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By Our Correspondent ©2006 Bollyvista.com |
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Aamir Khan at the premiere of 'Rang De Basanti' |
Partha (India): Does the end of the film justify the film's tag line; a generation awakens?
Aamir: Well, that's what the film is hoping to do. Very rarely can a film mobilize people but that's what the film is still trying to do. It is hoping to mobilize the youth. It is hoping at the very least to create debate and let's see what happens!
Nikhil (India):Sir, didn't you fear that your role would get overshadowed in the presence of so many important characters running parallel with yours?
Aamir: I don't look at films in that manner. I think that when I heard the script for the first time I really loved it and all the roles appeared to me equally important and no one role is small or less than the other. There are seven characters in the film, which are equally important and the role of DJ offered to me initially was a role I really enjoyed doing. So it never occurred to me that I would be overshadowed or overshadow anyone else because that is not the bent of the film at all.
Nikhil: Were you not hesitant to take the role, as there were so many characters?
Aamir:No, I was not hesitant at all; I was very happy with the script and very keen to do the film and this doubt never came to me. When you are promoting a film, it is very important to tell the audience what it is about and you have to be honest in your marketing. So I think that in this case the marketing was really honest, it was not promoted just as my film, it was promoted as a group film and was constantly shown to be a group film.
Nimboo Achar:
The film "Rang De Basanti" portrays today's youth to be quite irresponsible, loud and careless in the initial reels of the film. How much of a true representation do you think that this is?
Aamir: Well, I don't think all of the youth is irresponsible or wayward or doesn't have a purpose, I don't think that is what the film is trying to say either. It is taking up characters that happen to have no purpose in life. So it is probably addressing that section of youth, which is irresponsible and purposeless. I would imagine they would appreciate a film like this.
Umesh (Canada): Looking back at "Rang De Basanti", which one scene or more than once scene do you feel you could have done better? And which of the five characters do you personally identify yourself with?
Aamir:On a certain level I identify with all of them, there is a bit of each of us in all of them. Which scene could I have done better? You know there is a scene where I breakdown with Sue and that is a scene I feel I could have done better actually. I think it came out well but I feel…anyway it's a long story, doesn't matter! But I thought it could have come out better. |
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