Rang De Basanti

This is my first post since I joined IIT. I would be lying if I blame it on the workload, but somehow it just didn't happen. Blogging was also on my 'New Year's Resolutions' list, but that too couldn't generate enough thrust. I'm not among those bloggers who don't even need a topic! I blog in a rather conservative manner, which I know is not what blogging all about, but still. Anyways, here I am, back in business.

I have been increasingly frustrated with the kind of Hindi movies being produced these days. To add to it, I find a sizable population which claims that these are indeed good films. Well, may be I'm on the wrong foot, but I hated Bluffmaster, Apaharan was ok, and Kalyug surprisingly turned out to be the best among the lot. Still, I was counting heavily on Rang De Basanti and gladly it was worth every penny...a must watch for every Indian or any youth in a state of confusion over his role in life.

The story of Bhagat Singh has been told enough number times by the Hindi cinema. So, my reaction to scene 1 was, 'ohh...not again!'. But I was wrong. Never before was such a fitting analogy made betweeen the past and the present. Though it plays with the same old toys of corruption, politics, religion there is an element of novelty and urgency in this flick. A slap to the 'Chalta hai' attitude commonly observed everywhere in India. Also, an eyeopener for the crowd who firmly believes that 'Is desh ka kuchh nahi ho sakta', by adding to it, 'until you do something!'. To sum up, the message was loud and clear, 'Be A Rebel'.