Movie Review: Rang De Basanti Sucks!

Dude, thanks for ruining it! I was sitting here thinking "I wonder what will happen
in the end?" But now I know. Thanks.

P.S: There is something called "Spoiler warning" please include it in future reviews.

Hey Anil,

I am very sorry pal - you are right. I should have added an spoiler alert in the begining. Not that I think you missed much, but I guess I should have been doing it.

Thanks a lot buddy - I will keep your advice in mind.

Cheers

Suyog

Brilliantly said! Pointless plot with a twist in the tale that came totally undone. To think they had to go through all that patriotic mumbo-jumbo just to become killers in the end. As someone rightly asked in the film "What's the difference between you and the terrorists?" Wish someone would be enlighten us on that.

And to think I missed out on Pathan's hat trick just to watch this discoloured Rang on a Saturday afternoon.

Rightly said... read your review just now, its so inline with what I thought about the movie. Just posted my own opinion on my blog.

Suyog,
I completely respect and honour your opinions about the movie. But you probably havent got the idea behind what was shown. You probably couldnt get the hang of what was portrayed. I agree, that this was probably not the best way of portraying it.
The movie, if you look it as a whole, was nothing else, but about a bunch of young friends, who have given up on everything in this country and there lives, awaking to their own responsibilites and knowing that they can make a difference and it is there duty to do so. The movie is not about how the defence minister was killed, or a foreigner coming down to India on a soul awakening trip, or Sonia going scot free at the end.
Go watch the movie again and think from this point of view and maybe you are able to see the other side.
Regards
-Aman

Hi Suyog, excellent review Bud, The Movie was one of the most mismade ones I have ever seen in my life. Even the songs were a disaster.

Excellent truth Speaking review. Just look what do idiots say at apunkachoice.com, "Beautiful Movie" and TOI giving it 5 Stars...

Rang de Basanti SUCKS

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I.T.
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I agree with Aman that Suyog has not got the msg that RDB was trying to put across. Probably your mind set and way of viewing the world is different from Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra...I agree that the film lacked on some counts...But overall the director has tried to portray the youth of today...Among a group of friends you'll find somebody like Aamir's character, someone else like one of the other characters and so on....Most of the youth today keeps blaming the 'system' but does nothing about it...All of us have become so indifferent and engrossed in our own personal lives that no one has the time to think about the society and the nation as a whole....The drawing of parallel between bhagat singh and DJ has been excellent in my view....

And the so called point of the film being..? what.. that the india today is no different from Communist china when it comes to attacking peaceful demonstrations .. that we have achieved NOTHING from independence hence justifying Aamir and Co.s senseless carnage.. that instead of 'blaming the system' we should do something about it .. namely destroying it completely???!!!
what..?

Secondly what is this BS about defence minister deserving to die ( nevermind the potrayal of how he meets his fate)? At best even according to the movie he was guilty of three things
a)Corruption
b)Negligence
c)Perhaps criminal negligence leading to manslaughter (the pilots death in this case)

The punishment for the above three under ANY system of law is NOT death without trial.

Thirdly, india in its entire history, to my knowledge has never lathi charged a PEACEFUL demonstration. Only when they get ugly is any police force allowed to take any action.. Even the tianmen square massacre in communist china wasnt as simple as the massacre in the movie.. simple for the government that is...

if there is any message in the movie it is simply this ... the 'youth' of this country should NOT "awaken". They are better of "engrossed" in their own lives. Its better for all of us if they donot "think about the country". In fact i think the movie is trying to say that they should not think at all.

Aman and sameer are portraying this bollywood pulp as high art from the Cannes festival -- when it was just worthless propaganda. Oh, of course they have to pick the defense ministry as the symbol of universal corruption -- never mind the animal fodder scams, the railway scams, the quota scam, and the oil-for-food scams that have dominating the headlines.

I'm reminded of that Farah Khan / ShahRukh Khan film, Main Hoon Na, where of course the chief terrorist villain has to be a crazed ultra-nationalist Indian Army officer who is guilty of executing Pakistani prisoners, in contrast with the dovish Pakistani general shown sweetly expressing solidarity with Indians over the phone. Yes, of course that happens all the time -- NOT. Give me a fucking break.

Then there was that film Bandit Queen, which portrayed Phoolan Devi as having been raped by the universally-evil upper-caste village men.
Phoolan Devi herself vigorously protested against the complete inaccuracy of that scene, stating that she was actually raped by her own cousin instead.
The producers of the movie loudly scolded Phoolan, stating that she was detracting from the spirit of the film and missing its point -- sort of like Aman and sameer are claiming right now.

Hey, why let silly little things like facts and accuracy get in the way of a nice emotionally satisfying slimejob?

Oh good grief. The Red-Green Show have been digging such a deep hole for their credibility with their pathetic antics, that I'm surprised they have tunneled all the way to China by now.
(Actually they will, when they release "Mao Liberates Tibet" -- coming to a theatre near you!)

The first half of RDB was very good. But they killed the minister too soon and too easily. Later the film lost its track. That firangi character who was actually a protagonist in the beginning was gradually allowed to drift away in the script, and the ending was very disappointing.

It was a decent film but not great as is being touted out to be.

HERE IT COMES!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/24/sports/fuhrer.php

Indians Worship Hitler!

Kvikly! Vee must kross ze Rhine, undt ketch zee French undt zee Polish by zurprize! Schnell! Schnell!

Be sure to ketch Temporal first! For zee Final Zolution, of kourse! Kwikly -- before Amir Khan azzazzinates zee Fuhrer!

All together now -- Zieg Heil! Zieg Heil!
Hindustan Uber Alles!

Yeah the hitler fascination thing is true. I remember doing my high school in india and he did have SOME sympathy.

Moreover, I think its a fascination limited to a colonial perspective and a few nutty elites ( read stephanians) who see vague parallels between hindu culture and aryan supremacy. Speaking of seeing vague parallels me again reminds of rang de basanti again... oh well i gotta stop dissing that movie and get some work done

by the way i completely agree with Sanjay on facts ... It is deplorable for hindi movies to ignore reality completely and go for those singing dancing three hour long operas .. but its beyond repugnant for people to make a muck raking politcal movie and do a half assed job of getting the facts right.. I mean michael moore has been accused of it too but this was too much.

There is no artistic license to lie blatantly... sorry Mr Mehra.

And finally .. the whole mig 21 controversy has been blown out of proportion.Yes pilots die .. but did any one wonder that it could also be the fact that the mig 21 ( or any russian plane) is far more unforgiving than any western Air Craft. did they also wonder that indian pilots on an average fly twice as many hours in these machines than any other western airforce in their allegedly safe aircraft. did they also know that the crash to sortie ratio of the indian airforce in Mig -21s better that that of the USAF in their f-15/16s.

I didnot expect the filmakers to do so much research ( who needs that .. sheesh!!). But NO one in the indian MEDIA has ever shown that side of the story either. Atleast not till i was there. Why is the mig 21 still labelled the "flying coffin". Methinks its not just the film makers but the entire country has gotten "Our government is evil" complex.

Whaddya expect, man -- it's the Red-Green Show!

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=198586

Our Indian Leftists are getting quite a ride out of the Nazi slur. Now they're staging plays in Pakistan to portray the Americans as Nazis too. Courtesy of the Indian taxpayer!