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.
Sound
A.R. Rahman's score becomes a character itself.
Editing
Seamless cuts between 1920s martyrs and modern Delhi.
Acting
Siddharth's transformation from rich kid to broken revolutionary.
Director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Aamir Khan
Daljit 'DJ' Singh
Siddharth
Karan Singhania
Kunal Kapoor
Aslam Khan
Sharman Joshi
Sukhi
Atul Kulkarni
Laxman Pandey
Alice Patten
Sue McKinley
Soha Ali Khan
Sonia
R. Madhavan
Ajay Rathod
Waheeda Rehman
Mrs. Rathod
Kirron Kher
Mitro
Steven Mackintosh
James McKinley
Anupam Kher
Rajnath Singhania
Om Puri
Amanullah Khan
Cyrus Sahukar
Rahul
Mohan Agashe
Defence Minister Shashtri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked real campus protests in India; some universities banned it for 'encouraging extremism.'
Alice Patten, who plays Sue, is actually daughter of a British Viceroy's descendant—her casting was intentional meta-commentary on colonial gaze.
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