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In a press conference with pop singer Nelly Furtado, Rahman said that she was to originally have fea [...]
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Star Aamir Khan, with his knowledge of Hindi and Urdu, worked with Rahman and Joshi for the film's s [...]
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The role played by Siddharth was also initially offered to Farhan Akhtar, but he wasn't ready to act [...]
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The title track was used at a flash mob at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai on 27 November 201 [...]
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In India, Rang De Basanti did well at many of the Bollywood awards ceremonies, including a win for B [...]
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This movie was shown to the Minister of Defence, as it depicts the killing of the Defence Minister, [...]
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A. R. Rahman's soundtrack, which earned positive reviews, had two of its tracks considered for an Ac [...]
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Despite Mehra's belief that his film did not stand a chance at the Oscars, the efforts to publicise [...]
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Randeep Hooda was offered Sharman Joshi's role but had to turn it down; Ram Gopal Varma insisted tha [...]
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Rang De Basanti suffered a significant setback when one of the initial producers ultimately failed t [...]
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The Hindustan Times summarised the film as being a "well-scripted, skilfully crafted [and] thought-p [...]
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Joshi, one of the lyricists, was impressed with the director, Rakeysh Mehra, who was ready to adjust [...]
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The military aircraft they created was so realistic that the Indian Air Force called to check the pr [...]
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Shah Rukh Khan was the original pick to play DJ, but the shooting for the film was in Delhi, and Kha [...]
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producer Screwvala planned to use resources and expertise from his partners in 20th Century Fox and [...]
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Rang De Basanti marked Siddharth's Bollywood debut, following on the success of his Telugu film Nuvv [...]
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While recording the song Luka Chuppi Lata Mangeshkar was in tears.
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after Aamir Khan agreed to act in the film, Mehra approached Ronnie Screwvala of UTV Motion Pictures [...]
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The film was screened at several international film festivals.
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Soha, portraying the pilot's fiancée, was filming Rituparna Ghosh's Antarmahal and David Dhawan's [...]
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Critics gave the film an overwhelmingly positive response, in particular the ensemble cast's perform [...]
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Mehra described Khan's character as a simple man with a strong sense of integrity and dignity.
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Rani Mukherjee was the first choice for Soha Ali Khan's role.
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With 1.23 billion Rs. (USD 17 million) alone coming from the Indian territory, the film earned more [...]
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The soundtrack, first released commercially in early December 2005, generally received above average [...]
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A study of bloggers behavioural patterns during the first month of the film's release revealed a sig [...]
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Lakh Tandon played the role of Aamir's grandfather and Kirron Kher played the mother of Khan's chara [...]
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Film written, produced, and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and co-written by Rensil D'Silva and [...]
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Rakeysh Mehra took seven years to research and develop the story, including three to write the scrip [...]
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Soha Ali Khan and Alice Patten immediately became Mehra's clear favourites for each of their roles d [...]
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The film contained scenes of a MiG-21, a controversial aircraft in the Indian Air Force, which has a [...]
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There was a shelved movie Divya Films "Rang De Basanti Chola"(1975) Starring Parikshit Sahni,Radha S [...]
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In India, The Hindu reported that with audiences from the metropolitan cities turning out in large n [...]
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Shahid Kapoor was offered Siddharth's role but had issues with his character.
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Shahrukh Khan was approached for R.Madhavan's role but declined it.
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It started with Ashfaqullah Khan, Ramprasad Bismil, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, went on to Chandrashekhar [...]
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On Rang De Basanti's release the film certification Board of India Sought the views of Indian Defenc [...]
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The film also received positive reviews from critics outside India.
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Hrithik Roshan turned down the role of Karan.
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The Indian Express spoke positively of the cinematography and the film's story, it noted that "the m [...]
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One of the songs, "Masti Ki Paatshaala" (translation: "Classroom of Fun"), was voted as the "Song of [...]
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Since the film's plot focused on men in their late twenties, Bhasin designed their look accordingly.
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Rakesh Mehra wanted to sign Abhishek Bachchan for Siddharth's role. He later decided not to because [...]
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Mehra gave Kulkarni biographies of Ram Prasad Bismil as preparation, including Bismil's autobiograph [...]
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Rakyesh Mehra stated "I remember vividly that one of the people who auditioned for the part of the y [...]
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Film made on a budget of 250 million Rs. (USD 3.5 million).
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An alliance was formed with The Coca-Cola Company by releasing special edition bottles to commemorat [...]
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Khan's hair was styled by Avan Contractor, who came up with soft curls falling over Khan's forehead.
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Throughout the country, the cumulative collections in the first week was about 80 million Rs. (USD 1 [...]
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Soha Ali Khan's (Sonia in the film) mother in real life, Sharmila Tagore, was also widowed by an Air [...]
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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut in BBFC film certification.
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Intense political discussions spurred on by the film's influence were observed.
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Prashant Narayanan was offered a part but later was dropped from the film.
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Out of the 100 million Rs. (USD 1.4 million) marketing campaign, a fifth of it came from the produce [...]
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Some filming was done at Amritsar's Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara.
