Rang De Basanti (2006)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 47min
- Comedy, Crime
- 26 Jan 2006 (USA)
- Movie
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 50 wins & 55 nominations.
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Cast
| Aamir Khan | ... |
Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
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| Siddharth | ... |
Karan R. Singhania / Bhagat Singh
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| Sharman Joshi | ... |
Sukhi / Rajguru
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| Kunal Kapoor | ... |
Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan
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| Atul Kulkarni | ... |
Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil
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| Soha Ali Khan | ... |
Sonia / Durgavati Devi
(as Soha Ali Khan Pataudi)
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| Alice Patten | ... |
Sue McKinley
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| Madhavan | ... |
Flight Lt. Ajay Rathod
(as R. Madhavan)
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| Waheeda Rehman | ... |
Mrs. Rathod
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| Anupam Kher | ... |
Rajnath Singhania
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| Kirron Kher | ... |
Mitro / DJ's Mother
(as Kiron Kher)
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| Om Puri | ... |
Amanullah Khan / Aslam's Father
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| Steven Mackintosh | ... |
Mr. McKinley
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| Lekh Tandon | ... |
DJ's Grandfather
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| Cyrus Sahukar | ... |
Rahul
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| Mohan Agashe | ... |
Defence Minister Shashtri
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Asif Ali Baig | ... |
Officer
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| Abhishek Banerjee | ... |
College guy in audition
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| Swatantra Bharat |
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| Mukesh Chhabra | ... |
Manmath nath
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Tanuj Choudhary | ... |
Rahul
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| Pravishi Das | ... |
Journalist
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| Alok Gagdekar |
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| K.K. Raina | ... |
Mishra Ji political leader
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Shree Rammy | ... |
Raghu at Mall
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| Chandan Roy Sanyal | ... |
Batukeshwar Dutt
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Manmeet Singh Sawhney | ... |
Taxi driver at the airport
(as Manmeet Singh)
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Jagdeep Singh |
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Vijai Singh | ... |
Bhagat Singh Audition
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Directed by
| Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | ... | (as Rakesh Omprakash Mehra) |
Written by
| Renzil D'Silva | ... | (screenplay) |
| Prasoon Joshi | ... | (dialogue) |
| Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | ... | (screenplay) (as Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra) |
| Kamlesh Pandey | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Adam Bohling | ... | executive producer |
| Bantoo Khanna | ... | line producer |
| Deven Khote | ... | co-producer |
| Guruprasad M. | ... | line producer |
| Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | ... | producer (as Rakeysh O. Mehra) |
| Zarina Mehta | ... | co-producer |
| Ram Mirchandani | ... | associate producer |
| Shyam P.S. | ... | executive producer |
| David Reid | ... | executive producer |
| Ronnie Screwvala | ... | producer |
| Sanjay Singh | ... | event producer (as Sanjay Singh Ssf) |
Music by
| A.R. Rahman | ||
Cinematography by
| Binod Pradhan | ||
Editing by
| P.S. Bharathi | ||
Editorial Department
| Kirankumar Kota | ... | colorist |
| Ken Metzker | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Siddharth S Pande | ... | Visual Promotions |
| S.N.V. Ramana | ... | Senior Conformist |
| Arvind Singh | ... | Lab Co-ordinator |
| Alpa Thakkar | ... | line producer |
| S. Raghunath Varma | ... | Senior Conformist (as Varma Raghunath) |
| Jespal Nadar | ... | digital intermediate line producer (uncredited) |
Casting By
| Elaine Grainger | ||
| Kalra Shekhar | ||
Production Design by
| Samir Chanda | ||
