Rang De Basanti and Forgotten Heroes
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The Bollywood movie ‘Rang de Basanti’ (Paint Ochre)(Thank you Saritaji for correcting me about the meaning) directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, reminds me of those real forgotten heroes of our great nation. Thank you Rakeysh for such a nice movie. I really enjoyed watching it. I don’t know whether the makers of the movie really thought about the martyr day of the late C.Azad himself. Chandrashekhar Azad sacrificed his life for our nation on 27th of February 1931. A great revolutionary and a never ending inspiration for youth in India submitted himself to the feet of mother India on that day. Please do remember the greatness of his sacrifice even after seeing this movie. Let the spirit of freedom and unity of our minds, fly high.
Let me take this moment to point out one grave mistake done by Shyam Benegal while making the movie ‘Bose the forgotten hero’. Actually I was surprised to see that a great artist like him has made such a mistake. Nowhere in his movie had he made a reference to the late Mr. Chembakaraman Pillai. His was a name which should not be forgotten while referring to Bose himself. Dr. Chembakaraman was the first to "utter the mantra Jai Hind" and is still alive in at least our minds!
Jai Hind!
For a detailed story on Chembakaraman Pillai, visit -
http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2001/11/19/stories/2001111900070300.htm
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/01/stories/13011286.htm
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The Bollywood movie ‘Rang de Basanti’ (Paint Ochre)(Thank you Saritaji for correcting me about the meaning) directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, reminds me of those real forgotten heroes of our great nation. Thank you Rakeysh for such a nice movie. I really enjoyed watching it. I don’t know whether the makers of the movie really thought about the martyr day of the late C.Azad himself. Chandrashekhar Azad sacrificed his life for our nation on 27th of February 1931. A great revolutionary and a never ending inspiration for youth in India submitted himself to the feet of mother India on that day. Please do remember the greatness of his sacrifice even after seeing this movie. Let the spirit of freedom and unity of our minds, fly high.
Let me take this moment to point out one grave mistake done by Shyam Benegal while making the movie ‘Bose the forgotten hero’. Actually I was surprised to see that a great artist like him has made such a mistake. Nowhere in his movie had he made a reference to the late Mr. Chembakaraman Pillai. His was a name which should not be forgotten while referring to Bose himself. Dr. Chembakaraman was the first to "utter the mantra Jai Hind" and is still alive in at least our minds!
Jai Hind!
For a detailed story on Chembakaraman Pillai, visit -
http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2001/11/19/stories/2001111900070300.htm
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/01/stories/13011286.htm
3 comments:
Hi, bernard that was really a good thought. Me too was wondering when I heard Benagal using Menon instead of Chembakaraman Pillai
What do I say other than" Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hain.."
The fact that Rakeysh Omprakash has attempted something different cannot ofcourse be forgotten. But the movie fails terribly to score as a tribute to our freedom fighters. Our freedom-fighters were never solo performers; their struggle involved the mobilisation of masses; they engaged with the society in a progressive manner through their writings & speech & their actions spoke for the multitude. The 'RDB' protagonists are swung into action on account of a personal injustice and not by anything of social dimensions. The film gives a very wrong message to the youth of today & the parallels drawn between 'RDB' heroes & our freedom heroes is simply illogical,absurd and unacceptable. To sum up the whole film, it just portrays how a group of young lads who are disenchanted,confused & cynical of the system in which they live in are galvanised into a task force to avenge the death of their dear friend. On a related ground, may I ask this blogger if he would approve of the assassination of Dr.Madhusoodan Kurup & the VC in the same manner by the friends of late Joseph??
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