I saw this movie after I saw Rang De Basanti. It seems like the title of Rang De Basanti came from the song that Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru are marching to the gallows. Well, many things bothered me about Rang De Basanti. You have these young men with no purpose suddenly decide an assassination is their goal in life. That seemed so distasteful. So when the young men in The Legend devote themselves to revolution and moreover to removal of class distinctions, you at least feel they have some compass. The assassination they carry out follows a brutal massacre of numerous men women and children. The bombing is carried out in such a way to attract attention without killing or injuring. It is just a better feeling than I got in Rang De Basanti. In RDB, the female lead is highly distressed by the use to which her movie is put. The women in The Legend of Bhagat Singh are simply frightened by the danger their men are courting. In the end they understand the nobility of the cause.
Anyway, this is just a much better movie. It does a good, and I think accurate, job of recreating some important Indian history. And the parts are well acted. That's why I rate it 9 out of 10.
Anyway, this is just a much better movie. It does a good, and I think accurate, job of recreating some important Indian history. And the parts are well acted. That's why I rate it 9 out of 10.