The
cast
and
crew
of
the
momentous
Rang
De
Basanti
(RDB)
watched
the
film
exactly
five
years
after
its
release
on
January
26.
And
the
best
part
of
this
retrospective
experience
was
that
the
team
watched
exactly
the
same
print
that
they
had
viewed
five
years
ago
when
they
first
saw
RDB.
After
the
screening,
the
entire
retrospective
team
of
RDB
moved
from
the
theatre
to
the
film's
producer
Ronnie
Screwvala's
home.
Says
Rakeysh,
"Ronnie's
home
was
the
nearest
to
the
theatre.
So
we
all
moved
there
and
kept
chatting
about
the
film
till
5
in
the
morning.
I
got
to
know
many
things
that
I
didn't
know
about
my
film,
things
that
the
cast
and
crew
had
managed
on
its
own
while
I
was
preoccupied
with
something
else.
It
was
an
amazing
experience
to
just
sit
and
talk
about
a
film
that
means
so
much
to
us."
While
Rakeysh
is
thrilled
by
the
film's
lingering
relevance
to
this
day,
he's
also
deeply
saddened
by
it.
"As
an
artiste
it
is
gratifying
to
know
that
the
film
still
has
a
deep
relevance
to
society
and
to
cinema.
But
it's
also
sad
that
the
issues
that
RDB
raised
are
today
more
relevant
than
they
were
five
years
ago.
As
a
filmmaker
I
am
happy
that
No
One
Killed
Jessica
used
images
from
RDB.
But
as
a
citizen
of
India
it
is
deeply
saddening
to
know
that
issues
of
socio-political
injustice
that
the
film
raised
are
more
alive
today
than
five
years
ago.
I
can
only
cross
my
fingers
and
hope
that
the
issues
in
RDB
are
not
relevant
five
years
from
now."
Says
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra,
"The
happiest
part
of
viewing
RDB
again
with
the
entire
team
was
that
my
daughter
Bhairavi
and
her
best-friend
Tarni
who
were
only
7
when
RDB
was
first
released,
empathized
with
the
film
now.
Some
of
the
big
names
associated
with
the
film
couldn't
make
it
though.
Madhavan
and
Soha
Ali
Khan
were
in
London.
Waheeda
Rehmanji
was
in
Bangalore.
A
R
Rahman
was
away.
But
the
one
we
missed
the
most
was
Lataji
(Mangeshkar).
When
I
called
to
invite
her
she
regretfully
said
she
had
another
Republic
Day
commitment.
Besides,
she
argued,
she
had
seen
RDB
just
two
days
earlier."
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 9:58 [IST]