Water original CD has been released in iTunes.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... =100830094

inman, are there any quality mp3 on torrents or apna rhythum?

Not yet arsh. It will release officially this Tuesday.

Review (by sharmila) says that "its a very good film and pays tribute to our national heros" - now that worries me!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4598666.stm

It worries me too!!

Where was Censor and Indian Govt when the Legacy of Mangal Pandey and Freedom Fight was being tarnished by Ketan Mahta and Aamir as RANGEELA Mangal/Rising!!

Here is rediff's review of Rang De Basante!

http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/26rdb.htm

Rang De Basanti: young and restless

Saisuresh Sivaswamy | January 26, 2006 03:03 IST


One of my favourite pastimes while watching a Bollywood movie is to second-guess the director, think up what's going to happen next. Mostly I don't find directors very challenging, but Rang De Basanti was one film I wasn't sure where it was leading to at the intermission point.

Is that a good thing? Yes, if only the break was not 90 minutes into the film. By which time one's patience is slowly starting to wear thin at the never-ending antics of five out-of-college but in college mode youths plus one girl.

All about Rang De Basanti

Very few Indian directors, I think, can be dispassionate enough to know how much to edit their films, especially talented ones like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra whose debut, Aks, was unusual. It's not half as difficult to make a good film as it is to do an encore. Few directors pass the test of a better second film.

Does Rakeysh Mehra, whose second film comes five years after his first, make the grade? I would give a qualified yes. Rang De Basanti has a story to tell, is not a ripoff of some exotic film, but the story is told at a leisurely pace. Is it a patriotic film? Yes and no. Is it a coming of age film? Yes and no. Is it a fun film? Yes and no. Is it a serious film? Yes and no. Does it have a neat ending? Yes and no.

You see the difficulty?

The story begins with the young British filmmaker Sue (Alice Patten) stalking off her budget-hit job to India to make a film on the young revolutionaries who so impressed her grandfather, an angrezon ke zamaane ke jailor, with their calm in the face of imminent death. In Delhi, aided by Sonia (Soha Ali Khan), she runs into DJ (Aamir Khan), Karan (Siddharth), Sukhi (Sharman Joshi), Aslam (Kunal Kapoor). With them and the saffron-hued Laxman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni) who joins them later, she hopes to realize her dream of a making a film on Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Rajguru et al.

But, contrary to Sue's expectations, the youth have no feelings for their country. India is a no-hoper where corruption is rampant, and nothing can be done to salvage the situation, they believe. They even poke fun at Sue's attempts to make a film, till they come around. As they play the historical characters, their perspective about the present, and their own role in it, changes forever. Which, in a nutshell, is what the movie is about.

Madhavan, as Sonia's IAF pilot fiancé, is the voice of conscience who rouses these five into action.

If I said how, I will be giving the end away. Talking of which, the end could have been handled differently, but that would not have got the result the director wanted.

It is very easy for a film of this nature to descend into preachiness, a fault another well-intentioned film Swades was unable to resist. Thankfully, this director doesn't give in, yet gets his message across.

The film has an awesome cast; apart from the headliners, there's Om Puri, Kirron Kher and Waheeda Rehman, doing little more than cameo roles, true, but who leave their mark.

Plus, it has an A-list of technicians. After an indifferent score for Mangal Pandey, A R Rahman redeems himself in Rang De Basanti. Binod Pradhan's cinematography is lyrical, and adman Prasoon Joshi evokes the youth lingo with his dialogues. Sameer Chanda's art direction and Allan Amin's action sequences are its other strong points.

Of the actors, it's tough to single out non-performance. Alice Patten, with her night-school Hindi, is brilliant, though at times I thought I was hearing Sonia Gandhi. So are the five lukkas, all of who are given their time under the sun and come out unburnt. Personally, Soha Ali Khan's performance was a pleasant surprise; she's got her mother Sharmila Tagore's genes all right.

