The only scene I remember seeing was number 3.

RDB TAX FREE IN DELHI

Old (NDA) Govt would have banned it ??

http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayA ... 1006113323

Rakeysh Mehra's Aamir Khan starrer 'Rang De Basanti' will be tax-free in Delhi from today (Saturday) and it seems like Aamir Khan's efforts have finally paid off .

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Delhi being a major territory, and Entertainment taxes sky high there (is it 150% ??), RDB box office sure will fill up its coffers now.

Entertainment tax in Delhi has been reduced substantialy over the last few years and today, the rate of tax on entry tickets to cinematographic exhibitions is thirty (30%) percent. But even then, I am sure it will help in selling a few more tickets. By the way the law is that a film cannot be given Tax Free status before it has had atleast a 2 week commercial run.

Did this film have two versions? An Indian version, and an edited international version? The only scene I remember seeing is Dj on the horse.

ask them which version will make to dvd?

By the way the 2nd scene mentioned here is not of a Puja but rather an enactment of the Ram Lila and the falling burning statue is that of Raavan. I am shocked that so many of you could make that out. One would think everyone knows what the Ram Lila is.

Sorry my knowledge of Hindu festivals is poor. Sorry once again!

Same here.

As for RDB being a "remake" of Jesus of Montreal, it's quite possible that Rakesh O. Mehra was infulenced by it as oppose to direct lifting an idea(I won't rule out the possibility that he probably did see JOM, and in an interview he's made it aware of his knowledge of world cinema and even Aks has it's traces from Gregory Hoblit's Fallen), even so, and unlike Aks, RDB plays perfectly within it's context and has a life of its own.

Actually I was just surprised that no one here noticed it.

http://www.upperstall.com/rangdebasanti ... rview.html

Although I partially agree with this observer, but it's obvious this person has a Gandhianism approach towards the film and has also partially missed the point of the films open-endedness.

RDB is more about using the violence in the film to wake up the audience watching the film rather than suggesting violence as a course of action. I read the film that way instead of literally.


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Rang De Basanti Songs (Masti Ki Paathshala) DVD

Sale price: $10.00

Released by: Sony Music
Genre: Songs Compilation
Region: 0 - Region Free. Will play on any player, in any region.
Year Released: 2006
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Synopsis by Nehaflix.com for Rang De Basanti Songs (Masti Ki Paathshala) DVD

The Song Videos from Rang De Basanti
- Rang De Basanti, - Paathshala, - Tu bin Bataye, - Khalbali, - Roobaroo, - Khoon Chala, - Luka chuppi, - Paathshala - Be A rebel, - Lalkaar, - Ik Onkar
Includes Exclusive Footage:
# Watch the Legends - Lata Mangeshkar & A. R. Rahman create music
# In-studio footage - Lata & Rahman at the recording of Luka Chuppi..
# Interviews with A R Rahman, Prasoon Joshi & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
# Movie Trailer & Spots

Code: MastiKiPaathshalaRangDeBasantiSongsDVD

Well, finally, I caught the film too, and in the theatre !!luckily.

Film is overall good!! My rating will be 8/10. I do not think it is CLASSIC and deserve 10!!

I saw preview of Iqbal, that looked more motivating, enlightening film despite difference in price tag/making, lack of gora influence style etc!!


Theatric presentation was DD with nice surround effects, good bass! Clear print!

PROS..

Winner here is Visual style and novel story telling..and I think credit goes to Binod Pardhan and ofcourse Mr Mehra for that.
It seemed Mehra picked up where Farhan lost his Lakshya!

Sound design..was very nice and credit goes to good background here(that I never appreciated in Mangal) by A R REHMAN.
Songs were too many, mostly unnecessary, esp TU MUJHE that was thonssed there on Rehman's keen interest and was filmed full length.
Most suitable song I guess was ROOBAROO in the end!

Novel thought provoking subject.

New and Fresh Cast, including Soha ali Khan.

Scene stealer, but brief performance by Kiron Kher!

I really liked Sukhi guy who was also seen in Shadi No 1..I think he was the best in comedy, while aamir Khan a bit loud at times.

Kunal from Meenaxi was ever confident as Pandey from Bad to good..ever dependable!!

Karan(southern actor) imho needed some brush up with his dialogue delievry.

Alice was good esp with Hindi dialogues but Imho, award still goes to Gora from Pandey whose Facial expression to dialogue coordination was impeccable imho.

