Genre: Drama
Director: Ketan Mehta
Producer: Deepa Sahi, Aanand Mahendroo
Banner: Maya Movies, Infinity Filmed Entertainment
Music Director: Sandesh Shandilya
Lyricist: Manoj Muntashir
Star Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Ferena Wazeir, Tripta Parashar, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Vikram Gokhale, Rajat Kapoor, Jim Boeven, Rachna Shah, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sachin Khedekar, Tom Alter
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Rang Rasiya Pre-release Review
After 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising', Ketan Mehta is once again back in the field of commercial cinema. The director has his latest venture 'Rang Rasiya' based on the life of the legendary painter - Raja Ravi Varma. It is an adaptation of Marathi writer Ranjit Desai's biographical novel - 'Raja Ravi Varma'. It has been produced by Deepa Sahi and Aanand Mahendroo and will be released under the banner of 'Maya Movies' and 'Infinity Filmed Entertainment'. The music for the film has been provided by Sandesh Shandilya, while Manoj Muntashir is the lyricist.
After 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising', Ketan Mehta is once again back in the field of commercial cinema. The director has his latest venture 'Rang Rasiya' based on the life of the legendary painter - Raja Ravi Varma. It is an adaptation of Marathi writer Ranjit Desai's biographical novel - 'Raja Ravi Varma'. It has been produced by Deepa Sahi and Aanand Mahendroo and will be released under the banner of 'Maya Movies' and 'Infinity Filmed Entertainment'. The music for the film has been provided by Sandesh Shandilya, while Manoj Muntashir is the lyricist.'Rang Rasiya' has Randeep Hooda playing the role of 'Raja Ravi Varma' and Nandana Sen acting as his muse - 'Sugandha'. Apart from that, the star cast includes Ferena Wazeir, Tripta Parashar, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Vikram Gokhale, Rajat Kapoor, Jim Boeven, Rachna Shah, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sachin Khedekar and Tom Alter. It will be released in English also, under the name 'Colours of Passion'. 'Rang Rasiya' deals with Raja Ravi Varma, his life and his relationship with his muse - Sugandha.
The movie is set in the 19th century, the period to which Raja Ravi Varma belonged. He was a painter who gave Indian goddesses real faces, bodies and emotions. He was the one who was charged with the allegation of obscenity, immorality and hurting religious sentiments of the people, an aftermath of his painting nudes of Indian mythological characters. Thereafter, the court case began…within which is also interwoven the love story between the great artist and his muse - Sugandha. It was her beauty that inspired him to make exquisite paintings and her personality that infused life in him as well as his paintings.
