i totally agree with rozaiba......that amir khan bike seen was the best.......

great movie !!!!!!! best of 2006 "haath neechey"

my favorite part of the movie was the technique of those flashbacks....quick, intermittent ones....for example where Sue every now and then visualizes today's characters
with those of yesterday...like in the beginning when
she watches aamir khan riding on his motorbike, the
picture quickly changes with the image of aamir with a
mustache as chadrashaiker azad riding on his bike with a
wry smile...it's a brief scene, but man it was well done.

my favorite 'flashback' scene was when aslam comes
home and confronts his parents and brother and says to
them "main aap jaisa nahin soach sakta...aur na hee
soachna chahta houn" ...and then in anger goes up the
stairs towards his room...just as he opens the door
the picture switches and we see Aslam as Ashfaq the
poet enter a room and joyfully start reciting a poem to his fellow revolutionaries in the 1920's. That sequence just kills me.
brilliant.

sonia is soha ali khan pataudi...sister of saif ali khan...and daughter of sharmila tagore...she did a good job in the movie...

Actually saw it two days ago, and I loved it. Just wow...the time periods complimented each other...Bhagat Singh and Co. were fighting for their country, and the kids were doing the same. A tear or two was shed. The music was awesome, but hey it IS Rehman.

Now the ending was a little dramatic. Politicians today all ahve PR people, and I'm sure the government (if this happened in real life) wouldn't make their actions that obvious. They'd probably go in and shoot, and then come up with a tale of how the kids were attacking or something. The shooting right IN FRONT OF the angered public...errr, it would take a pretty stupid government to do that. Which DO exist, I guess.

Aamir Khan, say what you will about him, at the end of the day, this dude can ACT. Who was the actress that played Sonia? She looked familiar, but I can't quite place her...

Nicely done flick...watched it on DVD last night...

sweet... looking forward to it...

Khiladi: Will post them after getting hold of the text. A friend has shown me a paragraph or two...but they deserve a wider read today. I don't know if they are online.

Rozaiba...

AR Rehman has been singing for awhile..

are the Jinnah speeches anywhere online???

Whoever wrote this movie, did a fabulous job of meshing the time periods and re-igniting the fervor of the legend of Bhagat Singh and his companions.

The relevance of Bhagat Singh is something we are made to consider. The question of ?Should one accept extreme injustice?? is something one has to face particularly in this age of general cowardice.

Someone mentioned ?civil disobedience? as the preferable method. Civil disobedience is good when the motives and objectives are clear. With Gandhi?s civil disobedience, they weren?t. Gandhi and Bhagat Singh?s strategies were at odds. Gandhi had some fine qualities, but by and large, he?s really not all that he?s made out to be. He could have saved Bhagat Singh?s life and done something more about it then that half-hearted appeal which was quickly followed by him signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact with the British. Whereas, Jinnah, unfairly labeled as a British-supporter, actually defended Bhagat Singh in the court and gave some of the most resounding anti-Imperialist speeches anywhere!

Anyway, back to the movie?the breakdown of religious boundaries was also conveyed well and thankfully not dwelled on for too long. Religious boundaries are utterly meaningless and that?s how they should be treated in the ideal world of Bhagat Singh depicted in the movie.

The song track by AR Rehman is once again a must-hear. Looks like he?s taken up singing too : )

Exceptional movie!

dvd is out now with deleted scenes..its a must see!!!!

the movie was extra special for me and my friends since we practically got killed and trampled over getting into the theatre....freakin desis...
not only is the movie fantabulous but the sondtrack (music done by the AR Rahman) is awesome...i even have my nephew Haaris dancing to "Rang De Basanti...ding a linga linga linga ling"...

I'd disagree with Saira1... they weren't promoting anarchist communism, because the group willingly ADMITTED to the killing and confessed it was wrong...
this is why, in the radio broadcast at the end, the one guy was talking about how they are going to change the country THROUGH THE SYSTEM...

what they were trying to say is that the conditions of the country has forced the youth to that situation...

