RDB is film that started the 2006 cheer at the box office. Once again Aamir Khan proving his star value, even if his Punjabi sounded less than genuine.

Playing a college kid with a bunch of young actors -- Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and the ever reliable Atul Kulkarni -- must have been especially challenging.

This movie focuses on an English girl who comes to India to make a movie about five Indian revolutionaries -- Bhagat Singh, Azad, Rajguru, Ashfaqullah Khan and Ramprasad Bismil -- based on her grandfather's diary. She ends up recruiting five skeptical students for the movie. As they reluctantly involve themselves, their latent spirit gradually awakens and eventually leads them to rebel against today's societal ills.

Does it end up being a history lesson not to be repeated? Nope. RDB draws you in and builds sympathy for the rebels with a cause.

Like Munnabhai it is an attempt to send across a message. This message is far more direct and deals across multiple levels -- friendship across classes, dosti triumphing over religious tension. It shook our complacent acceptance of consumerism and obligated us to consider the values and principles that brought us the freedom that we take for granted today.

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