Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti

(Rang De Basanti), Rakesh Omprakash Mehra / IND, 2006
Hindi version / English and Czech subtitles, 157 min

Sue, a young idealistic English filmmaker, comes to India to make a documentary drama on Bhagat Singh and his contemporaries during the freedom struggle. She recruits a motley group of university students for her project. As the story progresses, freedom fighter legacies begin to intertwine with the protagonists own contemporary lives in unexpected ways. A film about beliefs and courage, this film was not only acclaimed by critics and audiences, but also had a noticeable influence on the Indian social consciousness.