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Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती) 2006

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BannerUTV Motion Pictures, Aamir Khan Productions
DirectorRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
WriterKamlesh Pandey
ProducerRakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Ronnie Screwvala, David Reid
Production executiveAdam Bohling
Orginal musicA.R. Rahman
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Film EditingP. S. Bharathi
Art DirectorSamir Chanda, Chetan Pathak
Camera OperatorAmol Gole
Assistant CameramenPrashant Pednekar, Subhransu
Playback SingersA.R. Rahman, Mohammed Aslam, Nacim, Mohit Chauhan, Lata Mangeshkar, Naresh Iyer, Daler Mehndi, K.S. Chithra, Madhushree, Aamir Khan
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CharacterActor/Actress
Chandrashekhar Azad Aamir Khan
Karan R. Singhania Siddharth
SukhiSharman Joshi
AslamKunal Kapoor
Laxman PandeyAtul Kulkarni
SueAlice Patten
Sonia Soha Ali Khan
Mr. McKinleySteven Mackintosh
Flight Lt. Ajay Rathod R.Madhavan
Mrs. RathodWaheeda Rehman
Rajnath SinghaniaAnupam Kher
Mitro Kirron Kher
Amanullah Khan Om Puri
DJ's GrandfatherLekh Tandon
RahulCyrus Sahukar
Defence Minister ShashtriMohan Agashe
Manmath nathMukesh Chhabra
JournalistPravishi Das
Batukeshwar DuttChandan Roy Sanyal
Taxi driver at the airportManmeet Singh
Struggling British filmmaker Sue McKinley (Alice Patten) comes across the diary of her grandfather, Mr. McKinley (Steven Mackintosh), who served as a jailer in the Imperial Police during the Indian independence movement. Through the diary, she learns about the story of five freedom fighters who were active in the movement: Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Ram Prasad Bismil. McKinley, in his diary, states that he had met two type of people in his life: the first one... who died without uttering a sound and the second kind ... who died with lots of anguish.. crying over their deaths... McKinley reveals that it was then that he met with the third kind....

Having decided to make a self-financed documentary film about these revolutionaries, Sue travels to India, with the help of her friend, Sonia (Soha Ali Khan), from the Institute for International Studies at the University of Delhi. After a few unsuccessful auditions in search of the actors, Sue finally casts Sonia's friends, four young men — Daljit "DJ" (Aamir Khan), Karan Singhania (Siddharth Narayan), Aslam Khan (Kunal Kapoor) and Sukhi Ram (Sharman Joshi) — to portray the revolutionaries.

Though they aren't very enthusiastic at the idea of acting in a film about the independence movement, Sue eventually manages to convince them. Laxman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni), a political party activist, joins the cast later, despite initially being unpopular due to his anti-Muslim beliefs and contempt for Aslam Khan. In the process of filming, the idealism of India's revolutionary heroes seeps into the protagonists. They gradually begin to realize that their own lives are quite similar to the characters they portray in Sue's film and that the state of affairs that once plagued the revolutionaries continues to torment their generation.

Meanwhile, Ajay Singh Rathod (R. Madhavan), a flight lieutenant in the Indian Air Force who is Sonia's fiancé, is killed when his jet, a MiG-21, crashes. The government proclaims that the crash was caused by pilot error and closes the investigation. Knowing that Rathod was an ace pilot, Sonia and her friends do not accept the official explanation. Instead, they claim that he sacrificed his life to save hundreds of other lives that would have been lost had he ejected from the aircraft and left it to crash into a populous city. They investigate and learn that the crash was due to a corrupt defence minister (Mohan Agashe), who had signed a contract exchanging cheap and illegal MiG-21 aircraft spare parts for a personal favour. To their surprise, they learn that the key person who was responsible for organizing the deal was Karan's father, Rajnath Singhania (Anupam Kher).

