Rang De Basanti (2006)

[sandeep]

This is the sort of movie that would make people ask serious questions, if you could take it seriously.

Exactly... it raised some very different issues, not of patriotism or pride, but of the power of our youth, our media, and above all of doing the right thing, even if it means taking the law in our hand, just like Amitabh did in Virrudh...

[kaytee]

even if it means taking the law in our hand, just like Amitabh did in Virrudh...

Or killing your father. I have no problem with that but Indian public take that in a literal sense and eventually end up doing it, they take movies too seriously.

[sandeep]

even if it means taking the law in our hand, just like Amitabh did in Virrudh...

Or killing your father. I have no problem with that but Indian public take that in a literal sense and eventually end up doing it, they take movies too seriously.

True, they are impressionable, but I guess films can no longer be the moral guides for the population. And there is FAR worse stuff on the News...

[sandeep]

Sorry, i should have added 'meaningfully different'... Like Matrubhoomi, Black, Iqbal, etc etc...

Shariq...I forgot to add OMKARA to my meaningfully different list

[shariqq]

That reminds me - have had Matrubhoomi for some time now (courtesy kaytee). Will watch it over this weekend.

[kaytee]

That reminds me - have had Matrubhoomi for some time now (courtesy kaytee). Will watch it over this weekend.

Oh you havent seen it yet. You are in for a shocker man. That is one great film. And if it werent for Boney Kapoor this movie would have never been seen.

[ak]

 even if it means taking the law in our hand, just like Amitabh did in Virrudh...

Ah yes, that bad "In the Bedroom" ripoff. If only I could forget ever seeing it...

[ak]

If there were more Indian movies like "Matrubhoomi" I'd happily disown Hollywood. A great film.

[sulphurhead]

someone mentioned taking movies too seriously, right?

did anyone read the times of india article mentioning that two people so far have killed thier wives straight after watching KANK? it pushed them off the brink, on thoughts of thier wives cheating on them. The latest murder involved beating and crushing the wife's head with a stone, because the husband suspected an affair with his brother.

[shariqq]

There. KANK is gonna become India's Natural Born Killers.

[kaytee]

If there were more Indian movies like "Matrubhoomi" I'd happily disown Hollywood. A great film.

Try The Terrorist.

[ak]

I've tried it.

[sandeep]

I've tried it.

and the verdict is?

[sandeep]

someone mentioned taking movies too seriously, right?

did anyone read the times of india article mentioning that two people so far have killed thier wives straight after watching KANK? it pushed them off the brink, on thoughts of thier wives cheating on them. The latest murder involved beating and crushing the wife's head with a stone, because the husband suspected an affair with his brother.

Sad as these events are, I feel they are just waiting to happen, either something like KANK will trigger it, or an article in the paper, a scene from TV. The kind of mentally derranged people that committ such acts are just like a switch waiting to be flipped. Can you imagine the kind of atrocities people would committ after seeing a film like matrubhoomi? or Chandni Bar? Unimaginable...

[sandeep]

Bollywood Films used in Australian schools
By IndiaFM News Bureau, August 30, 2006 - 03:51 IST
 
 Rakyesh Mehra’s Rang De Basanti which created a wave at the Box Office early this year and also got highly appreciated for its content is now being used at the Australian schools. The film about a group of youngsters turning into rebels to fight for justice is now used for discussion at the Beachworth Secondary Government School near Melbourne city. This school in fact has a session of film appreciation where Indian films are screened to the students and then discussed. Rang De Basanti is being listed to be screened for students of VII and IX Std. Besides Rang De Basanti, other films like Lagaan and Salaam Namaste are also a part of their syllabus.

The Shalom College in Bundaberg, Queensland is another school that has been screening Gurinder Chadha's Bend it Like Beckham for discussions. This is definitely a big achievement for Bollywood which gets accused of making escapist cinema. This is a strong proof to everyone that Bollywood is not just about glamour and masala and that it also produces films that are meaningful and sensible.