Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti

7.1IMDb Score
Released:2006-01-26
Duration:157 min
Country:India
Director:Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Actors:Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Kunal Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni
Production:UTV Motion Pictures, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures

Overview:

After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.

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