Freedom For a Cause

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2006)

Freedom for a Cause... That seems to be the theme for this movie. I have no interests in Hindi movies, anyone checking my review list can say that. But this one is different. Rang de Basanti, is a movie made for the teen generation. The generation which decides the future of the country. Many believe that its easy to criticize, but difficult to actually make a difference to the country. Well, to those people kudos to them, cause this is a movie about such guys. About people who actually make a difference to the country, following the examples of the revolutionaries, in a similar way as they did when they fought for India's independence. They try to make a difference, by causing an uproar among the genX people. They defy all odds, doing it, and they give their lives for it, to make the country a better place to live in for the other people, by ridding people who are corrupt.
The movie is based upon a young English lady, who wishes to make a movie on the lives of the Indian revolutionaries who gave their lives for the independence. She reads through her grandfather's journal, who was a officer during those tirade times. Seh comes to India, and meets the jolly group of five friends, who have nothing to worry, all the time making masti. She offers them roles in her documentary film. By the time shooting finishes, she has a crush on one of the actors, and also, tragedy strikes the group of friends. The fiancée of the girl in the group, who was a pilot in the Air force dies. They learn that the death was due to faulty parts in the airplane, and that the defense minister, has ordered those parts to be placed. They protest against the injustice, but they are rudely beaten up. Then they decide to follow the examples of the revolutionaries they were portraying. They kill the corrupt defense minister, and then they confess the truth in a radio station. But they pay with their lives. Special ops recover the radio station, with orders that "Spare none". So they die, with a smile on their lips, knowing that they made a difference with their lives.
It's a movie to arise the teenage generation from their slumber. And it certainly did affect me. Being a teen myself. The story is superb, dialogs awesome, camera work mind blowing, and A.R. Rahman does magic with the music as well. Overall RDB was a good see, rare one for Hindi movies nowadays. 9/10!!!