BLACK OR RANG DE BASANTI

Movies hardly have ever captured my imagination, but in recent times I have seen movies which have touched my soul. And none more than BLACK & RANG DE BASANTI. Two absolute masterpieces in everyright. One a passion and a dream of a girl whose world is black and other an awakening for the youth of INDIA. But what does these movies depict a mindset or much more. This is my observation of what I thought of the two movies. Black a movie so dark with so much pain, a story which touches your heart yet there is so much light so much hope if you look deep. A story of triumph over all odds, a struggle to do what you once dreamt off. The most striking feature about BLACK is no where in the movie you feel this sense of hope, but when you sit alone and think of what you saw you will feel this light in your heart. It makes you a believer, a believer that nothing is impossible. There is so much passion in the girl that it makes you sit up and take notice. But what about RANG DE BASANTI, movie which makes you laugh and cry and more importantly makes you think. A movie with a message to stand up and fight for what you feel is right. So much hope so much life. But is it really the case, I don't think so. I feel the movie depicts a defeatist mindset that nothing can be done unless you pick up the gun. Is this the hope or the national awaking we want the youth of INDIA. Killing an individual is a desperate step not revolutionary, and people who feels this depicts a sense of victory, I tend to disagree. It's an amazing movie no doubt about it, but if I have to give a message my message would be BLACK not RANG DE BASANTI.