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Rangeela Returns to Theaters in 4K for 30th Anniversary Re‑Release

A 4K restoration brings the 1995 musical back to theaters to showcase its soundtrack, choreography, legacy.

Overview

  • Ultra Play promoted the re-release for November 28 with a new Aamir Khan video, where he called Rangeela one of his most favourite films and urged audiences to watch it on the big screen.
  • The restored print screens in 4K HD, offering a refreshed theatrical experience of Ram Gopal Varma’s film and A.R. Rahman’s breakout Hindi soundtrack.
  • Ram Gopal Varma recounted that A.R. Rahman delayed composing Hai Rama during a five‑day Goa sitting, admitting he was distracted by TV, before delivering the now-celebrated track.
  • Choreographer Ahmed Khan described his 19-year-old breakthrough on Rangeela, saying Varma paid him Rs 25,000 per song—about Rs 1.5 lakh overall—which he used to buy a car.
  • Urmila Matondkar said she devised parts of several dance numbers and recalled Saroj Khan later telling her she should have been credited as a choreographer.