Delhi 6 – Review

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

Ghajini Review

Ghajini – WHAT A MESS!!

 

 

Aamir Khan in a recent interview said “I would do a film that is good rather than do a film that is not good that just makes money”. Aamir Bhai did you read the script before signing this? Or was is a huge misjudgement.

 

The film has a very promising start. The first 10 minutes of the film gives an impression of it being a slick thriller. Actually the film should have ended there. If we remove Aamir Khan from the film and replace him with a lesser know actor, the theatre will have 4 seats full. The lesser known actor, his wife and 2 kids.

 

The film is a copy of a Tamil film made by the same director (A.R Murugadoss), which in turn is a copy of Memento. I don’t know how they decided to make a copy of a foreign film that was highly critically acclaimed but not a box office blockbuster. Indian sensibilities is one thing, no sensibilities is another. It revolves around the protagonist suffering from Short Term Memory Loss, which for some reason lasts for 15 minutes. Looking at Aamir Khans body, I think he forgot that he had exercised just 15 minutes back and kept repeating it. Mistake not – the results are awesome.

 

Let me now come to the heroines. Asin looks promising. She has shades of a good actress, but Jiah Khan needs some acting classes. Both heroines never at any point share screen space together. That’s actually good for Jiah Khan. Her accented hindi is super funny. Asin has done a good job. She has a few good scenes in the movie in which she manages to connect with the audience. She is the saving grace at times.

 

There is no doubt about the acting abilities of Aamir Khan. He is simply brilliant. He is one of the finest actors in the industry, and he has lived up to that expectation. The film hasn’t, but that’s another story altogether. After Taare Zameen Par watching Aamir doing this was a little weird but his acting prowess shines throughout. The villain looks like one of the sidekicks of a bad RGV film. The name of the film is the name of the villain. I wonder why the casting agent (if there was any) cast such an ordinary actor for such an important role.

 

Overall the movie is not at all good. No twists, no good script, very badly edited and songs unnecessarily injected in between. The movie needs to be shorter and the clothes that the actors were made to wear in the songs made my day. They looked like upset jokers who haven’t been paid for their previous circus act.

 

Don’t waste your money if you haven’t already.

 

RishiO Review Meter – 2/5