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it was shot in and around New Delhi.
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Having previously worked as an assistant director, Siddharth praised Mehra as being "by far the most [...]
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After the special screening, the defence ministry did not insist on any cuts, but on their recommend [...]
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Music composer A. R. Rahman performed several concerts across the East Coast to promote the film.
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Khan, who turned 40 during the shoot, lost about 10 kilograms (22 lb) with a strict diet-and-exercis [...]
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Khan's hair was styled by Avan Contractor, who came up with soft curls falling over Khan's forehead. [...]
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To use a historical location for filming, they had to seek permissions of seven officials ranging fr [...]
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A clip of Kunal Kapoor being tortured on a ice block from Rang De Basanti,was uploaded on you tube. [...]
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The soundtrack to the 2006 film Rang De Basanti was released by Sony BMG on 8 December 2005 and had [...]
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The Delhi Tourism department was happy to encourage filming in the city if it helped promote tourism [...]
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New Delhi's Modern School at Barakhamba Road served as the location for all the scenes pertinent to [...]
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Once the locations were finalised, the team of Lovleen Bains and Arjun Bhasin was chosen for designi [...]
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Upon release, the film broke all opening box-office records in India.
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Overseas collections from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia were collectively put at o [...]
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The Bloomberg website wrote positively about "the raw energy of a young cast and A. R. Rahman's sple [...]
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The song "Roobaroo" from Rang De Basanti was sampled from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Some [...]
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7:30 p.m. was the time when "Bhagat Singh" was hanged, and it has been captured in the movie; Sue's [...]
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The producers collaborated with LG Group, Berger Paints, Bharti Airtel and Hindustan Petroleum for p [...]
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It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day col [...]
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Bhasin had previously worked on Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001), the lat [...]
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In the Indian media, frequent referencing of the film was evident, with many brands using pictorials [...]
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It features an ensemble cast comprising Aamir Khan, Siddharth Narayan, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, [...]
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After rejecting the role of DJ, Shah Rukh Khan was also offered the role of Flight Lieutenant Ajay R [...]
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In May 2014, Rang De Basanti was released on Blu-ray (plus steelbook edition), about 8 years after i [...]
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The censor board chairman at that time was Sharmila Tagore, mother of Soha Ali Khan (Sonia).
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When shooting began, Mehra made an announcement to his crew saying that they would enjoy their holid [...]
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When the nominations in the foreign film category did not feature this film, it sparked off debates [...]
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Doraha Fort, near Ludhiana, popularly known as the RDB Fort, got its moment of fame after a crucial [...]
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Atul Kulkarni and Kunal Kapoor were publicly attached to the film by the time it was officially anno [...]
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While discussing typical Bollywood soundtracks, Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, a professor of music at Col [...]
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Unlike other Indian films with jingoistic overtones, many young Indians could relate well to the cha [...]
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Regionally defined elements such as a woman's prayer at the Sikh Gurudwara (Golden Temple) and the b [...]
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In 2006, it premiered in France with the Lyon Asiexpo Film Festival, the Wisconsin Film Festival and [...]
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The soundtrack won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award, and had two of its tracks, "Khalbali" and [...]
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The review from the BBC gave it the highest possible five star rating and added that it was "an ente [...]
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The film, which was shot in New Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Punjab, was officially launched at a ho [...]
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India's official entry to the Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2007.
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In particular, the demands of Soha's emotional scenes in Antarmahal often left her exhausted, thus r [...]
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Although the filmmakers had obtained a No Objection Certificate from the board officials, Maneka Gan [...]
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The film was to be made both in Hindi and English versions, the English version to be titled "Paint [...]
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Many critics claimed that unlike most Aamir Khan films where he hogged the limelight here he plays o [...]
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In post-production, the visual effects were handled by Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs.
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Rang De Basanti was released on Blu-ray (plus steelbook edition) in May 2014.
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Aamir Khan was initially uncertain about taking on the role of DJ, as he was in his 40s and DJ was a [...]
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Instead of filming at the actual locations from the script, other locations were selected for pictur [...]
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The film was declared "Blockbuster" by Box Office India.
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Rang De Basanti was chosen as India's official entry for the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awa [...]
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Accordingly, Khan and Mehra screened the film for the then Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee along w [...]
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The DVD release sold more than 70,000 copies over six months, and as a result the film was the highe [...]
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Currently, the film holds the record for the highest-grossing film to be released in January.
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Accordingly, 55 percent of the film's revenues came from multiplexes in these cities.
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When Rakesh Mehra started the film in 2002, it was to be a Indo/British production to be made in Eng [...]
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Early rumours indicated that actors Arjun Rampal and Arjan Bajwa would be among the male leads, but [...]
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screenwriter and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Rahman were reported to have chosen Aamir Khan [...]
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Bhasin was responsible for Khan's rebellious look, Sharman Joshi's (who played Sukhi) lovable person [...]
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Siddharth made his debut in Bollywood with this film.
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After hiring international experts for the film's publicity, the marketing expenditure for the film [...]
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The producers tied up with several media partners such as MSN India, Channel V and Radio Mirchi to f [...]
