인도 영화 | 랑그 데 바산티 - Rang De Basanti | 사프란 색 - 애국심과 희생의 노란색

인도 영화 | 랑그 데 바산티 - Rang De Basanti(2006) English : Color of Sacrifice

 

다음은 2011년 하반기에 임시 저장글로 써놓았던 글인데 감상평이 거의 없다. 영화를 감명 깊게 본 뒤 영화에 대한 자료 조사를 하다가 글이 길어지니까 일단 임시 저장글로 두었던 듯 하다.

 

간만에 글들을 정리하다가 이 인도 영화를 접하니 다시금 마음이 인도에 대한 그리움으로 짠ㅡ해진다. 인도가 자꾸만 그리운 것은... 결국 인도에서 '사람'을 느꼈기 때문인 것 같다.

 

완성되지 않은 글이지만 포스팅에서 2011년 당시 영화에 대한 여운이 그대로 느껴지는 듯 하여 올려본다. 당시에 나는 사회의 부조리한 모든 것들에 대해서 복잡한 마음을 가지고 있었던 듯 하다. 그래서 더욱 글 쓰는 것이 복잡하고 어렵지 않았을까 싶다.

 

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랑그 데 바산티 - Rang De Basanti (2006. English: Color of Sacrifice)

 

 

 

2009년작 인도영화 3 idiots(세 얼간이)에 나온 세 배우 - Aamir Khan(아미르 칸), R.Madhavan(R.마드하반), Sharman Joshi(샤르만 조시)가 2006년작 Rang De Basanti(랑그 데 바산티)에도 나왔다길래 이 영화를 보게 되었다.

 

<세 얼간이>의 3명의 배우가 이미 2006년에도 같이 호흡을 맞췄다는 데에 관심이 가기도 했지만, 사실 Aamir Khan(아미르 칸)이 출연한 영화를 찾다 보니 이 영화를 보게 된 것이었다.

 

내가 지금까지 봤던 아미르 칸이 출연하는 영화들은 한결 같이 시사적인 메세지가 있는 교훈적인 영화여서.. 영화 감상 후에 자연스럽게 영화에 관련된 이슈들을 검색해보게 되었고.. 아미르 칸과 관련된 여러 신문기사들을 보다 보니 아미르 칸은 꽤 의식 있는, 자기 중심과 주장이 확고한 사람이라는 생각이 들었다. 한마디로 이 사람에게 반했다. ㅎㅎ

 

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어떤 분이 이 영화가 재밌는 영화라고 말씀해 주셔서.. 부담 없이 영화를 보기 시작했다.

 

그러나 영화는 가벼운 내용의 영화가 아니었다.

 

영화는 영국 인도군의 전 장교였던 할아버지의 일기를 바탕으로 인도 자유 투사에 관한 영화를 만들기로 결심한 영국의 다큐멘터리 제작자인 Sue McKinley(수)가 인도를 방문하여 인도의 젊은이들을 만나는 것으로 시작된다.

 

 

 

랑그 데 바산티 - 영화 줄거리

 

The story is about a British documentary filmmaker who is determined to make a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her grandfather, a former officer of the British Indian Army. Upon arriving in India, she asks a group of five young men to act in her film. They agree, but after they begin filming a friend of theirs is killed in a fighter aircraft crash, with government corruption appearing to be the root cause of the incident. This event radicalizes them from being carefree to passion-driven individuals who are determined to avenge his death.

 

The film's release faced stiff resistance from the Indian Defence Ministry and the Animal Welfare Board due to parts of the film that depicted the use of MiG-21 fighter aircraft and a banned Indian horse race respectively. The film was released globally on 26 January 2006 and subsequently was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2006 BAFTA Awards. Rang De Basanti also was chosen as India's official entry for the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, though it did not ultimately yield a nomination for either award. A. R. Rahman's soundtrack, which earned positive reviews, had two of its tracks considered for the Academy Award nomination. The film was not only well-received by critics and audiences for its production values, but also had a noticeable influence on Indian society. In India, the film did well at 

 

Struggling British filmmaker Sue McKinley (Alice Patten) comes across the diary of her grandfather, Mr. McKinley (Steven Mackintosh), who served as a jailer in the Imperial Police during the Indian independence movement. Through the diary, she learns about the story of five freedom fighters who were active in the movement: Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Ram Prasad Bismil. McKinley, in his diary states that he had met two type of people in his life, the first one... who died without uttering a sound and the second kind ... who died with lots of anguish.. crying over their deaths...McKinley reveals that it was then that he met with the third kind...

 

Having decided to make a film about the revolutionaries, Sue travels to India. With the help of her friend, Sonia (Soha Ali Khan), Sue initially casts four young men, Daljit "DJ" (Aamir Khan), Karan Singhania (Siddharth Narayan), Aslam Khan (Kunal Kapoor) and Sukhi Ram (Sharman Joshi), to portray as the revolutionaries.

