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Rang Rasiya

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Critic Rating

6.1

24 Reviews
22 Ratings
64%
in favor

Audience Rating

7.0
1 Review
2 Ratings

Movie Info

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Running Time

Language

Hindi

Synopsis

Rang Rasiya is an Indian drama film based on the life of the 19th-century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.Wikipedia

Rang Rasiya Reviews

Shubhra Gupta
Indian Express

4

It feels like a choppy costume drama marred by false notes and static ‘acting’...Varma deserves a deeper, more layered film.

Raja Sen
Rediff

6

Rang Rasiya is not a consistent film, but one that tells a story of a pioneering artist and visionary, a story decidedly worth telling..

Rohit Vats
Hindustan Times

7

Rang Rasiya is much more than just a period film. It’s a statement on behalf of people who reject intolerance and are continuously striving for a new India which will give space to free voice. It’s a piece of art.

Suparna Sharma
Deccan Chronicle

5

The film’s high point is seeing Ravi Varma’s paintings. It establishes that the painter-artist's life is a powerful story that needs to be told by a better, more accomplished director and actors.

This film has been in the cans for several years, but given the timelessness of the story it tells and the crucial issues it addresses, it has lost none of its relevance. Rang Rasiya is as good a film as any you have, or will, see this year. Strongly recommended.

Srijana Mitra Das
Times Of India

8

Rang Rasiya is a colourful triumph, director Ketan Mehta meriting applause for his portrait of painter Raja Ravi Varma, skillfully blending a biopic, a period film, a love story and a social critique, within a tight frame.

Rohit Khilnani
India Today

6

Rang Rasiya is not a perfect film and not for everyone but for those who would like to know more about one of the best painters ever, this one will be worth your time.

8

Smeared in color, vibrancy and sensuality, Rang Rasiya revels in its operatic beauty and narrates a liberating tale of love, passion and freedom of vision. Ketan Mehta brings out the best from its actors Randeep and Nandana; especially the latter who unleashes on screen much beyond her sublime beau ...  { more

Reviewer Profile
India Today

6

It's these superfluous sex scenes and the appalling acting by the girls (except the delicate Feryna Wazheir playing Frenny) that just destroyed this otherwise interesting and smoothly told tale. By adding (because they really do seem lathered on top) these dispensable, obvious moments of lust, the  ...  { more

...for the artistic and creative people who believe in freedom of expression but it surely won't woo the janta who are looking for entertainment and a getaway this weekend.

6

For those in the creative field and who love works of art, watching RANG RASIYA should definitely be on your 'to-do list' this weekend.

Wish there was more subtlety of desire and less in-your-face lust and sex. However, Mehta deserves huge credit for tackling a subject of this kind — the sensitive issue of petty politics curbing freedom of art and expression has been dogging us for centuries and continues to do so.

Subhash K Jha
SKJBollywoodNews

10

If you love art and cinema, and cinema as art, then don’t miss this one. The best film of the year.

Komal Nahta
Komal Nahta's Blog

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Rang Rasiya is too class-appealing to make any impact at the box-office. Flop.

Irrespective of any fault Rang Rasiya is a piece of cinema you could watch. This one will stand as one of the most deserving biopics in an industry which is suddenly trying to make films on just about anyone. Rang Rasiya is on a league of its own, meaningful and relevant a century after the man has ...  { more

Daily Bhaskar
Daily Bhaskar

6

Watch it if you have a thing for history, to know how Dada Saheb Phalke played a prodigy to Raja Ravi Varma and of course for the aesthetically rich treatment of the plot.

Audience Reviews for Rang Rasiya

  • Bindu Cherungath
    Bindu Cherungath
    126 reviews
    Top Reviewer
    7

    Rang Rasiya, a film by Ketan Mehta, is based on the novel Raja Ravi Varma by Ranjith Desai, a celebrated Marathi writer. It becomes very challenging for me to review such movies, where real stories are told, or some sort of biopic is made. This movie also may not be devoid of shortcomings, but such movies celebrate the life of someone, and one gets to focus only on the story. It took more than five years to see the release of this movie in India. In Kerala, the release is further postponed.Rang Rasiya is an art-centric biopic, drama based on the colourful life of Raja Ravi Varma (19th Century), one of the greatest Indian painter of all time. The story lets us know, how he re-discovered our ancient culture for us. The movie begins with the auction of Raja Ravi Varma’s painting and then the ...  { Read More

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