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The film was well-received and praised for strong screenplay and dialogues.
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The film went under severe controversy--first there was some uncertainty over shooting appropriate s [...]
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The opening week box-office collections from Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, were reported to be over [...]
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In India, the color of saffron represents sacrifice. When someone says, "Main rang de basanti", ("pa [...]
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The film was initially titled "Ahuti".
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Rang De Basanti had a noticeable impact on Indian society.
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The story is about a British documentary filmmaker who is determined to make a film on Indian freedo [...]
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Saisuresh Sivaswamy of Rediff.com wrote that films like Rang De Basanti can easily get into "preachi [...]
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A video game launched by an Indian mobile content company was based on an adaptation of the film's p [...]
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The film was selected as India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language [...]
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Om Puri appears in a two-scene cameo as Aslam's staunch Muslim father.
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A major point of criticism the film faced was regarding the possibility of Army attacking students i [...]
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Preity Zinta was offered Soha's role but she declined.
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Since the film "reflected contemporary Indian reality and had cinematic excellence", it was chosen a [...]
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The budget was reported as Rs. 250 million (approximately USD 5.5 million), and, despite going a lit [...]
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Nelly Furtado was to act and sing in the movie, but the idea was dropped once the producers changed.
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Following the release of the film, another social outcry was against the introduction of reservation [...]
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Aamir Khan agreed to act in Rang De Basanti immediately after reading Mehra's script.
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A.R. Rahman worked on the music of this film for three years.
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It was co-produced by Shahnawaz Ali.
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The climax was rewritten by Aamir Khan, who didn't like the idea of them running away, suggesting th [...]
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The film was well-received by critics and audiences for its production values and had a noticeable i [...]
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Since Rahman's last musical success, Saathiya, was back in 2002, there were high expectations from t [...]
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Bureaucracy were faced by Mehra while filming at the Jaipur Fort.
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A report carried out by The Times of India highlighted copyright infringement on the Internet where [...]
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Alice Patten was informed that she had won the documentary filmmaker role after she returned home to [...]
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Arjun Rampal was signed to do the film, but was irritated with director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's i [...]
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Sight & Sound magazine conducts a poll every ten years of the world's finest film directors to find [...]
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The Hindu credited Kamlesh Pandey for writing a story that would have been a difficult film to make, [...]
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Confessing that the film's soundtrack was his favorite out of all his previous works, Joshi felt tha [...]
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As a part of the publicity, the cast, visited prominent University campuses in New Delhi, Mumbai, Ko [...]
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Aamir, Sharman, and Madhavan again shared screen as friends in '3 Idiots,' another praised and succe [...]
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Madhavan, despite being a well-known Tamil cinema actor, took the smaller role of a fighter aircraft [...]
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The media uses the terms "RDB" (abbreviated title of the movie) and "RDB effect" while referring to [...]
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One such scene is where Soha Ali Khan is filmed at the India Habitat Center that masquerades as the [...]
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Film features India Gate in one of its scenes.
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The music CDs and cassettes were co-branded with the cola company along with the launch of the sale [...]
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Nahargarh Fort, which oversees the city of Jaipur, was another such historical location where one of [...]
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Provogue, a well-known clothing retail chain in India, launched a special limited edition clothing m [...]
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Before its theatrical release, the producers tied up with several top brands to help in the marketin [...]
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The iconic beer-drinking scene with Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi's free fall is from the public wate [...]
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Rang De Basanti received its world premiere on 26 January 2006, with high expectations that it would [...]
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The film's script originally had a different climax, originally showing the protagonists on the run.
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Aamir spoke of experience of visiting the Gurudwara for the first time: "It's one of the most peacef [...]
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Within a week of the film's theatrical release, illegal copies of the film priced at 10 million Rs. [...]
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The Indian Defence Ministry raised concerns, causing the Indian censor board to urge the filmmakers [...]
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It received critical acclaim, winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and being nomin [...]
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From the film's announcement in April 2005, Rahman was slated to compose the music.
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Released in about 60 theatres in the United States, the film grossed 31 million Rs. (USD 430,000) in [...]
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Besides instigating political thought and discussions, it evoked social awakening for many.
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The literal meaning of the title can be translated as "Paint me with the colours of spring".
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Inspired by the film, Pakistan's national newspaper, Jang, launched a television channel that was to [...]
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The film was released globally on 26 January 2006, the Republic Day of India.
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According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 19,00,000 units sold, this film' [...]
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During filming, reports indicated that co-stars Siddharth and Soha had become romantically involved [...]
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Arjun Rampal was signed for one of the 3 second leads. After he had been kept in waiting for 3 month [...]
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Development of Rang De Basanti originated with several ideas Mehra came up with early on but later d [...]
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Mrs. Kavita Gadgil whose son, late Flight Lieutenant Abhijeet Gadgil was killed when his MiG-21 figh [...]
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For Aamir Khan, a Muslim, it was for the first time that he was playing a North Indian Punjabi chara [...]
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Rang De Basanti is based on a poem written by Dushyant Kumar.
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The soundtrack of Rang De Basanti, which was released by Sony BMG, featured music composed by A. R. [...]
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