For a copy of the full semester film series schedule, please see the contact information below. A young woman from England comes to India to make a documentary about her grandfathers diary which was written in the 1920s about the Indian Independence wi. This is the ninth movie in the 13th UH Bollywood film series, running every Monday this fall. 'Rang De Basanti' ('Color it Saffron') stars Aamir Khan and was India's entry to the Oscars in 2007.

But when tragedy strikes the gang of friends, they realize that contemporary problems parallel those from colonial India and demand action. She tries to cast college students as the young Indian nationalists active during the freedom struggle, but at first they fail to relate to the cause. In 2006, director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and writer Kamlesh Pandey created a different brand of nationalistic fervour amongst Indian audiences with their film Rang De Basanti a trailblazing script that redefined and reinvented the traditional representation of patriotism by infusing the spunk and passion of youth and their influence into the patriotic landscape of our nation.

The film follows a British woman who comes to India to make a movie about her grandfather, a policeman in colonial India.

This explosive film explores the relationship of today's youth in India to the sacrifices of the nationalist generation, and questions what has been lost and what is worth fighting for in modern India.

Rang de basanti 2006