But ultimately, despite sharing the screen space with others, this is an Aamir Khan film. And the actor, playing a character 15 years younger, lives the role, conveying the right amount of mischief (as in the banter in Hindi with Sue without realizing she knows the language), carefree flippancy, earnestness, insecurity, even breaking down on screen, and keeping his infectious laughter till the very end.

I have not seen the film, but just for above must be worth watching..I have my faith in him!!

RDB a Big Film ??

RDB released in Toronto theatres with guaranteed NO DD sound. Desi Albion, Woodside only. No DD theatres.
Albion Woodside are equipped with DTS but Indian Film Distributors don't send or don't know what DTS is.

Not showing in Ottawa.

Best bet Montreal, where it's showing in Cineplex Odeon which most likely be a DD theatre??

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Aamir Khan's Mangal Pandey was shown in Ottawa with excellent DD 5.1 sound. Toronto got AMCs that don't have DD 5.1

seems like our aamir has his eyes on nationals/oscars now for good through over/under tones of patriotism, from now onwards!!

RDB will go on route of Swades imho, appreciated for theme etc.

being length/pace the soar point, hampering its success. unecessary song sequences, overtly ideological.

But still I think, Swades had better music than RDB overall..some might not agree and i respect that.

But it is time for ARR to think and redo his strategies!!

Year 2004 was far better as far quality music wise imho, while 2005 quality/fresh sounds are far few and inbetween of majority that was composed for hype sake and sounded very simillar for a short appeal to my ears.

Major downer year for Anu Malik and Rehman(even giving 2 best of the year Bose, and Water)

Anu malik..total failure!!

year Belonged to Vishal shekhar and Preetam who were able to create HOOPLA with enough Zest , firstsecond hand!

An A+ album of RDB would have taken the film miles ahead!!

If there's a cinema near you rush over and watch RDB.

Errrr....have to agree with Saisuresh Sivaswamy's review....is it a great film...yes & no....do I agree with it? yes & no.....will I see it again...yes & no....

the device used in linking the past with the present is fantastic....really priceless....the story is totally original....but you alse get the feeling its a tad melodramatic in the end....its a good film mind you.....it really is and nobody should blame it for not providing a solution to the malaise affecting the country today....but at least it sparks a debate, a discussion. In which case it has served the purpose of what art should be doing in the public forum. But I was disappointed a bit in the way it turned out. But i relished the technique.

The acting is superb by everybody. The writing again first rate. The dialogues by Rensil Desilva(screenplay as well) and Prasoon Joshi sizzle, crackle and light up the proceedings. I saw it in a houseful theatre and everybody enjoyed the dialogues. Also there was not a single eye, not moistened during sometime or the other in the movie. Now that's saying a lot of a film thats trying to provoke you.

All in all, go watch it, but be ready to not agree with it and yet like it!

To tell you the truth, I thought the same of the music although I am a big Rahman fan. But I found the music is as liberating as the film. Not tied down to the cliches of Hindi films or political correctness. Catch the movie than you'll know.

Just saw this film and I was not too impressed with it. I felt the story lagged during most of the duration. It could have been a much effective film had it been tighter. The film seemed like it was a rough cut of something better. There were quite a few jarring edit cuts, which surprised me considering the magnitude of this production, alongside the demand of the script.

The rawness of the script and plot also did not seem to gel with the polished production values. The film could have been more successful if the director opted for another route. However, I fully understand his intentions of trying to win over a wider audience market, after his flop (and exceptional dark film) AKS. RDB does show signs of an unsure filmmaker. I still think the best is yet to come from him…

It worth a watch as it is ten times better then the current releases, but it could be better. Its also Aamir Khan’s best film since Lagaan.

P.S. did anyone experience any jeering from the film? I noticed that most of the young males jeered at Soha Ali Khan's first appearance in this film, is there something I missed?

Just query for congress!
Is it better than swades/Mangal pandey?