 

Though they aren't very enthusiastic at the idea of acting in a film about the independence movement, Sue eventually manages to convince them. Laxman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni), a political party activist, joins the cast later, despite initially being unpopular due to his anti-Muslim beliefs and contempt for Aslam. In the process of filming, the idealism of India's revolutionary heroes seeps into the protagonists. They gradually begin to realize that their own lives are quite similar to the characters they portray in Sue's film and that the state of affairs that once plagued the revolutionaries continues to torment their generation.

 

Meanwhile, Ajay Singh Rathod (R. Madhavan), a Flight Lieutenant in the Indian Air Force who is Sonia's fiance, is killed when his MiG-21 crashes. The government proclaims that the crash was caused by pilot error and closes the investigation. Knowing that Rathod was an ace pilot, Sonia and her friends do not accept the official explanation. Instead, they claim that he sacrificed his life to save hundreds of other lives that would have been lost had he ejected from the aircraft and left the aircraft to crash into a populous city. They investigate and learn that the crash was due to a corrupt defence minister (Mohan Agashe), who had signed a contract exchanging cheap and illegal MiG-21 aircraft spare parts for a personal favour. To their surprise, they also learn that the key person who was responsible for organizing the deal was Karan's father, Rajnath Singhania (Anupam Kher).

 

 

Angered by the situation, the group and their supporters decide to protest peacefully at India Gate, a war memorial in New Delhi. Police forcefully break up their protest using batons; in the process, Rathod's mother (Waheeda Rehman) is severely hurt and she slips into a coma. DJ, Karan, Aslam, Sukhi, and Laxman decide that they must emulate the early freedom fighters and resort to violence to achieve justice. As a result, they kill the defence minister to avenge Rathod's death, while Karan murders his father for his corrupt actions. The minister is reported to have been killed by terrorists and is hailed as a martyr by the media. To bring forth their intentions behind the killings, the five of them attempt to reach the public through a radio station. They forcibly take over the All India Radio station premises after having evacuated its employees. Karan goes on air and reveals the truth about the defence minister and his wrongdoings. While still on the air, the police proclaim that they are dangerous terrorists who have forcefully taken over the AIR, and therefore they are to be shot on sight. The first to be shot is Daljit, who tries to get out of cover and establish that they are not terrorists, however the shot is not a fatal one. Sukhi, unable to control his anger at this gets out and is instantly shot to death. He dies with the last smile still etched on his face. Aslam and Pandey are then shot together and the once archenemies die holding hands and smiling.

 

Daljit manages to crawl to the Recording Room, where Karan is still on air. When Karan understands that he has been shot, they speak amongst themselves for the last time, regarding the others, about Sue and about Daljit's love for her. It is there that they are shot to death, but not without the sound of their hearty laughter still hanging in the air like an echo of a long dead music. It is then revealed that Mc. Kinley described the third kind of people he came across as being the ones who embraced death as a friend and an equal, with a heartfelt laughter.

 

The film comes to an end with Sue describing the impact of the boys on her life. As Sue and Sonia watch from the rooftop that Ajay proposed to her on, they have a vision of the boys running in the fields, singing happily and victoriously throwing their shirts in the air, acting as if they are celebrating life itself, as if the ebb of their once-there vitality still reverberates in the places where they once used to go. A wave of melancholy comes over them as the film ends. (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

 

영국인... 인도의 독립을 위해 기꺼이 먼저 행동하고 자신들의 몸을 바친 인도 사람들...

 

가슴이 뭉클해지는 일임에는 분명하지만 그 변화가 결국 외국인인 영국인 수(Sue)에 의해서 의식 개혁이 일어난다는 것이 참... 뭔가 한편으로는 이에 대해 불편한 마음이 들어 더욱 깊이 곱씹어보고 싶은 부분이기도 하다.

 

Rang De Basanti(랑그 데 바산티)는 '사프란 색(노란색)으로 칠해라.'라는 뜻인데, 인도에서 이 사프란 색은 애국심과 용기를 상징하는 의미의 색이라고 한다. 누군가가 "Main rang de basanti"("paint me saffron")라고 말할 때, 그것은 그 사람이 큰 대의를 위해 희생될 준비가 되었다는 것을 의미한다.

 

30 May 2014

 

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인도 영화 - 랑그 데 바산티(Rang De Basanti) 속에 등장하는 잘리안왈라 바그 사건이 있었던 그 장소

 

인도 여행 58-2 | 암리차르(Amritsar) | 잘리안왈라 바그(Jallianwala Bagh) - 인도인 대학살의 아픔이 서려있는 역사적 장소

인도 여행 58-2 | 암리차르(Amritsar) | 잘리안왈라 바그(Jallianwala Bagh) - 인도인 대학살의 아픔이 서려

 

 

랑그 데 바산티 영화 속에 등장하는 OST Luka Chuppi(루카 추피) - 비행기 추락 사고로 사망한 공군 아들의 장례식장에서 나오는 노래로, 볼리우드 영화 음악 상 최고 슬픈 노래로 평가받는 곡

 

엄마와 아들의 대화로 이루어진 슬픈 노래, Luka Chuppi(루카 추피) - 인도 영화 OST

엄마와 아들의 대화로 이루어진 슬픈 노래, Luka Chuppi(루카 추피) - 인도 영화 <Rang De Basanti (랑그

 

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