Rang De Basanti...part 2...

Saw the movie. Finally. Don't know why so many people complained about it. Yes, the movie has its glitches. Yes, the transformation from happy-go-lucky college students to inspired revolutionaries wasn't convincing. Yes, it was a little cheap to make a real movie about revolutionaries using the making of a real movie about revolutionaries. But it was one fucking inspiring movie. No lecture baazi (Manoj Kumar: every mistake you ever made in your movies is sorted here). No jingoistic Paki-bashing hero (Sunny Deol in god knows how many movies). Just normal people with normal selfish issues. My friend got killed. i think you killed him along with a hundred others. i will kill you too. If that means a hundred other deaths get avenged, much better. i don't aim to be a revolutionary. i may not agree with what ive done. But it has to be done. For the sake of everyone. ive believed that a movie is good if at the end it convinces you that it is true. It has to appear honest. Karan Johar does that, however crappy or senile his movies may be. If he says 'It's all about loving your family' then it means that even if you hate every single bit of the movie, at the end you're convinced that all that crap leads to that one-liner. Rakesh Mehra (dont remember how he spells his name.. two y's and two e's more i think) has achieved it. He convinced me that the movie is honest. He convinced me that all it takes to start a movement is one spark. And best of all, no 'Mere Desh ki Dharti Sona Ugle'. If you take out Fatehpur Sikri (beautiful.. Akbar, boss, you're the best!!) and India Gate, it could be any other country. Salute. To all who were involved in making this movie. In a few days time i will lose my enthu and my appreciation for this movie, but for now this is the greatest movie ever!!!

P.S. Maayur ur project will look beautiful! The last scene with a sarson ka field against the wall of Fatehpur Sikri should be your ideal i guess...