Rangoon is a triangular love story between Nawab, Julia and Rusi. The story begins in 1943 in India when the British Army requests Rusi Bilmoria to send his beloved, Miss Julia, to the Indo Burma border so that she can entertain the nation's soldiers. Rusi, a nation-lover, does his duty and sends off Julia with his troupe plus Nawab Malik as Julia's personal security. When the Japs bomb them on their way, Malik and Julia manage to escape into Burma and, well, love blooms. Julia has cheated him with a soldier, Jamadar Nawab Malik (Shahid Kapoor), and so he turns his head silently towards his woman and looks at her with eyes red with grief, shock. Watch the rest to know what had happened next.
Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor had acted excellently and have proved their individuality. Kangana Ranaut's style of acting is also awesome. Lovemaking in mud has never looked this sexy in a mainstream Hindi film. It is an ambitious film where Bhardwaj wants to merge two worlds, one inspired from Shakespearean tragedies and other motivated by the valiant lovers of the Indian cinema. The movie is not only long, but also painful.
Rangoon is gorgeous looking with great cinematography Pankaj Kumar had done a fabulous job. The music had fantastic sound design and marvellous choreography which was made by Farah Khan, Sudesh Adhana. Malik and Julia's romance is phenomenal. Vishal Bhardwaj's making was outstanding. The Songs have captured hearts of many. Around ten to twelve songs are the pillar for the movie.
Malik and Julia's romance is slow cooked and the essence of every moment between the two is allowed to linger before the next moment starts. It feels like Nawab Malik and Julia are floating in their own dreamland and their kissing scenes will take you to dreamy world, and perfectly content with the scheme of things, and consequently, Rangoon appears to feel content with itself, devoid of any duties to formal narrative storytelling. Watch a triangular love story with hot lip locks every now and then and have a romantic weekend.
