Rang Rasiya

Rang Rasiya Colours of passion is an Indian drama film based on the life of the 19thcentury Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. Made as a bilingual, the film is titled Rang Rasiya in its Hindi version and Colours of Passion in English. The film, directed by Ketan Mehta, is produced by his wife Deepa Sahi and by Aanand Mahendroo. It stars Randeep Hooda as the title character and Nandana Sen as his love interest.

After his last commercial production Mangal Pandey The Rising 2005, Mehta chose to make a film on the 19thcentury painter, Raja Ravi Varmas life. Incidentally both these movies were based on a subject from the 19th century. Rang Rasiya is an adaptation of the biographical novel Raja Ravi Varma authored by the Marathi writer Ranjit Desai.When Mehta first met Nandana Sen at her house, he saw two lifesize reproductions of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings. This indicated to him that she was familiar with the artist and his works, something that he thought would make his job as a director easier. Speaking of the character she was to portray, he said ........

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