This article argues that its recuperation of a violent anti-colonial history is integral to the middle-class ethos of the film, presenting the viewers with a bourgeois nationalism of immediate and timely appeal, coupled with an accessible (and politically acceptable) social activism. The film follows a British film student traveling to India to document the story of five freedom fighters in the Indian revolutionary movement. It represents a more 'masculine' version of the nationalist narrative for its contemporary audiences by retelling the story of the Punjabi revolutionary Bhagat Singh as an Indian hero and as an example for today's generation. Give colour, spring ) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film written, produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and co-written by Rensil DSilva. Financial analysis of Rang De Basanti (2006) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings. It restages Indian nationalist history not in the customary pacifist Gandhian vein, but in the mode of martyrdom and armed struggle. This film forms part of a body of work that represents violence as integral to the emergence of an Indian national identity. An English filmmaker turns to a group of student actors to film a docudrama about Indias revolution against British rule in the 1920s.

This article explores the relationship between violence, patriotism and the national-popular within the medium of film, by examining the Indian film-maker Rakeysh Mehra's recent Bollywood hit, Rang de Basanti (2006). Alternative links are provided below where available. Lookup NU author(s): Professor Neelam Srivastava Downloadsįull text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Bollywood as National(ist) Cinema: Violence, Patriotism and the National-Popular in Rang de Basanti

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