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| Rang De Basanti |
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The film is a story about the youth of India
today.
A young, London based filmmaker chances upon the diaries of
her grandfather, who served in the British police force in India
during the freedom struggle. Excited about these memoirs, she
makes plans to shoot a film on the Indian revolutionaries mentioned
in the diaries. She comes down to Delhi, and casts a group of
five friends to play the pivotal roles of these revolutionaries.
However, products of modern India, the five youngsters initially
refuse to be a part of the project, as they don't identify with
these characters from the past. Not surprising, considering
that they are a part of a generation of Indians that believe
in consumerism. To them issues like partriotism and giving one's
life for one's beliefs is the stuff stuffy text books are made
of. They would rather party than be patriots. Added to this
group is also fundamentalist Atul Kulkarni.
In the film both the 1930's British India and the India today
run parallel and intersect with each other at crucial points.
As the film reaches its resolution the line between past and
present blurs, as they become one in spirit. |
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