Absolutely awesome movie ..!!

Rating: 8/10 (12 February 2006)

Rang De basanti ...!!! wot else can i say. Before i start to say anything about the movie, a little flash back into last year. Mangal Pandey was about to release and i was thrilled to see Aamir back after a long gap. I was damn sure, he can't do anything wrong. But once i came back out of the theatre after watching MP, i was frustrated,angry,upset and felt cheated totally. The movie was a trash and so was Aamir. Clock back today, i went to watch RDB with no expectations at all. I went for the movie just because my friend was a hard core fan of Aamir. Just as i arrived at the theatre i saw a huge crowd outside the theatre. I was telling myself, "People have been fooled again by the media to come and watch an below average movie (the same hype and reviews that came after Mangal Pandey was released)". I had not even listened to any of the songs of RDB before coming to the theatre (again it was post mangal pandey effect). So here i was in the theatre without any damn expectations from this movie. The movie started, and the start was not anything spell bounding to enthuse my interest. It started on a damp note, and i was pretty sure this is another Mangal Pandey repackaged and hyped up. Then the change started, from the moment "Sue and Sonia" (characters in the movie) are shortlisting actors in Delhi University for their documentary movie. That turned out to be funny and i was laughing. Then the came the generation (or shud i say the life of the movie ..!!) about which the whole movie was about. And by interval i had changed to the extent that to rate the movie as "Average to above average product", and by the time the movie finished, i was just awestruck at the funkiness in the music,characters and presentation, that i had never seen a movie like for a long time. In short this movie is just absolutely brilliant ,fantastic and funky (last seen in Dil Chahtha hai). I am giving it "8" because we need movies that can better this (which seems unlikely for sometime ..!!) and i want to leave room for that...:-).