Rang De Basanti (2006)

Director:

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Writers:

Kamlesh Pandey (story)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (screenplay)
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Release Date:

26 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

A Generation Awakens.

Plot:

A young woman from England comes to India to make a documentary about her grandfather's diary which was written in the 1920s about the Indian Independence with five young men.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Revolutionary | Freedom Fighter | College | Diary

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 16 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Aamir Khan	...	Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
Siddharth	...	Karan R. Singhania / Bhagat Singh
Sharman Joshi	...	Sukhi / Rajguru
Kunal Kapoor	...	Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan
Atul Kulkarni	...	Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil
Alice Patten	...	Sue
Soha Ali Khan	...	Sonia / Durga Vohra (as Soha Ali Khan Pataudi)
Steven Mackintosh	...	Mr. McKinley
Madhavan	...	Flight Lt. Ajay Rathod (as R. Madhavan)
Waheeda Rehman	...	Mrs. Rathod
Anupam Kher	...	Rajnath Singhania
Kiron Kher	...	Mitro / DJ's Mother
Om Puri	...	Amanullah Khan / Aslam's Father
Lekh Tandon	...	DJ's Grandfather
Cyrus Sahukar	...	Rahul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mohan Agashe	...	Defence Minister Shashtri
Mukesh Chhabra	...	Manmath nath
Pravishi Das	...	Journalist
Manmeet Singh	...	Taxi driver at the airport

Directed by
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra		(as Rakesh Omprakash Mehra)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Renzil D'Silva		screenplay
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra		screenplay (as Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra)
Kamlesh Pandey		story

Produced by
Adam Bohling	....	executive producer
Guruprasad M.	....	line producer
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	....	producer (as Rakeysh O. Mehra)
Shyam P.S.	....	executive producer
David Reid	....	producer
Ronnie Screwvala	....	producer

Original Music by
A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by
Binod Pradhan

Casting by
Elaine Grainger

Production Design by
Samir Chanda

Art Direction by
Samir Chanda
Chetan Pathak

Costume Design by
Lovleen Bains
Arjun Bhasin

Makeup Department
Avan Contractor	....	hair stylist
Vikram Gaikwad	....	makeup artist
Fae Hammond	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gaurav Dhingra	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Akhil Bali	....	assistant director
Paran Bawa	....	third assistant director
Lakshmipriya Devi	....	first assistant director
Joe Geary	....	first assistant director
Neha Kaul	....	third assistant director
Arjun Mathur	....	second assistant director
Jay Oza	....	trainee assistant director
Nidhi Padda	....	assistant director
Sunil Pandey	....	first assistant director
Shwetabh C. Varma	....	second assistant director
Mick Ward	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Tarun Bhandari	....	dialogue editor
Vikram Biswas	....	sound effects editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	foley editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	sound effects editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	supervising sound effects editor
Prakash Gupta	....	pre-mix
Nakul Kamte	....	sound designer
Nakul Kamte	....	sound mixer
Vijay Kumar	....	foley artist
Sreejesh	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Ritesh Aggarwal	....	digital compositor
Husseini Barodawalla	....	digital effects artist
Sachdev Bharat	....	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
Sanjay Francis	....	digital effects artist
Pankaj Khandpur	....	creative director
Yateen Mahambrey	....	compositor
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
Piku Shahani	....	visual effects coordinator
Manish Sharma	....	visual effects artist
Aakash Shivdasani	....	visual effects
Prasad Sutar	....	visual effects supervisor
Shailendra Swarnkar	....	digital compositor
Jayadev Tiruveaipati	....	assistant digital intermediate colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Amol Gole	....	still photographer
Prashant Pednekar	....	first assistant camera
Subhransu	....	assistant camera
Ritu Wadhwa	....	clap girl

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Urmilla Lal Motwani	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Ken Metzker	....	digital intermediate colorist
Varma Raghunath	....	Senior Conformist
S.N.V. Ramana	....	Senior Conformist

Music Department
Mohammad Aslam	....	playback singer
Blaze	....	playback singer
Mohit Chauhan	....	playback singer
K.S. Chitra	....	playback singer
Naresh Iyer	....	playback singer
Prasoon Joshi	....	lyricist
Harshdeep Kaur	....	playback singer (as Harshdeep)
Aamir Khan	....	playback singer
Madhushree	....	playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar	....	playback singer
Daler Mehndi	....	playback singer
Srinivas Murthy	....	conductor: orchestra
A.R. Rahman	....	playback singer

Other crew
Ganesh Acharya	....	choreographer
Devanshu Asthana	....	production controller
Prakash Bharadwaj	....	dialogue coach
Shyamali Dey	....	assistant to director
Manoj Jadhav	....	production assistant
Neerja Narayanan	....	production coordinator
Pranati Oza	....	production coordinator
Prashant Pednekar	....	follow focus
Soma Roy	....	script supervisor
Jack Warender	....	set runner

Thanks
Lata Mangeshkar	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• ROMP
• UTV Motion Pictures

Special Effects

• Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab

Other Companies

• Gaurav Digital  sound re-recording
• Movie Talkies  internet partner
• Sony Music  soundtrack released by

Also Known As:

"Paint it Saffron" - USA (literal English title)
"R.D.B." - India (Hindi title) (short title)
"Die Farbe der Rebellion" - Germany (DVD title)
"Ifjú lázadók" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Junge Rebellen" - Germany (TV title)

Runtime:

157 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Urdu | English | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:M | India:UA | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:U

Company:

ROMP

Trivia:

Hrithik Roshan turned down the role of Karan.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During one of the flashback sequences - set prior to 1947, the historical characters are on a roof of a building. In the distance is another large building, and, on its roof, is a large satellite dish.

Quotes:

Aslam:[Reading Sue's hand] ... You're admirer will come in a black T-shirt and say...
DJ:[in the background wearing a black T-shirt] ...
[singing]
DJ:Sue kar mere mann ko kiya tune kya ishara.

Movie Connections:

References Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Soundtrack:

Tu Bin Bataye

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