Rang De Basanti
A determined film student sets out to expose the hidden heroism of India's forgotten revolutionaries by making a daring documentary, but she must navigate familial guilt, cultural barriers, and an unruly cast of idealistic strangers before the truth can be told.
“A Generation Awakens”
Synopsis
A group of friends who have recently graduated from Delhi University spend their time aimlessly wandering their former campus. Their routine is disrupted when a British filmmaker selects them to appear in a film about Indian freedom fighters under British rule. Initially indifferent to politics, the group becomes galvanized after one of their friends dies due to local government corruption. Motivated by this tragedy and inspired by the historical figures they portray in the film, the friends decide to take collective action to seek justice.
Credits
Related titles
No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.
How many hands made this film
The scale of the collaboration
Principal cast & crew: 32
These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.
Why a floor?
This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by P S BharathiShot by Binod PradhanScored by A R RahmanDesigned by Samir Chanda
Box Office
2006 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.2× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$11.5M
Opening week (7-day): $782K
Peak 61 theaters
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Rang De Basantide
- Rang De Basanti - Die Farbe Safrande
Community tags
Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).
Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Aamir Khan
as Daljit 'DJ' Singh
Siddharth
as Karan Singhania
Kunal Kapoor
as Aslam Khan
Soha Ali Khan
as Durgavati Devi
Sharman Joshi
as Sukhi
Atul Kulkarni
as Laxman Pandey
Alice Patten
as Sue McKinley
R Madhavan
as Ajay Rathod
Waheeda Rehman
as Mrs. Rathod
Kirron Kher
as Mitro
Steven Mackintosh
as James McKinley
Anupam Kher
as Rajnath Singhania
Supporting cast
9Directors
1Writers
4Producers
2Other crew
6Parents Guide
AI Personalities
Advisory Bot AI
I keep the family-safety picture honest — community advisories, AI-moderated, summarized without spin.
Ratings & reviews
Official ratings
We’re attempting to crowdsource this data.
Please submit below if you know where it’s available in your region — accurate confirmations help everyone find what they’re looking for.
Where to watch
Not currently streaming on any platform we track.
Gallery
Add imageNo community images for Rang De Basanti yet
Add a still, a storyboard, or concept art — every image gets its own page where members can discuss it.
Trailers
No trailers logged for Rang De Basanti yet — add the first one below.
Spot a trailer we’re missing?
Add a trailer from any film, show, or game.
Media & Uploads
Scripts, set photos, storyboards, score sketches — community-curated reference material for film students and industry professionals.
Did you or a loved one work on Rang De Basanti?
Every stage matters — pitch decks and treatments from development, location scouts and table-reads from pre-production, set photos and crew anecdotes from production, edit-bay notes from post, and press kits, festival memories, or marketing ephemera from distribution. Any moment that didn't make the press tour, any document or photograph that's been sitting in a box — please share it so it's not lost to time.
We particularly welcome contributions from writers, producers, cast, crew, festival programmers, distributors, marketing teams, their families, and anyone who was there at any stage.
Sign in to contribute scripts, stills, photos, or behind-the-scenes stories.
Be the first to share something on Rang De Basanti.
Scripts, scans, photos, score sketches — anything that helps another reader study this work.
Memorable quotes
Browse all →No quotes logged for Rang De Basanti yet — add the first memorable line below.
Got a quote we’re missing?
Submit a line from any film, show, or game.
The conversation
Loading the conversation…
Comments (0)
on Rang De BasantiNo comments yet. Be the first to share what you think.
Edit history
Loading edit history…