Rang Rasiya

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Paresh Rawal and Gaurav Dwivedi(Raj Verma)
Director: Ketan Mehta
Genre: Biography, Drama,History, Romance


It is a beautiful biography depicting art. There is not one but many reasons why you should watch this movie!


You may look forward to:

• This movie certainly helped me rekindling my faith in Bollywood, specially after movies like 'Happy New year'. Now this is what i call a quality watch
• This movie teleports you back to 1890's, gets you a brief peek to the history which connects to Raja Ravi Verma and the deep impact his art has till date on our mythological characters and our religious beliefs
• I love the way the movie beautifully depicts the fact that nudity was always a part of our culture, and how it is lost time and again and is again re established by someone all afresh fighting anew against all odds,from the ancient times to the age of our independence to the present day, amazingly presented by Ketan Mehta. It is a big blow to the so called moral police
• Randeep Hooda is the star of the movie, re enacting the role of an unsung artist, who has a deep rooted cultural connection to how we know the art in India today.The flamboyant nature depicted with such an ease, along with the arrogance and every smallest of nuances of the character which clearly is in the shade of gray. His disrespect to the same woman he worships more than anyone else in his life, to his definition of love and his definition of passion and romance. His quest to know Indian culture and to bring it all down to piece of paper, his confidence and the risks that he takes. There are multiple shades to his character, and he plays all of them with such an aplomb!
• The sets of the movie are beautiful, so is the cinematography. This is worth a watch in the theaters! I am glad such kind of movies are getting positive nods from the Censor Board to be screened in theaters, even though on a much smaller scale for the discrete audience
• The story of the movie is as well a major key factor which keeps you interested throughout the 2.5 hours of duration. How Raja Ravi Verma's exclusive art were taken to the masses and what impact it had on the masses, to how it was converted to business, to the kind of support art used to get in that time of our history, everything very well depicted in such a short time
• Nandana Sen does a very brave job to be the face of the character she was given. Though its best when she doesn't talk :) But yet, by the end of the movie, her character grows so much on you, that you don't mind her voice and her expressions, i give it to her :)
• Paresh Rawal had a very minor role, but his role is that of a true businessman and brutally honest at it, a hard man on you! Always appreciate this man as an actor!

What you can sleep over:

Gaurav Dwivedi has a very minuscule role, but never mind, he gives his best shot!



The dampeners you should be aware of:

Nothing, this movie is an ode of experience, and wish to keep it at it :)




My Rating: 4/5