Rang Rasiya Movie Review

Movie review: 'Rang Rasiya' RangRasiya is a colourful triumph, director Ketan Mehta meriting applause for his portrait of painter Raja Ravi Va rma, skillfully blending a biopic, a period film, a love story and a social critique, within a tight frame. rching across the !"th#$%th centuries, Rang Rasiya traces Raja Ravi Va rma&s growth from a callow youth to a citi'en of profound impact. (o ung Raja )Randeep* has several sensual encounters, by waterfalls, atop giggling swings, wrenching jewels off lovers& bare skin with satisfactory elan, painting portraits for pleased royals # until he meets the ethereal +ugandha )andana* in -ombay. +ugandha first dismisses Var ma&s art as &ladkiyon ko ghoorna& but eventually agrees to be his muse # and lover. s Va rma&s growing passion # for Sugandha and for a nation he re#discovers through ancient fables and new consumer energy # deepens his work, self#appointed custodians of culture drag him to court, blaming his art for plague devastating -ombay. hat is Varma&s defence/ Rang Rasiya questions and answers with beauty. 0ts cinematography lovingly glides across Raja Ravi Varma&s now#iconic art # fabrics that shimmer with glossy light, jewels gleaming on paper, goddesses who pout in plaintive love upon carpets of green grass # while portraying his sensual life sensitively. RandeepHooda's performance is superb, maturing from a swarthy, &swarthee kalakaar& to the first determined defender of the freedom of e1pression in modern 0ndia. 0n a hilarious scene, as 2okmanya 3ilak delivers a speech, Varma bree'ily flirts with pretty journalist 4renny )4erena a'eir*, later an ageing, whee'ing man dismissing critics arrogantly, guil t#struck when +ugandha&s socially mocked. longside, andana&s portrayal poignantl y brings alive the lust rous power of a woman # divi nely # in love. 5aresh Rawal etches a characteristically sharp cameo as c anny merchant 6ovardhan 7as while Vikram 6okhale and 7arshan 8ariwala drip spite at Varma&s art which, via mass#printing, brings the divine home to all # including those called 9ntouchable, barred from temples.

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