11/19/2022 0 Comments Rang de basanti comedy![]() ![]() Rang De Basanti spoke to the core conflict of an entire generation: how can we invest hope and effort into a nation that seems beyond repair? The pivotal question illuminates the screen many times one instance is when Ajay, a flight lieutenant of the Indian Air Force claims that one should be proud of India, to which Karan, a pessimistic and cynical college student, retorts: “Proud of what? The exploding population? Or corruption? Or unemployment? What are you most proud of? … The minute I get my degree, I’m out of this dump to America.” It then doesn’t come as a surprise when the scene continues with the rest of the friend group shrugging nonchalantly and continuing to make jokes as they overlook the discourse that just took place. A breeze that over time gained a cult status and stormed into the consciousness of the Indian youth who were still finding their place in an India that itself was re-inventing, growing and becoming home to a confusing concoction of western, globalised ideals and deep-rooted archaic beliefs. A genuine voice amidst a whirlwind of big budgets and recycled scripts. ![]() Now I want a girl with a big nose.In 2006 when Hindi cinema boasted productions like the Krrish and Dhoom franchises as their magnum opera and was committed to milking formulaic romantic tropes in exchange for guaranteed box office profits, Rang De Basanti felt like a fresh breeze. After watching Personae, I wanted a girl in grayscale. And as an intellectual political movie? Maybe, it will impress a 14 year old.Īs a final note, the lead actress (not the British women) has a long nose, but I find the nose on her suitable, and it makes her very adorable. ![]() But as a serious movie, as it attempts to in certain parts, it does not work. It is a funny movie, and I am finding a certain charm in Indian comedy. These minutes add up.Īs a comedy, this movie does work. A professional and experienced filmmaker needs only a few minutes to tell a great story, India needs the same minutes to have people dance and sing. India needs to break free from its insistence of making every movie 3 hours long. When it comes to the duration of the movie, Indian films still have not found how to edit perfectly. Blurring, slow-motion, sepia, somehow the filmmakers assume that filters can tell a tale every time. The filmmakers can not resist silly music-video style camera work. ![]() Visually, the film is done well at times, but it still showcases an undeveloped film industry. What we are left with is a film with one foot in the typical Bollywood style section, and another foot…actually, more like a toe…in the non-Bollywood style area. Still, this is a mainstream Indian movie, and this idea is swamped under a lot of songs, Indian style youth humor, speck of family drama, tragedy, and driving through fields of green, while the camera zooms around. Why not make a political movie, comparing the youth of today in India, with the young revolutionaries back in colonial British-India? They can make parallels to the administration of both governments, and apply the century old proverb of, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. But from the initial idea to the final production of the movie, it has most likely gone through so many processes, that it has lost focus of the idea. Someone, somewhere, probably had a good idea. Rating: / 5 Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Country India Year 2006 ![]()
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