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Ep 234- Rang De Basanti
Manage episode 423361732 series 2532404
Welcome to Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast where we’re discussing one of the greats — RANG DE BASANTI (2006).
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, this movie stars Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan, Waheeda Rehman, and Madhavan among others. With music by AR Rahman and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi, this is also one of the great albums of the past 20 years.
In this episode we discuss the impact of this movie and what has changed in the time since it released. We examine how we feel about this movie as a piece of cinema as well as a piece of politics after these many years.
Chapters
00:00- Introduction and Twitter Discussions
08:04- The Role of Rang De Basanti in Indian Cinema
13:51- The Changing Political Landscape and Social Media
30:22- Transitional Politics and Co-opting of History
49:51- Cinematography and Visual Aesthetics
56:31- Cost-Cutting and Filmmaking Choices
01:07:52- Queer Coding and LGBTQ+ Representation
01:09:15- The Impact of the Music
01:22:20- Political Commentary and Contemporary Relevance
Shownotes:
Here are some of the other podcast we have been on recently:
Hanisha's Making Things Happen Podcast
Asian Network Bollywood Ultimate 90s Bollywood
Asian Network News Presents: 90s Bollywood
Follow us on Socials:
- Amrita, Sujoy, Asim
- YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok
- Sujoy's Instagram
- Amrita's YouTube Book Channel- Amrita By The Book
You can listen to Khandaan- A Bollywood Podcast episodes on the following apps:
258 episoder
Manage episode 423361732 series 2532404
Welcome to Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast where we’re discussing one of the greats — RANG DE BASANTI (2006).
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, this movie stars Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan, Waheeda Rehman, and Madhavan among others. With music by AR Rahman and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi, this is also one of the great albums of the past 20 years.
In this episode we discuss the impact of this movie and what has changed in the time since it released. We examine how we feel about this movie as a piece of cinema as well as a piece of politics after these many years.
Chapters
00:00- Introduction and Twitter Discussions
08:04- The Role of Rang De Basanti in Indian Cinema
13:51- The Changing Political Landscape and Social Media
30:22- Transitional Politics and Co-opting of History
49:51- Cinematography and Visual Aesthetics
56:31- Cost-Cutting and Filmmaking Choices
01:07:52- Queer Coding and LGBTQ+ Representation
01:09:15- The Impact of the Music
01:22:20- Political Commentary and Contemporary Relevance
Shownotes:
Here are some of the other podcast we have been on recently:
Hanisha's Making Things Happen Podcast
Asian Network Bollywood Ultimate 90s Bollywood
Asian Network News Presents: 90s Bollywood
Follow us on Socials:
- Amrita, Sujoy, Asim
- YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok
- Sujoy's Instagram
- Amrita's YouTube Book Channel- Amrita By The Book
You can listen to Khandaan- A Bollywood Podcast episodes on the following apps:
258 episoder
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