Rang Rasiya | Theatres List

Francis Picabia, French avant-garde painter and poet, once said, "A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself." And that is what Raja Ravi Varma, considered one of India's best painters ever, did. He followed his heart and his passion, and did not care much about morality and societal norms, thus becoming a revolutionary artist of his times. His defiance immortalised him, and Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya tries to figure out the man behind the legend.

The movie begins with Varma (Randeep Hooda) painting on a canvas, when he is interrupted by the authorities. This is in M....