not enough rang

Rating: 4/10 (3 February 2006)

The market was buzzing with Rang de release dates....& the people who watched it never stopped praising it....so I finally made time to see Rakeshs Rang De I had liked his earlier work Aks...which was a "cult" film of its time...or rather ahead of its time & it truly proved acting prowess of Manoj Bajpai (AB didn't have anything to prove ..as his one of Baap of entertainment) So Rangde Basanti started in the cinema hall....most people were confused with the past scenes of Bhagat Singh n comradie but still the viewing was intact.The films strength is the novel concept & its characters.
I didn't liked the idea of Habitat center as the Delhi University (DU) considering Rakesh is a product of DU he should have at least shot some portions in real environment As the characters got introduced/etched further....I couldn't help thinking Manoj Bajpai as DJ (Aamir Khan) coz he was the original choice of Rakesh's but as producers changed hands...the director had to ensemble a different cast Manoj would have been great Mona Sardar considering he his a delhite Sues character (firang babe) looks honest only in few scenes & her chemistry with DJ is zero Soha looks fine...trying her best to be natural & actually succeeds in few scenes Shraman Joshi has lot of potential...Kunal is excellent...siddarth is so-so....(Arjun Rampal was supposed to play his role.....n considering the footage his character had in end......so he was replaced with Siddarth ) Aamir looks disinterested/out of focus at most places....but scores at all places wheres hes not.
Music is good...editing excellent....camera outstanding.....so where does this film lacks...its universal appeal Yuva was almost similar film in terms of the revolt concept but was a pure debacle...reason not a hyped film....so Indians need only hyped films ? or probably they didn't saw anything which gave some cerebral activity for a long time....
Though Rakeshs attempt is genuine it doesn't hit across all minds...it could have been a great cult film after Aks & probably might be as well if the film runs for many months.
Its good for watching once...rather on a DVD....