Awards and nominations of Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti must be a favourite movie of many Indians. The movie was released in 2006. It was written and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The movie starred Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth Narayan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni and the British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles.


the movie was made with the budget of Rs. 250 million. The whole movie was alomost shot in and around New Delhi. The movie won a lot of awards. Here is the list for the same.

National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Filmfare Awards (2006) won by rang De Basanti

Filmfare Award for Best Movie

Filmfare Award for Best Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Filmfare Award for Best Music Director A R Rehman

Critics Best Performance - Male Aamir Khan

Best Editing P. S. Bharathi

Best Cinematography Binod Pradhan

RD Burman Award for New Music (Naresh Iyer) categories.


IIFA Awards (2007) won by Rang De Basanti

IIFA Award for Best Movie,

Best Supporting Actress (Soha Ali Khan),

Best Screenplay (Rensil D'Silva and Rakeysh Mehra)

Some other Awards

Rang De Basanti also won eight awards apiece at the 2006 Global Indian Film Awards and 2007 Star Screen Awards.

The movie also won six awards at the 2007 Zee Cine Awards.

The film was also nominated for the Best Film not in English language at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

Filmfare Best Films 2005-2009

2005 Veer-Zaara - Yash Raj Films - Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra
The top-grossing Bollywood film of the year was a winner at both the Indian and the international box office, earning over Rs. 750 million worldwide, in addition to being showcased at numerous prominent film festivals around the world. The music of the film, based on old compositions by the late Madan Mohan with lyrics by Javed Akhtar, was the highlight of the film. Upon its theatrical release, Veer-Zaara received mostly positive reviews from critics.




2006 Black - SLB Films - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
This Indian film in Hindi and English was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Black revolved around a blind, deaf and mute girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The first half of the film is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.This is a must see movie and is placed in the best works of Bollywood.

2007 Rang De Basanti - UTV Motion Pictures / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures - Ronnie Screwvala, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Made on a budget of Rs. 250 million (US$5.5 million), the filming was completed in and around New Delhi.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.Along with a gross revenue of Rs. 1.36 billion (approximately US$30 million) at the box office making it one of the highest grossing films in the Bollywood since the year 2000, it had the highest-selling DVD title sales of its time.



2008 Taare Zameen Par - Aamir Khan Productions - Aamir Khan
The film tells the story of eight year old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary) who suffers greatly until a teacher (Aamir Khan) identifies him as dyslexic. Both commercially and critically acclaimed,Taare Zameen Par is the winner of the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award. It was declared tax free by the Government of Delhi.



2009 Jodhaa Akbar - UTV Motion Pictures / Ashutosh Gowariker Productions - Ronnie Screwvala, Ashutosh Gowariker
The film centers around the romance between the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, played by Hrithik Roshan, and his Hindu wife Jodhabai, played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The music is composed by acclaimed music composer A. R. Rahman. The love story was divine and film shot beautifully.