Rang De Basanti was a super movie. There were a lot of expectations from Delhi 6. Unfortunately Rakesh Omprakash Mehra has got it all wrong this time.
Delhi 6 is about a young man coming back to his roots and deciding to stick on. Abhishek Bachchan plays the protagonist, who decides to bring his ailing grandmother back from America to her hometown, Delhi. Delhi 6 is the name of the area where they live. Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) falls for the neighbourhood girl Bittu (Sonam Kapoor). Surprisingly she has acted well, although the chemistry between Roshan and her is non-existent.
Anyway, back to the plot. Roshan tries to get accustomed to the unusual Indian norms of living. Hindus and Muslims live happily together in the area until an unknown monkey man – you will recall the capital’s monkey man murders where a guy in a furry suit (or the abominable snowman with a tan, whichever pleases you) destroys the peace. The Hindus say that the man in the suit is Muslim and that’s the reason it killed an innocent Hindu girl and the Muslims say otherwise. Yes, however stupid this may sound, this is how the divide starts. Abhishek’s attempt to make sense fails — even he is accused of being biased. The movie needs no more explination because it’s boring.
AR Rehman has once again proved to be the saving grace — the music of Delhi 6 is fantastic, although it hasn’t been able to hold the film. There are a few good moments, but sadly that’s about it — they don’t last too long. This movie is no Saawariya or Drona, but I never expected it to get even close to those clunkers. The intention is good but the movie isn’t. Om Puri could have been given a larger role. Abhishek Bachchan is no Aamir Khan or Shahrukh Khan and it shows. Sonam Kapoor looks like the character she plays and I think she is the only one who has done justice to her role.
Overall, Delhi 6 fails to do what Rang De Basanti managed to do effortlessly. The good dialogues are few and lack essence. The director is capable of much more and let’s hope he makes a good one before going on vacation.
RishiO Meter 1.9/5
I differ to your view…according to me Movie is damn cool.. a must watch… Rakeysh kept his promise of delivering good cinema… Rehman is simply too good. I just loved Delhi6 specially the song MASAKALI supercool picturization as well as music..Tnx ROM and Rahman…..u rockkk..
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Ya, I wanted to like this movie so much. Went with very high expectations but was disappointed. I did like some aspects of the movie, and the beautiful picturesqueness of Delhi and the music.
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