Rang de Basanti Vs Lage Raho Munnabhai

With Lage Raho Munnabhai going to Oscars as an unofficial entry the fight continues... The fight between the two idealogies followed by the Indian youth for almost a century now, continues at the Oscars, hardly matters if you call it Moderates Vs Extremsits, Mahatma Gadhi Vs Azad/Bose or RDB Vs Munnabhai....

Both the movies relive the past in the present, one emphasizing on the importance of the present day generation to stand up for a cause and do something by following any path non violent or violent one while the other relives the Ganghi era in the present day scenario clearly emphasizing on the importance of Non-violence. Infact the youth in RDB too takes up the peaceful method but were diverted of their path when the peaceful rally turns into a clash between the police and the youth. Gandhiji was well aware that this level of nonviolence required incredible faith and courage, which he realized not everyone possessed. He therefore advised that everyone need not keep to nonviolence, especially if it was used as a cover for cowardice. It was due to this fact that he advised people to direct the other side of their face forward whenever one hits them. And its here that the movie RDB rolls onto a different way than the one in Munnabhai, which puts forward the notion of sticking to the Non-violence path throughout and would certainly sooner or later pay dividend, whether its the case of lucky or that of the teacher having to face corrupt students or any other.

Both the movies carry forward a social message and have successfully delivered it to the audience as well. But the fact they carry a serious social message doesn’t stop them from being uproariously funny.

Well RDB might have won a battle by bagging up the official label for the Oscars but the war continues on....