Angered by the situation, the group and their supporters decide to protest peacefully at India Gate, a war memorial in New Delhi. Police forcefully break up their protest using batons; in the process, Rathod's mother (Waheeda Rehman) is severely hurt and she slips into a coma. DJ, Karan, Aslam, Sukhi, and Laxman decide that they must emulate the early freedom fighters and resort to violence to achieve justice. As a result, they kill the defence minister to avenge Rathod's death, while Karan murders his father for his corrupt actions. The minister is reported to have been killed by terrorists and is hailed as a martyr by the media. To bring forth their intentions behind the killings, the five of them attempt to reach the public through a radio station. They forcibly take over the All India Radio station premises after having evacuated its employees. Karan goes on air and reveals the truth about the defence minister and his wrongdoings. While still on the air, the police proclaim that they are dangerous terrorists who have forcefully taken over the AIR, and therefore they are to be shot on sight. The first to be shot is Daljit, who tries to get out of cover and establish that they are not terrorists, however the shot is not a fatal one. Sukhi, unable to control his anger at this gets out and is instantly shot to death. He dies with the last smile still etched on his face. Aslam and Pandey are then shot together and the once archenemies die holding hands and smiling.

Daljit manages to crawl to the Recording Room, where Karan is still on air. When Karan understands that he has been shot, they speak amongst themselves for the last time, regarding the others, about Sue and about Daljit's love for her. It is there that they are shot to death, but not without the sound of their hearty laughter still hanging in the air like an echo of a long dead music. It is then revealed that McKinley described the third kind of people he came across as being the ones who embraced death as a friend and an equal, with a heartfelt laughter.

The film comes to an end with Sue describing the impact of the boys on her life. As Sue and Sonia watch from the rooftop that Ajay proposed to her on, they have a vision of the boys running in the fields, singing happily and victoriously throwing their shirts in the air, acting as if they are celebrating life itself, as if the ebb of their once-there vitality still reverberates in the places where they once used to go. A wave of melancholy comes over them as the film ends.
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Release date26-Jan-06
BudgetRs. 26 crore
RevenueRs. 94 crore
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Rang De Basanti received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in addition to awards at a number of other ceremonies. It won several awards at the annual India-based Filmfare Awards including Filmfare Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Critics Best Performance - Male (Aamir Khan), Filmfare Award for Best Editing (P. S. Bharathi), Best Cinematography and RD Burman Award for New Music (Naresh Iyer) categories. It also won the 2007 International Indian Film Academy awards for IIFA Award for Best Movie, IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Soha Ali Khan), Best Screenplay (Rensil D'Silva and Rakeysh Mehra) and IIFA Award for Best Music Director among other technical awards. Apart from these, the film won eight awards apiece at the 2006 Global Indian Film Awards and 2007 Star Screen Awards,and six at the 2007 Zee Cine Awards..The film was also nominated for the Best Film not in English language at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.
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Soundtrack

Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi, Nacim, Blaze | Music: A.R. Rahman

1. Ik Onkar | इक ओंकार     
Voice:Harshdeep Kaur

2. Khalbali | खलबली     
Voice: A.R. Rahman, Mohammed Aslam, Nacim

3. Khoon Chala | खून चला     
Voice: Mohit Chauhan

4. Luka Chuppi | लुका चुप्पी     
Voice: Lata Mangeshkar, A.R. Rahman

5. Paathshala | पाठशाला     
Voice: Naresh Iyer, Mohammed Aslam

6. Be A Rebel | बे अ रेबेल     
Voice: Blaze, Mohammed Aslam, Naresh Iyer

7. Rang De Basanti | रंग दे बसंती     
Voice: Daler Mehndi, K.S. Chithra

8. Roobaroo | रूबरू     
Voice: A.R. Rahman, Naresh Iyer

9. Tu Bin Bataye | तू बिन बताये     
Voice: Madhushree, Naresh Iyer

10. Lalkaar | ललकार     
Voice: Aamir Khan

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