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今日の、TOEICテストが終了で全部のカルキュラム終了。後は、遊ぶだけです。
まあ、テストはたぶん散々な出来でした。どのくらいと言うレベルではなく、8月入ったら
英会話に通わないと。その後、マクドナルドを研修生数人が買ってきてくれてマハラジャマック
を食べました。まあ、味はまさにインド。その後、「Rang de Basanti」の鑑賞会。
2時間45分ぶっ通しで見ました。僕はこれで、3回目。やはりいい映画です。
研修生達は重いと言葉が多かったですね。たしかに、インドが抱えている問題を題材にした映画
なので、ほんとにインド映画?!と思うような映画です。
内容載せていないので、下に載せます。もちろん英語です。
その後、アパート戻って、ポルカドで食事。今日は夕飯後にクラブに行く予定だったのですが、
なんと!!テロの影響で入れない…。結局、一杯飲んで帰って来てしまいました。
少し残念・・・。
Rang de Basanti' is a film about awakening. About standing up for ones
beliefs. Where the spirit of rebellion transcends time and age. A young
idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian
revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries
and their fight for freedom from the British Raj.
Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act
in her docu-drama. She finds DJ (Aamir Khan), who passed out five years back
but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think
there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan
(Siddharth), the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an
uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him,
albeit very grudgingly. Aslam (Kunal Kapoor), is a middle class Muslim boy,
who lives in the bylanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to
his friends. Sukhi (Sharman Joshi), the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable
and with a weakness for only one thing - girls.
Laxman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni), the fundamentalist in the group, the only one
who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and
finally Sonia (Soha Ali Khan) - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and
vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay (Madhavan) - the dashing air pilot. These
youngsters could be anyone of us today and their lives mirror the kind of
lives the youth of today lead - namely a self centered and materialistic
existence where ideas like patriotism and making a change are strictly the
stuff history books are made of.
Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these
young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom
movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for
bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the
fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his
friends stop and stare at themselves for being the actual descendants of
these great men and never recognizing and celebrating their courage and
spirit.
The film thus doubles as a narrative on the changes in perspective and
values the young boys and girls acting in her documentary go through as they
shoot for the film. Few scenes from the past and present are juxtaposed
against each other, which renders a unique slick treatment, which serves to
showcase the slow change in mindset and attitude that overcomes the group
through the process of the film. 'Rang de Basanti' is a youthful drama, yet
light hearted in the moments that the group shares amongst themselves
before some incidents effect a serious change・hich ends in the climax.
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