A truly entertaining and inspiring story of young vigilantes...

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2006)

'Rang De Basanti' is an absolutely brilliant flick. Kudos to Prakash Mehra on his sensational directorial debut. With brilliant performances by the entire cast, scintillating cinematography, a brilliant musical score by A. R. Rahman, this inspiring movie about a bunch of carefree university students is a complete winner from the word go. The film deals with some quintessential issues that affect India. It's heart-warming to see on screen a portrayal of those issues that as Indians, we feel strongly about.
There are two or three moments in the movie where you can't help but get emotional and you feel the tears well up. That is the mark of a well-made movie. There's zilch melodrama - an affliction for most Bollywood films.
'Rang De Basanti' may not go down well with the 'masses' of India for the same reasons that 'Swades' was a flop - it's a film with a message. But for those who think, here's a movie that is entertaining as well as inspirational.
A must-watch. I am going to watch it again in fact!