Sunday, December 16, 2012

Movie Review: (Rang De Basanti) Bollywood

Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti features an ensemble cast comprising Aamir KhanSiddharth NarayanSoha Ali KhanKunal KapoorMadhavan,Sharman JoshiAtul Kulkarni and British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles. Made on a budget of INR 250 million (US$5.5 million), it was shot in and around New Delhi.

Review:

Directed byRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
Aamir Khan


Story byKamlesh Pandey
ActressAamir Khan
Siddharth Narayan
Sharman Joshi
Soha Ali Khan
Waheeda Rehman
R. Madhavan
Kunal Kapoor
Atul Kulkarni
Alice Patten
Music byA. R. Rahman


Release date(s)
  • 26 January 2006
Running time157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
English
Punjabi
BudgetINR26 crore (approximatelyUS$5.5 million)
Box officeINR94 crore (US$17.11 million)
worldwide

Awards:

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.



Reference:Wikipedia