IST
By Nikhil Kumar

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra ’s movie Rang De Basanti deals with a topic that is very relevant to contemporary times.

‘Rang De Basanti’ is a youth flick with a message. It talks of several youngsters with different aspirations from life. The movie is about the rise in the consciousness of today’s youth of the values and realizations of their Indian-ness.

The movie stars Aamir Khan , British actress Alice Patten , Madhavan , Soha Ali Khan , Kunal Kapoor , Siddharth , Sharman Joshi , Atul Kulkarni and Kiron Kher .

Alice Patten plays Sue, a young London-based filmmaker who comes to India to shoot a film on the Indian revolutionaries mentioned in the diaries of her grandfather, who served in the British police force in India during the freedom struggle. Sue eventually hires a group of five friends to play pivotal roles of these revolutionaries in her documentary.

Aamir Khan plays D.J., an exuberant guy, an ex-graduate who still lives like a college student, partying and having fun all the time. But deep inside, he is a sensitive man who unfortunately has not yet been able to find a sure shot aim to his life.

Madhavan plays Flt. Lt. Ajay Rathod, a man of high ideals and strong patriotic values. A pilot by profession, he is a good friend, a caring son and a loving fiancé. He is someone all members of the group look up to.

Soha Ali Khan plays Sonia, a die-hard optimist. A traditional Indian beauty, Sonia is both well traveled and well read. She and Ajay Rathod are engaged.

Sharman Joshi plays Sukhi, a Jat from Haryana. This athletic young man is the heart of the group because of his charming persona and an absolute lack of pretence about the way he is.

Kunal Kapoor plays Aslam, a tall and handsome Muslim man who has a heart of a poet. Despite his orthodox family background, Aslam thinks beyond the barriers of religion.

Siddharth plays Karan, son of a wealthy businessman. He is a loner, a quiet man who shares a fractured relationship with his father. He also wants to settle down in a foreign country.

While working on Sue’s film, the five friends head off to Punjab, the land that gave many martyrs during India’s freedom struggle against the British.

D.J. (Aamir), the man who never ceased partying, now comes face-to-face with the side of Indian culture he had never witnessed before in person.

As DJ and his friends work on Sue’s project, they begin to see themselves as the actual descendants of the great men who are the protagonists of Sue’s movie.

In the film, both the 1930s British India and the India of today run parallel and intersect with each other at crucial points. As the film reaches its conclusion, the line between present and past blurs, as they become one in spirit and one in color – that is Basanti.

‘Rang De Basanti’ will release on January 20.

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