I heard uniformly good reviews about Rang De Basanti. Hence, I went with lots of expectations, and, sadly, the movie is not upto my expectations. The tagline is A Generation Awakens; it looked like it was such a forced awakening (assuming that the generation was sleeping in the first place). The first half was fine — apart from a few caricatures (of Laxman Pandey, for example). But towards the end of the film, it was not clear as to whether DJ et al wanted to go for armed revolution or for peaceful protests — and, that faltering is the main flaw in the movie. Having said that, the performance of all the actors (especially Atul Kulkarni, Kiron Kher, Alice Patten, and Soha Ali Khan), the wonderful music (my favourite being the Guru Vaani), and nice camera and editing is what makes the movie great, and the first half greater (I am not the only one who feels let down by the movie. Here is Uma and here is desitrain (link via Desi Pundit)). Bottomline – Watch the first half, and endure the second — but don’t miss it.
