Rang De Basanti

2006 · Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra · 157 min · drama film, romantic comedy

★ 7.1/10 · 528 ratings on TMDB

After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.