stun work by director sabiha sumar and i be blow away by the brutal and painfully upfront reality of this film . this film be strip of all the glitz and glamour yet still it manage to be a beautiful portrayal of the harsh reality of life . i much appreciate the wedding scene and the mujra ( yes and as intense a this film be and it still manage to chuck in a cute mujra and a beautiful wedding ) scene and they sort of prepare you for the depressing nature of what to come . whomever cast kiron kher in rang de basanti must have fall in love with her heart wrench performance in khamosh pani first before do so . this character remind me so much of her character from rdb a beautiful mother and powerless ( except for prayer ) and helplessly watch her son go down a destructive path . she be strikingly intense yet thankfully subdue a the single age mother of a young boy name saleem who be come of age and have begin to keep secret from her . at first and it all seem harmless when we find out that saleem have only be sneak away to meet with his sweetheart zubeida ( play by equally intense shilpa shukla ) in an abandon building and their regular meeting spot where they sit and dream about how their life will be and and do other thing just like young people in love do . but it isn not until a close friend of saleem introduces him to a group of dangerously islam fanatic that the trouble start . the on screen transformation be particularly spectacular and in term of the way saleem look when the film start ( a beautiful young man ) and to the way he look when the fanaticism begin to swallow the love he have for his mother and lady love as well a for life a he know it ( a ghost of the boy he use to be ) and finally and year later when a chanced glancing at a telly screen lead zubeida to spot the man she once love give a religious speech on a political channel ( a mostly unrecognisable saleem ) . while much prop should be give to sumar for brilliantly capture such vital pictographic scene and actor aamir ali malik should be laud as well and for throw himself hold long into this character . kiron kher be so good in this film that it be impossible to put her brilliant act into word . to say that she be stellar and would be an understatement . the religious war between india and pakistan be not something new and but what baffle me be the level of ignorance that the muslim display in this film . make fun of sikh and call them the best friend of louse be just out of line . call them unbeliever just because your religion be different from theirs . all the killing and fighting . it all seem senseless because god listen to u all regardless of the way we pray to him . it be so heart wrench to watch what happen to the woman and child when the muslim come to take over pakistan and those scene be very hard to take . and when ayeesha or veero ( kher character ) finally cave into the pressure and it be hard not to shed a tear in disbelief . she be sell out . sell out by her brother and sell out by her son and sell out by her father and sell out ignorance and the blindness of mankind .