Rise and Appreciate the movie

Yes, finally managed to see the movie today. Cudnt help after the big ooh la la's by the phirangs and many historians, why do people make a big deal abt history, its a fable, at best, and two people may differ in details and intricacies while writing stories. and for a brit sepoy whose records, were lets say, not accurate or could have fabricated, there would always be multiple thoughts.

The movie has great cinematography, Amir and Rani at their usual best, Amisha does a good HAM job. The real and i mean Reel star is Toby Stepehns with a strong performance as a british army officer, who believes in honesty, truth and fairness, and as shown in the movie and in accordance with some accounts, even fought for the indians during the first war of independence. The real disappointment, even if ever so slight, is Rahman's music, with the title track being ok. His biggest blasphemy is a very strong Bass sound in the mujra number "Tumhari Adao pe mein mari mari", i dont think that Bass guitars were a rage then, if some one knows better, pls tell me

It actually highlights the true aspects of imperialism, blown up or not.Where in to make profit (in some cases, the movie even highlights a breast feeding aya to a young brit, while her own infant makes do with opium) and abuse the natives, to unimaginable extents. Where the movie has really gotten to the phirangs is the part where Hira (Rani's Character) is bought off at a public auction, by a gora to be a nautch girl. While this has infuriated some of the phirangs stiff upper lip junta, it has been mentioned as a integral part of their lifestyle by no less than William Darlymple, in both the City of Djinns and White Mughals.now i dont get whats the big deal. I mean they have for long shown how the white man's word and white man's burden was the philosopher's stone, pure as pure can be. Besides history has been a tale of the winner's forever, and if brit historians wrote their stories, which, had some some unparliamentary references, to say the least, about their own officers, if a indian filmmaker potrays the same on celluloid, whats the big issue, my frds.

What the brits have conveniently forgotten is how he trusts the white man's word and uses the greased cartridge in practice, and at the pure word of the white man (Toby Stephens) , and even the achut in his own village makes fun of it. Something in today's time, comparable to it wud be, u getting cowdung poured all over u. While he has been shown as a kind white man, who even rescues a girl from sati and takes her home, as a mistress or a wife is open to conjecture. The same sepoy leader even testifies citing the integral reasons for the uprising rather than the blatant facts, and is promptly told to shut up by his colleagues and seniors

Look, dont make comparisons, Satyajit and Sandip Ray are different, so are MAK Pataudi and saif ali khan. and they are bloodline, so dont expect Ketan Mehta and Ashutosh Gowarikar to be the same, and pls o pls dont expect a Lagaan out of the movie, Lagaan was a prologue, which highlights how oppresion can hold and enjoin people for the greater good. This movie shows the first real instance of revolt, and maybe there would be a third to show how we got free

forget the reviews and decide for urself. A good one time watch, makes u feel INDIAN, unlike sunny deol.....