I just saw it last week, and I thought it was awesome... Aamir Khan is BY FAR ahead of any of the Khan's when it comes to acting.. he doesn't over act, and the dude can go from straight serious to hilarious in a second...

I can't wait to see him in the Yash Chopra film with Kajol...

The idea was good.........acting was good by all the actors.........Aamir Khan has grown as an actor.......

the movie lacked many things to make it a good movie in my opinion..........i felt the plot was streched.........some of the situations were exagerated........
would recommend seeing it once.........but not a keeper in my library

saw the movie last night, and all i gotta say is 'DAMN'..

the cast, the performances, the story, the direction, the songs, the cinematography were all FLAWLESS..

def a strong Oscar contendar in my opinion..

i liked the 'Khoon Chala' song the best and Atul Kulkarni's (Laxman) performance was the finest..

apun ke dho cents ;)

My plans to watch this movie last weekend went awry. However, I was finally able to catch it tonight. And, my thoughts??

The performances all-around were excellent. Soha Ali Khan is starting to grow on me...despite the fact that she looks like Saif with longer hair. I really liked the dynamic between Atul Kulkarni and Kunal Kapoor (Laxman and Aslam). I was glad to see Siddharth break out of Tamil cinema, and he had a fantastic role to boot. Sharman Joshi is truly showing his versatility...he has proven to have excellent comic timing, and really was excellent as Sukhi. Alice Patten had was not just a one-dimensional gori pakori type, and I thought that was nice to see. Aamir Khan still seemed fine in the movie despite being 40 and portraying a 25 year old. His age only really came up whenever they did close-ups. I liked that they had a fantastic supporting cast as well with Kiron Kher (always phenomenal), but the rest were really wasted...Waheeda Rehman, Anupam Kher, and Om Puri.

Rakesh Mehra did a fine job with the direction. Storywise at least, it seemed to flow better than 'Aks'. The songs by AR Rahman were very well placed within the movie too. The lyrics tended to suit the mood of the movie...although, the slow love song wasn't really all that necessary. I also would've suggested having Adnan Sami sing "Khalbali" instead too. Rahman did a great job, but a better singer would've been more effective.

** SPOILERS AHEAD** - If you haven't seen the movie yet, stop reading now.

I unfortunately read an article about the Maddy Mig incident before, which kinda ruined things for me. I'm a big Maddy fan, and was glad to see him get a role in a movie like this.

As for the the drastic killing measure, I'd pretty well have to agree with Saira1 on this. I didn't find there was a need for it, and it doesn't send the right message to the youth watching it. Last thing you want to see is anyone else trying to mimic these kind of actions, despite the notion being addressed by Siddharth in the movie. That really is irresponsible.

the whole point of the ending is that until something drastic happens no one takes any action. and the fact that govt tries to cover up everything and not get to the ppl and preventing them to get wat they need...just like it was in the past...

I just saw this movie tonight. Personally i have mixed feelings about it. Though i thought the movie, the actors, the story was great i just kinda got disturbed with the end. I mean if they are trying to convey the message to the youth that you need to start speaking and fighting justice and corruption then it shouldn't have ended the way it did. I mean it was sort of the cheap way to get out of it. It's a good movie to watch to get a feel for how helpless people get and to what point they get pushed. Overall i would give it a 7 out of 10

I thought they would use two modes of freedom of speech, that they had, to get their message across: the documentary itself and the radio show without getting a kamikaze attitude.

good movie technique and direction, but message is skewed. the first half was good. in the end, it should be freedom of speech, democracy, and civil disobediance and jihad of the pen that should reign supreme, not terrorism and use of force or false martyrdom. Promoting killing someone (anyone), as a means for change, this day in age, is pretty irresponsible. And you can't compare their causes to the civil rights movement, slavery, or when an imperial power holds you in your own government. It's pretty much comparing apples to oranges. The movie had strong hints of anarchist communism.