Tapping the youth power

Internal politics
Raanjhanaa

The current conflict of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University gives us a ride back to Aanand L Rai’s Raanjhanaa that featured Abhay Deol, Sonam Kapoor and Dhanush. The backdrop of the film gives us the glimpse of youth power.

Do or die
Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti gives us the goosebumps. While the film starts on an easy note with a few friends enjoying their lives, circumstances change their lives forever. Fighting the evil, the students, played by Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor and Atul Kulkarni, pay with their life. While the students die telling the truth, many more join them later to usher a revolution.

Bloodied battle
Haasil

Haasil delves deep into the campus politics. The film showcases politics of Allahabad University. It revolves around bloodied battle between two student leaders, played by Ashutosh Rana and Irrfan Khan. The film also shows how innocent people get involved in politics. Jimmy Shergill becomes the victim of political game.

Politics of goons
Yuva

Mani Ratnam’sYuva that stars Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan still has a great impact on society. In the movie, Ajay plays a Kolkata-based students union leader, who takes on a goon-like politician. On the other side, Abhishek Bachchan plays the role a goon. This is said to be one of the best performances of Abhishek’s career.

Pursuit of power
Gulaal

Gulaal is a 2009 Indian political drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap starring Raj Singh Chaudhary, Kay Kay Menon, Abhimanyu Singh, Deepak Dobriyal and others. It explores themes such as pursuit of power, quest for legitimacy, perceived injustices and hypocrisy of the powerful. Set in Rajasthan, the film’s plot is based on student politics.