Rang De Basanti

For the soundtrack, see Rang De Basanti (soundtrack). For the 2024 film, see Rang De Basanti (2024 film).

Rang De Basanti
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Written byPrasoon Joshi
Screenplay byRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Kamlesh Pandey
Rensil D'Silva
Aamir Khan (Climax)
Story byKamlesh Pandey
Produced byRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Ronnie Screwvala
StarringAamir Khan
Siddharth
Atul Kulkarni
Sharman Joshi
Kunal Kapoor
Alice Patten
Soha Ali Khan
Waheeda Rahman
Kirron Kher
Om Puri
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byP. S. Bharathi
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 26 January 2006 (2006-01-26)
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹970 million[1][2]

Rang De Basanti (transl.  Paint Me Saffron) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language epic coming-of-age socio-political action crime film written, produced, and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.[3] The film stars an ensemble cast including Aamir Khan, Siddharth (in his Hindi debut), Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, British actress Alice Patten (in her Hindi debut), Waheeda Rahman, and Soha Ali Khan. It follows a British film student traveling to India to document the story of five freedom fighters of the Indian revolutionary movement. She befriends and casts five young men in the film, which inspires them to fight against the evils of their own present-day government.

Shot primarily in New Delhi, Rang De Basanti was released globally on 26 January 2006. Upon release, the film broke all opening box office records in India, becoming the country's highest-grossing film in its opening weekend and holding the highest opening-day collections for a Hindi film. It received critical acclaim, winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 BAFTA Awards. The film was chosen as India's official entry for the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, though it did not ultimately yield a nomination for either award. A. R. Rahman's soundtrack, which earned positive reviews, had two of its tracks considered for an Academy Award nomination.

  1. ^ "Rang de Basanti – Movie – Box Office India". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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