Great movie

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2006)

A very sensible movie, aptly for the current Indian youth to wake up and take control! That's what the pitch of the publicity campaign of the movie has been all around, and the film stands true to those words! Cinematography is good, although not upto the expectations that I had having a great fan of Binod Pradhan's earlier work (Parinda, 1942-A Love Story, Mission Kashmir). But there are some shots worth mentioning! Esp the MIG flying over 4 guys jumping, Amir Khan falling into water (top shot) etc.
Art Direction is decent - the sepia tone sequences are nice.
Music is average, passable! Rehman belts out some few techno tracks which are passable ! The title song Rang De Basanti is well-done by Daler Mehndi. Somehow, Rehman has been able to bring out some quality out of Daler (earlier, 'Nach Le' from Lakeer was another one).
Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra is certainly laudable for his second effort. his first effort Aks being more of an art house worthy than any commercial success.
Amir Khan is not new to meaningful movies ! Atul Kulkarni, Soha Ali Khan, Alice Patten, have provided great supporting cast.
Its a decent movie. And carries a strong social message.