Rangoon is a triangular love story between Nawab(Shahid Kapoor), Julia(Kangana Ranaut) and Rusi(Saif Ali Khan). The story begins in 1943 in India when the British Army request Rusi 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 as Julia’s personal security. When the Japanese bomb them on their way, Malik & Julia manage to escape into Burma and the love love starts blooming between them.
Saif Ali Khan has played a superb role. Said has outdone his Omkara moment with the aforementioned scene from Rangoon. That alone is worth the price of the ticket. Shahid has played the hero of the movie and has played promising role. Rangana as usual is stunning and gets into the skin of the character. That and the beautiful, almost feral chemistry between the Shahid & Kangana romantic.
The songs in the movie are not that famous except a couple and background music matches to the film.
Rangoon is gorgeous-looking with great cinematography, fantastic sound design and marvelous choreography. Love-making in the mud has never looked this sexy in a mainstream film. Rangoon comes off as probably 2017’s most good-looking and well made Indian film. Certaily, this year’s most ambitious, with three great lead performances. Vishal Bhardwaj is in fine form, mostly and National Anthem comes thrice in the movie.