In a survey conducted to study the reason behind the sudden awakening, nearly twenty percent voted Rang De Basanti as the reason.
Result – the case was re-opened and in December, the man was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. When the man convicted in 1999’s Jessica Lall’s case walked scout free in 2006 ,a month after Rang De Basanti’s release, people united and started a movement through silent candle light vigils in New Delhi ‘s India Gate taking a cue directly from a scene in the movie. One of our brightest ever examples on how the medium of Cinema can create an influence in the actions of our society, Rang De Basanti took the youth to streets to protest on social issues and showed a surge in their fury towards corrupted system and politicians. Rang De Basanti has often been dubbed as a ‘Movie that became a Movement’ and rightly so.
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Quite importantly Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra showed glimpses of how this movie would stir an entire nation in the coming months and years. A bunch of young men and women do a great job in realistically capturing the entire essence of the movie. We are zoomed into the media clippings of how the youth from the nation would react to the heroics of the lead characters. Then in what is my most favorite work by the maestro, A.R Rahman’s terrific theme music which could give goosebumps on its own sprouts out in the background. We are shown the faces of their beloved ones and parents for few seconds. In the closing sequences of Rang De Basanti, the protagonists are all dead. And we will see that your dreams go to an end” “The Fire that you have ignited in our minds and hearts – that’s not gonna phase out soon.