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Neither knew they were being revolutionaries at the time; and the similarities play themselves out. Yes.

But in spite of their skepticism, they decide to take a stand against when one of their friends – a fighter pilot, Ajay, played by R Madhavan – gets killed after his aircraft crashes due to faulty parts. However, this is not an overwhelming aspect in the film, and it’s still the college students’ journeys – through love, laughter and friendship – that are still at the heart of Rang De Basanti. They flirt, have romances, and dream of their future. The movie flits through the surreal scenes from the revolutionaries’ acts in the past and what the friends decide to do in real life to bring those in power to book. There are also some quintessential shots of Indian countryside and festivities that you can imagine would appeal to a white audience. 6. Rang De Basanti is a coming-of-age film of a bunch of seemingly carefree, and privileged (except perhaps Aslam) men and women in their 20s. Originally Answered: Is it true that In Rang De Basanti a Bollywood movie, defense minister's character was inspired by NDA government's defense minister George Fernandes?


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It is in the pursuit of justice for Ajay that the friends really take on the roles of revolutionaries in the Indian freedom struggle that they play in Sue’s film. It definitely takes more than a few heads to make a film this good!

In stark contrast, one of the most poignant aspects of Rang De Basanti was the friendship between Lakshman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni), a young leader of a right-wing unnamed political outfit, and Aslam, which blossoms despite their polar opposite views.
They are skeptical about the corruption, red tape and politics in India. And painful, because it feels like we are at that point in history where diverging political views are fracturing interpersonal relationships. 2. We have seen similar things happening in the past – whether it was the protests following the Nirbhaya gangrape in Delhi in 2012, the Lok Pal Bill protests of 2011, the Disha gangrape protests in Hyderabad in 2019, more recently, the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens.