Delhi-6 (2009)

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This movie really is a nightmare guys...Never in my entire life i thought i would watch something so worst

For me, after finding it a reasonably focused & not too difficult to understand constrained-range-of-opportunities shell-shock for the main character , & i became more interested than expected , However , as it neared the end, there was one scene in which hopefully , a poorly chosen / overall-left un-edited/re-added-to sequence, has a standing-side-by-side 'understanding' ,between two characters as things are starting to heat up between the Muslims & locals , in which one of the characters says in slow , extra film-time ,Something like ; let the doors open and another's wind will blow in, or something like that.(sigh). While I'm all for , ACTUALLY consistently applicable FOR ALL , & ABOUT ALL , sayings , patronizing , history manipulative BS like that, coming from history-editing scum that try to portray stuff like that, is STILL just as patronizing & full of it, as Mugdhal or Timur-ite 'wisdoms' , ever were , & whoever let it remain like that in can goto hell for all i care.While , yes , dismaying , regretful sayings have their value from the guilty parties' perspectives , understanding the past to be able to not make the same mistake again , especially if you've been punished for it ... but it was not appropriate for the relationships , and WHERE , choice was/was-not occurring - it was separated , a commentary of sorts.Such wisdoms of 'choice' , are meant to be warnings of memory & expectation - that one cannot EXPECT what a wind will bring , whereas to me that scene was commentary & out of place with much of the ordinary speech, wordless , wisdom-less , & beautiful in portrayal of people & NOT things convoluted-by-words & wisdoms ; scenes, people, & art.the simplicity of the characters although to some stereotyped , is suddenly whoooaa!! ... all of a sudden made politically contextual.my point being that while little attention needed to be paid to exactly what was happening to whom & why , one could absorb the emotional effects upon relationships with contextual breadth of implied differences between culture.while we could follow him and changes in his emotion as acted , or of changes in his character , all of a sudden there is a imposition of a YOU-left-the-door-open , slap in the face , which even offended an Aussie , practically a world away on mars , with Jack Nicholson Badgering me into command...eek !deliberate?& as for the very short lived "buying property" / burning ______ sub text lines that followed , need i say more.At that point , i was like, what happened?To the following of this character , & of what he could BRING , instead of becoming a visitor ; protecting the local girls , less-protecting of the the STREET low caste woman , etc , a transparent parental trash TV character.his dream sequence was MUCH more interesting. there was obviously much more going on in there than what we got when he had to awake again in melodrama-land.Disappointing at that point , but then also ruined by the unrealistic instant switch , from, two committed-believer groups about to kill each other, to ... what ... purifiers?*scoff* HA! nice try.neither would such groups suddenly switch to chase a mere street-pest ; & nor , would characters like the black-capped father thinking our main character the rapist, all of a sudden think he's deserving of 'human' treatment , simply because he wasn't a monkey.SPECISM, rather than sexism , or racism , is what we call that down here.Not civilization , not purity-of-humanism ... burying your head in the sand , & waking up to bear-hibernation-dreams , not bear-Gryls commitments... *scoff*Thank you, makers of Borat. you know why.Reversion. Disgraceful. More than the folks-back-home's don't-know-better'innocence' & whatnot.You would not be welcome here, unlike those amongst all others over there who can & do see what animals & other creatures have brought , & even for a Pakistani , further away from the unfamiliar , that would be a low blow.Satrap nonsense/illusion.Truly better bred quality , do not bastardize.They are reborn, poor or rich, via demonstration of equity & justice & things in NEITHER. Islam brought little other than suffering & death to millions then , & still does.A American idol dancer, is no heroine.The potential of realizations upon 'each other' , is locals / Muslims , but then passed onto SE Asians , over flying-prince winds , through shadows, but significantly , UPON them .Would GHANDI think passing the buck , a good thing , by Muslim , OR , Hinid / whatever standards ?I think not. shame shame.Were i your governor , you'd be getting a whipping. It is a indirect attempted bringing together of two religions & cultures that are NOT somehow now all neo-globally brought-together.'wisdom' , from RELIGION-EXPLOITING leaders of the past , regretful or not , should not be slipped in there suruptitiously.it will instead of creating peace , cause some to be attracted to that wisdom , now no doubt self-claimed by Islam.One does not need religion , to learn such. The INCLUSION of such , is only that. A inclusion in-amongst , not a dependency.people inconsiderate of each other's rights / 'person's to the point of violence, do not suddenly abandon their impositions so easily.i wish they do, but they don't.get over it.

Delhi-6 is a great attempt aimed at bridging the illusory Hindu-Muslim divide amongst an otherwise co-existent community of Hindus and Muslims using 'kala monkey'. It makes sense that Roshan was created to bring forth the blend, not only as someone born of a mixed marriage between a Hindu father and a Muslim mother, but also of someone who is far from such illusory divides (that India still goes through) as an outsider, an American. There were other sub-plots like the unbelievable superstition Indians steep themselves with and the romance, which converges at the last moment ... this must appeal to the intellectual movie- goers (although loosely in my opinion), if not the masses. Delhi-6 is an icing over films like Kya Dilli Kya Lahore and Anwar, which were either bridging attempted between two individuals of separated nationalities across the border or none at all. We need many more such integrating themes, which makes people think before they act foolishly.

A.R. Rahman's music is outstanding; it's easily amongst his finest works. 'Masakali', 'Ye Dilli Hai Mere Yaar', 'Rehna Tu', 'Maula' and 'Genda Phool' are amazing tracks. Ditto for Prasoon Joshi's lyrics; they're gems. Binod Pradhan's cinematography is brilliant.The romantic track is the weakest link in the film. The love story falls flat. Also, the ending is so abstract that an average moviegoer would find it difficult to comprehend what the actual culmination is. The sequence in the end, when Amitabh and Abhishek have a conversation, looks weird. In fact, ridiculous. What was the need to have this sequence? It makes no sense. Even the Ram Leela sequences, interspersed at regular intervals, are forced in the screenplay. Abhishek doesn't work. His American accent sounds fake. Sonam is likable. Waheeda Rahman enacts her part well. Rishi Kapoor is wasted. He deserved a better role. Prem Chopra is alright. Atul Kulkarni looks like a buffoon And what is Raghvir Yadav doing in this film? Supriya Pathak, Tanvi Azmi, K.K. Raina, Akhilendra Mishra and Dayashanker Pandey are passable. Amitabh Bachchan's presence in the penultimate minutes fails to evoke any reaction.But, alas, the problem is that barring a few individualistic sequences, you don't carry the film home. The film is engaging in bits and spurts. Worse, it tends to get monotonous, preachy and boring and the end is so bizarre, you actually want to ask the writers, 'Hey guys, you okay?' Oh yes, there's also a 'Kaala Bandar' who spreads havoc in the locality. Really, Rakeysh tries to pack in multiple stories in this dreadful movie.