Rang De Basanti

Why tonight?

• ◆A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
• ◆In Hindi — subtitles on.

The story

After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.

• students' movement
• patriotism
• war of independence
• coming of age
• celebration
• corrupt politician
• indian freedom struggle