A hastily put together amalgamation of Dil Chahta Hai and Hindustani

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2006)

I did not any great hopes for Rang De Basani after watching Aamir Khan's recent Mangal Pandey but still i hoped that he would pull a DCH in this movie and pleasantly surprise me. But I think he is too old for these miracles now. He is miscast in his role as DJ a "young" guy who has been 5 years out of college and still does not think about what he will do in his life(leave alone assist his mother in the running of the "Dhaba"). his age shows far too many times in close up shots.. A movie which started on a very good subject but with a very flawed storyline.. There is no struggle for justice through the Legal Means... there is no build up to the final decision they take to justify it (the killing of the defense minister)... I had read a few previews of the movie so i had a fair idea of what was going to happen in the movie and the main story line started in the 2nd half of the 2nd half... the rest of the film is just DJ and his friends goofing around with his friends... Overall this is a highly overrated movie that should only be seen if you have extra money and are up for watching a movie without thinking about it later on.