Alas, if you have expected something like Rang De Basanti from Rakesh Om prakash Mehra than think again? Mehra has tried to portray the story of old New Delhi but this time he fails the mission.
Delhi 6 is a story of American boy of Indian origin-Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) who comes to India for the first time, to drop his ailing grandmother (Waheeda Rehman). She wants to retire and spend the final leg of her life back abode. Having led a very western routine in America, Roshan is not well-known with India.
Roshan finds himself getting involved in the lives of his new friends and neighbors. The two sparring brothers who can't see eye to eye (played by Om Puri and Pavan Malhotra), but whose wives and kids operate as a perfectly functional familial unit who exchange pakoras and gossip through the loose brick in the wall that separates their homes. Or the sixty-something Laalaji (played by Prem Chopra) whose trophy wife invites her lover home through the balcony window for passionate afternoon romps. Or the affable streetside jalebi-wala (played by Omkara's Deepak Dobriyal), the local bully cop (played by Vijay Raaz), the dim but earnest temple worker (Atul Kulkarni), and the low-caste sweeper girl (Divya Dutta).
From Ram Leelas and Jaagrans to cows who stop traffic because they give birth in the middle of the road, Roshan's Dilli-darshan is an eye-opening experience, one he takes in sportingly, armed with a camera-phone and the liberal use of the word 'cool' in his wobbly American accent. There's also the matter of his growing friendship with his neighbor's daughter Bittu, the 20-something Indian Idol-wannabe (played by Sonam Kapoor).
Repeatedly through the film we are reminded of an ambiguous monkey-man scare that has gripped the city, and towards the film's final act that hysteria leads to an unfortunate Hindu-Muslim confrontation that threatens to divide friends and shatter long-standing relationships.
The love story is just ok and the ending is nonrepresentational. A.R Rahman is just superb. He has yet again proved his intelligence and lyrics are awesome. Likewise, the cinematography of the movie is magnificent.
Abhishek Bachhan disappoints through out the movie. Be it the American guy or the other he seems expressionless at times and the sequence between Abishek and Amithabh at the end is bizarre. First half is dull; you feel you are watching a movementless play at times. Second half of the movie is quite interesting but the weak climax of the movie spoils the whole grace of the movie.
Delhi 6 is a story of American boy of Indian origin-Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) who comes to India for the first time, to drop his ailing grandmother (Waheeda Rehman). She wants to retire and spend the final leg of her life back abode. Having led a very western routine in America, Roshan is not well-known with India.Roshan finds himself getting involved in the lives of his new friends and neighbors. The two sparring brothers who can't see eye to eye (played by Om Puri and Pavan Malhotra), but whose wives and kids operate as a perfectly functional familial unit who exchange pakoras and gossip through the loose brick in the wall that separates their homes. Or the sixty-something Laalaji (played by Prem Chopra) whose trophy wife invites her lover home through the balcony window for passionate afternoon romps. Or the affable streetside jalebi-wala (played by Omkara's Deepak Dobriyal), the local bully cop (played by Vijay Raaz), the dim but earnest temple worker (Atul Kulkarni), and the low-caste sweeper girl (Divya Dutta).
From Ram Leelas and Jaagrans to cows who stop traffic because they give birth in the middle of the road, Roshan's Dilli-darshan is an eye-opening experience, one he takes in sportingly, armed with a camera-phone and the liberal use of the word 'cool' in his wobbly American accent. There's also the matter of his growing friendship with his neighbor's daughter Bittu, the 20-something Indian Idol-wannabe (played by Sonam Kapoor).
Repeatedly through the film we are reminded of an ambiguous monkey-man scare that has gripped the city, and towards the film's final act that hysteria leads to an unfortunate Hindu-Muslim confrontation that threatens to divide friends and shatter long-standing relationships.
The love story is just ok and the ending is nonrepresentational. A.R Rahman is just superb. He has yet again proved his intelligence and lyrics are awesome. Likewise, the cinematography of the movie is magnificent.
Abhishek Bachhan disappoints through out the movie. Be it the American guy or the other he seems expressionless at times and the sequence between Abishek and Amithabh at the end is bizarre. First half is dull; you feel you are watching a movementless play at times. Second half of the movie is quite interesting but the weak climax of the movie spoils the whole grace of the movie.
By : Sanjeev Giri
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