Rang de Basanti

I finally watched the movie, and after all of the hype surrounding it, I was disappointed at its incredible lack of a cohesive message.

And, why in heavens name does death have to be glamorized so much ? There is nothing glamorous about death, it is fast, it is permanent and it is gory.

Can we please not have Madhavan and other jokers like him smiling (disclosure: I detest Madhavan !) when they are getting mowed down by bullets ? Bhagat Singh and Azad were great patriots, that were part of a force that ignited a chain of events that lead to India's independence.

However, I guarantee that not once would they have undervalued the values of their own lives. They had a passion, they had a mission and they would do anything to do it, but they were never going to be "happy to die" for the country. Death in that process has to be a corollary (if necessary), and not a necessary step in the path to an end, as was portrayed in Rang de Basanti.

I dont think I have done a good job of communicating my actual thoughts in this post, but maybe they are just untranscribable (if there is such a word).