Cons:

Aamir Khan looked too old, out of place with other youngsters, as his character was not enoughly developed to his age!

None of them were ever shown in any university/class room parameters for any reason, for whatsoever?

First half or even longer film gave me feel like watching NOVA in HIGH DEF on Indian freedom fighters.. and was extremely slow paced. Last 30-40 minutes when story comes to conclusion, climax, when story wraps up, makes impact and make up for loose original proceedings, that were interesting for their good one liners,and witty dialogues.

Go watch it and make your own opinion.

Review from Variety Magazine


An ambitious melding of history, politics, romance and patriotism within the parameters of a commercial Hindi movie, "Rang de basanti" reps a major step up by writer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra ("Aks") in his sophomore feature, and a largely successful attempt to push the Bollywood envelope. Starting as one movie and gradually morphing into quite another, story of a bunch of young fun-lovers finding a cause worth fighting for translates into meaty entertainment, though not of the exotic kind that attracts most western Bollywood fans. Big-budgeter opened strongly in Indian plexes late January, with legs still to go.
The nationalism at the heart of many mainstream Hindi movies is different here from that found in Indo-Pak dramas. "Rang de basanti" -- an old anti-Brit revolutionary slogan, literally meaning "Paint It Yellow" -- is concerned with pride in one's own country rather than border tensions.

Film is surprisingly tough on contempo Indian values and corruption, with the young protags reckoning India is still a "shit hole" that's failed to capitalize on its half-century of hard-won independence. Later reels broach the issue of the West taking upon itself to police non-western revolutionary causes and automatically branding any combatants as "terrorists."

Script runs two timelines side by side, finally joining them at the end. One (sepia-tinted) is set in '20s British India, during the uprising by Punjabi revolutionary Bhagat Singh; the other (in color) in modern-day Delhi, among college students.

After a pretitles sequence in which a Brit officer, James McKinley (Steven McKintosh), is impressed by the bravery of a hanged revolutionary, film switches to London, 2002. McKinley's granddaughter, Sue (Alice Patten, daughter of Hong Kong's final governor, Chris), finds her project for a movie based on his diaries has been canned, so she jets to Delhi to make her own low-budgeter about the revolutionaries, snappily entitled "The Young Guns of India."

Through her local contact, Sonia (Soha Ali Khan, sister of well-known thesp Saif Ali Khan), Sue meets an array of students she tries to rope into her movie. Leader of the gang, and the cockiest, is Daljeet (Aamir Khan, from "Lagaan"), known as "DJ."

In between all the fun and games, Sue starts literally to "see" the friends as Bhagat Singh and his associates. But after finally convincing them to join her project, the production is plagued by snafus and infighting.

Biggest problem is that the kids can't identify with their forebears' do-or-die patriotism. But when Sonia's fiancee, air force pilot Ajay (Southern Indian star Madhavan), dies in a crash caused by high-up corruption, the group rapidly becomes politicized, with fatal consequences.

What starts out as a white-girl-goes-to-India yarn ends up as a full-bore Bollywood action-drama, with Sue long ago sidelined. However, across 160 minutes and with well-drawn characters, the transition seems natural enough.

Main flaw, which weakens the climax, is that the movie remains disengaging at a personal, emotional level, despite likable perfs by most of its leads. Khan, playing much younger than he is, is charming in a considered way as playboy DJ. For the time she's on-screen, Patten, 25, makes a delightfully fresh impression as Sue, and handles her Hindi dialogue with aplomb. Supporting cast is peppered with reliable vets like Om Puri, Kirron Kher (as DJ's mom) and Waheeda Rehman.

A.R. Rahman's typically rhythmic songs are propulsive but unmemorable. Other tech credits are of a high order.

Camera (color, widescreen), Binod Pradhan; editor, P.S. Bharati; music, A.R. Rahman; lyrics, Joshi; production designer, Samir Chanda; costume designer, Loveleen Bains; sound (Dolby Digital/DTS Digital/Ghaurav Digital), Hitendra Ghosh; choreographer, Vaibhavi Merchant; action director, Allan Amin; special visual effects, Pankaj Khandpur; assistant directors, Michael Ward, Sunil Pandey. Reviewed at Cineworld Feltham, Jan. 26, 2006. Running time: 160 MIN.

This was same flaw in Lakshya imho!!