Well, Independence day is almost here and i have decided to pick out five films that made me think that i have a responsiblity towards my country and make me feel patriotic.I am not a great film critic and doesn't watch that too many films.I have seen films in three indian languages and they are Hindi,Tamil and Malayalam, and my opinions would be based on the films i have seen in these languages.
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| Rang De Basanti |
- Rang De Basanti
Om Prakash Mehra's 'Rang De Basanti' stands out as one of the best films ever made in India and also one of the best patriotic films ever made.The film has an excellent storyline with an extrordinary script and a perfect cast who gave terrific performances.The film starts of with a bunch of Youngster's who is carefree about what is going on around them and awaken's when injustice happens to one of them and decides to teach the government a lesson with their protest.The film had a huge cast with Aamir Khan,Madhavan,Siddharth,Kunal Kapoor,Sharman Joshi,Atul Kulkarni,Soha Ali Khan and Alice Pattern.The film connects the independence era with the modern era, when the characters they played for the documentary by Alice Pattern happens in real life.The film had music by Music maestro AR Rahman and had some great songs like 'Rang De Basanti' and 'Luka Chuppi'.The film is a must watch, If you haven't seen yet.
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| Swades, We the people. |
Swades is another film that moved me a lot and maybe a lot of people.The film was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker back in 2004 and had Shahrukh Khan in the lead role.The film had a relatively small cast but had a very excellent script and music.The film is about Mohan Bhargava an NRI who lives in the US and works for NASA,After 12years in the US,He decides to come on a vaccation to India to visit his nanny 'Kaveri Amma'.He soon falls in love with the surroundings and its people and feels for the people in distress.He decides to help the people of the village by making a hydro-electric plant to generate electricity.After he returns to US,he realizes how much he misses being back in India and then quits his job and comes back to India.This is an excellent film and makes you wonder how great an actor Shahrukh Khan is.
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| Roja |
There is no list without a Mani Ratnam movie,Though Mani Ratnam has made other movies on Patriotism like Dilse and Bombay,Roja just stands out with its music and story line.No wonder why the film was remade into many languages other than the original Tamil version.The film was the debut of AR Rahman and was listed among TIME magazine's 10 best soundtracks of all timeThe film stars Aravinda Swami and Madhoo in the lead roles.Rishi Kumar played by Aravinda Swamy is kidnapped by Terrorists in Kashmir and his wife Roja played by Madhoo pleads to the government and politicians to free her husband.The film also throws some light on the Terrorism in the Jammu and Kashmir.The cinematography,music and the plot makes this film stand out from the rest.
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| Hrithik Roshan in Lakshya. |
- Lakshya
Lakshya is a film directed by Farhan Akthar which stars Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta in the lead roles.The film proved what Hrithik is really capable of with a mind blowing performance as 'Karan Shergil',at first Karan is shown as a care free person who doesn't even care about his future and happens to apply for the army on seeing his friend apply.The first half shows his struggle at the army and in the second half another Hrithik is presented before you, a very responsible Army officer.The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan as Hrithik's higher officer.The film has a very good plot which makes it a must watch.
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| Chak de! India |
Chak de! India again is a film starring Shahrukh Khan as an ex-hockey player 'Kabir Khan' who unfortunately has to take blame for a loss in the world championship final match against Pakistan.He is criticised heavily by the Indian media and are forced to move out of his ancestral home by angry neighbours,Seven years later he returns to coach the Indian women's hockey team and leads them to win the Hockey World Championship.The same people who criticised him earlier praises him for his achivement and he moves in back to his home.An amazing film, Must watch.This is Shahrukh Khan's best performance till date according to me.
