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Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2006)

very few times it is the case that a movie comes out which has the power of relating a feeling of personal attachment, of current sensibilities to magnanimous stories of the past. of all the very few times it is the case that a movie comes out which has the power of relating a feeling of personal attachment, of current sensibilities to magnanimous stories of the past. of all the Schindlers Lists and Gandhis, Rang de Basanti is the only movie that will leave you thinking in the present and remembering the past. it reminds me of my grandfather - a man with as simple moralities and ambitions for life as me, a man sculpted by the events of his time, a celebrated freedom fighter.
a colorful and radiant movie, rang de basanti has a simple message, that this man is inside us all. and that we live in a world were we can change things - even if there's an empire to overthrow. thankfully the world is not so dramatic today. we live in a democracy where the people have the power to be heard - supposedly...
oh and btw this movie isn't all typical patriotic.. its pretty damn cool