Art Direction by
| Samir Chanda | ||
| Chetan J Pathak | ... | (art direction) |
Costume Design by
| Lovleen Bains | ||
| Arjun Bhasin | ||
Makeup Department
| Ashwin Barot | ... | makeup artist |
| Pratap Borade | ... | makeup artist |
| Gaurav Chauhan | ... | makeup department head |
| Avan Contractor | ... | Hair Designer |
| Prashant Doiphode | ... | makeup department head |
| Vikram Gaikwad | ... | makeup artist |
| Fae Hammond | ... | makeup artist |
| Waheed Ahmed Shaikh | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Rajendra Sharma | ... | makeup artist |
| Serina Tixeria | ... | makeup designer (as Serina Tixeira) |
Production Management
| Sachin Agarwal | ... | location production manager |
| Sayed Ashfaque | ... | production assistant (as Ashfaque) |
| Gaurav Dhingra | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Akhil Bali | ... | assistant director |
| Paran Bawa | ... | third assistant director |
| Promita Bhattacharya | ... | director's assistant |
| Lakshmipriya Devi | ... | first assistant director |
| Joe Geary | ... | first assistant director |
| Nitin Kumar Gupta | ... | third assistant director (as Nitin Gupta) |
| Neha Kaul | ... | third assistant director |
| Arjun Mathur | ... | second assistant director |
| Jay Oza | ... | trainee assistant director |
| Nidhi Padda | ... | assistant director |
| Sunil Pandey | ... | first assistant director |
| Archit Patel | ... | trainee assistant director |
| Shwetabh C. Varma | ... | second assistant director |
| Mick Ward | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Manish Baba | ... | assistant art director |
| Kishen Dagar | ... | assistant art director |
| Choudhari Nilesh | ... | property master |
| Somenath Pakre | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Tarun Bhandari | ... | dialogue editor |
| Vikram Biswas | ... | sound effects editor |
| Debajit Changmai | ... | Assistant re recording mixer / assistand sound engineer/mixer |
| Sajjan Choudhary | ... | foley artist |
| Baylon Fonseca | ... | foley editor / sound effects editor / supervising sound effects editor |
| Rahul Gandhre | ... | dubbing engineer: Anand Recording Studios |
| Prakash Gupta | ... | pre-mix |
| Nakul Kamte | ... | sound designer / sound mixer |
| Ashraf Khan | ... | boom operator |
| Vijay Kumar | ... | foley artist |
| Kartik Sharma V | ... | music engineer |
| Karnail Singh | ... | foley artist |
| Sreejesh | ... | assistant sound re-recording mixer |
Visual Effects by
| Ritesh Aggarwal | ... | digital compositor |
| Husseini Barodawalla | ... | digital effects artist |
| Sherry Bharda | ... | creative director |
| Brynley Cadman | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Vinay Singh Chuphal | ... | flame artist |
| Prakash D'Cunha | ... | digital effects artist |
| Deepal Dass | ... | compositor |
| Rang De Basanti | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sanjay Francis | ... | digital effects artist |
| Vee Jay | ... | visual effects (as Vasanthan) |
| Pankaj Khandpur | ... | creative director |
| Yateen Mahambrey | ... | compositor |
| P. Mohan | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sandesh Pai | ... | digital effects artist |
| Ashish Pradhan | ... | visual effects artist |
| Rohit Prasad | ... | visual effects |
| Rajiv Raghunathan | ... | senior digital intermediate producer |
| Satish Ratakonda | ... | flame artist |
| Shaikh Rizwan | ... | digital compositor |
| Bharat Sachdev | ... | digital effects artist |
| Sarika Salian | ... | senior compositor |
| Vishwas Savanur | ... | 2d supervisor |
| Piku Shahani | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Manish Sharma | ... | visual effects artist |
| Chandrakant Shenoy | ... | digital matte painter |
| Aakash Shivdasani | ... | visual effects |
| Prasad Sutar | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Shailendra Swarnkar | ... | digital compositor |
| Jayadev Tiruveaipati | ... | assistant digital intermediate colorist |
| Merchant Zahid | ... | visual effects artist |
Stunts
| Shamshir Khan | ... | stunt double |
| Sanober Pardiwalla | ... | stunt double (as alice patten) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Prakash Biswas | ... | assistant camera |
| Srinivas Chandran | ... | additional focus puller |
| Amol Gole | ... | still photographer |
| Rajiv Jain | ... | additional cinematographer |
| Virendra K | ... | assistant camera |
| Sunil Khandpur | ... | steadicam operator |
| Chandan Kowli | ... | assistant camera |
| Prashant Pednekar | ... | first assistant camera |
| Promod Pradhan | ... | second unit cameraman |
| Sunita Radia | ... | associate cinematographer |
