Rang De Basanti - Hindi movie

God! If I had the power to erase some movies from the face of this earth, I would. Bollywood seems to be deathly scared of straying from trails. It is somewhat analogous to the food Indian's make. There is no subtlety of tastes. It cannonises the palate. Of course, you will find Indian purists who claim they can distinguish the taste of cardamom from cinnamon in their foods, but that is what it is, you have to get used to it.

So if you can withstand pointless song and dance, feeble attempts at tear jerking and if you are really and truly daft, you will enjoy Rang De Basanti. I noted sometime ago that Arjun Rampal had walked out in disgust from being a cast in this movie because his role was cut by Aamir Khan. First of all, I didnt see any what parts could be cut unless Arjun Rampal wanted his feature in more than 60 minutes in the film. As far as Aamir Khan is concerned, his role was very limited and he seemed like he needed the money hence he did the movie.

Many edits in the movie remind me of Dil Chahta Hain. Now that is a movie I can watch again. But definitely need to edit at least 30 minutes of the fiasco between Dimple and Akshaye Khanna. it was very draggy and the emotions portrayed were strained.

As far as the storyline is concerned, I was highly irritated by the end of the movie. There are unbelievable parts in the movie, take the one where the 5 jokers holed themselves up in AIR studios, they had the entire studio to themselves, they had the Indian version of the SWAT team swarming the nearby structures, you had crowds around the studio, but not once did it occur to these "collegiate" morons to think of announcing that they were not armed (even though they had guns with them) and that the random firing is sufficient announcement of the intent of the powers that be.

Bottom line on acting, the Indian actors have to realise the power of subtle portrayal of a character. The antithesis of this is Sunny Deol's acting.