Delhi 6........

Received a mail from Vijit, asking whether coming for Delhi 6 on Saturday for 4.45 show, & said it seems to be a nice movie & have got a good review...... I thought lets go for it......... Later due to some reason plan was changed to Sunday 12 noon show....

To start with, Rakeyesh Mehra actually managed to depict almost every aspect of indian life namely police, corruption, media, community, religion, Rama and politics, metro and modern aspirations, arranged marriage and indian idol...alas the list is endless. May be this makes people feel lost watching the movie, searching for a main plot all the while, missing the bigger picture......

The Movie:
‘Delhi 6’ made on the backdrop of Delhi’s most populated Chandni Chowk, takes a lot of time on introducing each and every character, though every moment is enjoyable . The two brothers [Om Puri, Pawan Malhotra] and the wall that divides the two; the daughter of the house [Sonam Kapoor] aspires to be an 'Indian Idol' contestant; a moneylender's [Prem Chopra] wife has an illicit relationship with one of his debtors [Cyrus Sahukar]; an 'untouchable' [Divya Dutta] ; a friend of the family [Rishi Kapoor] has still not forgotten his first love & yes there is Kaala Bandar who spreads havoc in the locality......

The onus is them shifted on to the hero Roshan( Abhishek Bachchan) – a US bred protagonist – born to a hindu father and a muslim mother, who returns to India with his ailing Grandmother (Waheeda Rahman), as she prefers to die in her motherland.

Exposed to a totally different culture, the young man gets the real flavour of the junk food on the busy streets and also witnesses a cow delivering on the middle of the roads, blocking the traffic. The director also uses the backdrop of Ram leela celebrations in the colony to project the national integration , by showing a muslim jalebiwala, an active member of the organizing committee. At the same time he shows the Politicization of the festival, when mid way of the concert the organiser felicitates the minister . It is during this fest that Roshan meets Bittu ( Sonam Kapoor) an ambitious young girl in the neighborhood, who is practicing hard to become an Indian idol on TV reality show.

The director has also shown the tamashaa of our TV channels blowing up the news of a supposed to be monkeyman, attacking the people in that town. But then he had the reason to do so, as he finds his climax in this tale, through which he delivers a message. But, in this trashy climax, he has also stuffed a scene from heaven inviting his Aks- favourite Amitabh Bachchan to do an act of conversation with the hero, who returns to the earth after knocking at the doors of heaven. So, the journey of the hero from life to death and again life drags on in an ambulance which also struggles to run on its way to the hospital.

The Message:
Like Rang de basanti this movie also has a big message.. actually a bigger message which can actually save our community.....our country..... Most of our netas, our country neighbors who simply dislike us for our progress and unity use us time to time to divert our attention for their benefit and we are played just like any other card. But if we learn to live in peace with each other then we stand so strong and could face any challenge..... In his message he has tried to explain in detail as to how a wicked ghost hidden in each one of us tries to give rise to enmity amongst each other and in the process destroys humanity.

The Conclusion:
Too much of hype and high expectations from audience always makes a film look ordinary, after its release. The same has happened in the case of ‘Delhi 6’. A lot was expected from the intelligent director, but like his long name, he opted for too many characters and offered a multifaceted presentation with subtle screenplay.....
Abhishek doesn't work. His American accent sounds fake. Sonam is likeable. Waheeda Rahman enacts her part well. Rishi Kapoor is wasted. He deserved a better role.