| B.V. Ravi Kiran | ... | second assistant camera |
| Akbar Ali Sheikh | ... | first assistant camera |
| Hanif Sheikh | ... | gaffer |
| Subhransu | ... | assistant camera |
| Ritu Wadhwa | ... | clap girl |
Casting Department
| Mukesh Chhabra | ... | casting assistant |
| Hemant Gopal | ... | casting assistant |
| Shekhar Kalra | ... | extras casting |
| Cauvery Rajagopal | ... | casting associate |
| Kalra Shekhar | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Urmila Motwani | ... | assistant costume designer (as Urmilla Lal Motwani) |
Location Management
| Shekhar Kalra | ... | Local Line Production |
| Swati Bhat | ... | location scout intern (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Mohammad Aslam | ... | singer |
| Blaze | ... | singer |
| Mohit Chauhan | ... | singer |
| K.S. Chithra | ... | singer (as K.S. Chitra) |
| Naresh Iyer | ... | singer |
| Prasoon Joshi | ... | lyricist |
| Harshdeep Kaur | ... | playback singer (as Harshdeep) |
| Aamir Khan | ... | playback singer |
| T.R. Krishnachetan | ... | music programmer (as T.R. Krishna Chetan) |
| Madhushree | ... | singer |
| Lata Mangeshkar | ... | singer |
| Daler Mehndi | ... | singer |
| Srinivas Murthy | ... | conductor: orchestra |
| A.R. Rahman | ... | singer |
| K.J. Singh | ... | song mix engineer / song recording engineer |
| S. Sivakumar | ... | recording engineer |
| H. Sridhar | ... | song mix engineer / song recording engineer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Soma Roy | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Shekhar Kalra | ... | transportation |
Additional Crew
| Ganesh Acharya | ... | choreographer |
| Devanshu Asthana | ... | production controller |
| Prakash Bharadwaj | ... | dialogue coach |
| Shyamali Dey | ... | assistant to director |
| Manoj Jadhav | ... | production assistant |
| Girish Johar | ... | marketing & distribution |
| Shikha Kapur | ... | marketing head |
| Neha Karam Khanna | ... | Dancer |
| Alnoor Merchant | ... | website design |
| Vaibhavi Merchant | ... | choreographer |
| Pranati Nagarsheth | ... | production coordinator (as Pranati Oza) |
| Neerja Narayanan | ... | production coordinator |
| Siddharth S Pande | ... | visual promotions (as Siddharth Pande) |
| Prashant Pednekar | ... | follow focus |
| Kumar Pravesh | ... | dubbing artist |
| Sankeetaan Raravir | ... | Crew (as a Shree Rammy) |
| Raju Sundaram | ... | choreographer |
| Jack Warender | ... | set runner |
| Siddharth Gupta | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Lata Mangeshkar | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Aagaaz Entertainment (2006) (India)
- Netflix India (India) (video) (VOD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Gaurav Digital (sound re-recording)
- Movie Talkies (internet partner)
- Seek Red (publicity creatives)
- Sony Music (soundtrack released by)
- Spice PR (pr consultant)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Sue comes to India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries. She is helped by her friend Sonia who introduces her to her friends Karan, Aslam, Sukhi, and their head DJ. Sonia's fiance, Lt Ajay Rathod, also joins the gang when in town. Their gang always gets in trouble with political member Laxman who opposes their Western culture. After many auditions Sue decides to cast DJ and his friends in her film; she also gives Laxman a role, ending his feud with the gang. Everything goes well until Ajay dies in a plane crash but manages to save everyone else on board. The state minister declares that Ajay died due to his own negligence. DJ an his friends can't take this shame given to Ajay by the minister and decide to fight for justice, but political games interfere. Written by alex.mjacko@gmail.com |
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| Taglines | A Generation Awakens. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Opening Weekend India | INR76,900,000, 28 Jan 2006 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | 7:30 p.m. was the time when "Bhagat Singh" was hanged, and it has been captured in the movie; Sue's grandfather's broken watch shows the same time. See more » |
| Goofs | During one of the flashback sequences set prior to 1947, the historical characters are on the roof of a building; in the distance is another building with a large satellite dish on its roof. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in 52nd Filmfare Awards (2007). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Rang De Basanti See more » |
| Quotes |
DJ:
There are only two ways to live life: Tolerate things the way they are... Or, take responsibility to change them. See more » |