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Delhi 6
Delhi 6
Runtime : 150  Min.
Type of Movie : Comedy
Language : Hindi
Release date : 20/02/2009
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  Posted on 11/29/2008 2:30:11 AM  by  deadlynitin
Delhi-6 clearly isn’t an autobiographical take on Rakeysh Mehra’s childhood days in the capital city. That’s because the story is set around the monkey-man episode that made headlines in Delhi some years back and Mehra surely wasn’t a child then. The treatment of the film, however, gets childishly corny at places. Of course do not expect a thriller treatment with the monkey-man chapter. Rather, Delhi-6 thematically apes the banner’s (UTV) own Swades (2004) and remains a social drama all through.

So you have the purported protagonist Roshan Mehra (Abhishek Bachchan) coming to India, though this time not to fetch his nanny, but to get his granny (Waheeda Rehman) to Delhi gullies where she wants to spend the final phase of her life. In the bylanes of Chandni Chowk in old Delhi, Roshan is introduced to customs, conventions and relations alien to him. Meanwhile panic spreads in Delhi as news of random attacks by a mysterious creature titled monkey-man makes headlines.

Muddled up between the liking for his land and ladylove Bittu (Sonam Kapoor), the movie progresses as monkey-man gives ways to discuss social and political issues like the Hindu-Muslim and upper-lower class divide.

The movie makes an interesting start as it introduces multiple characters and gets into multi-track storytelling. But soon the characters and the tracks start jumbling up, giving way for continuity lapses in the multi-dimensional narrative. It’s surprising that the same multi-layered storytelling that Rakeysh Mehra exploited brilliantly in Rang De Basanti , intermittently handicaps the narration in Delhi-6 .

Midways the movie, it’s still difficult to comprehend what’s the central lead of the story amongst Roshan’s love for Bittu, Bittu’s quest for Indian Idol independence, grandma’s loyalty towards motherland or a family feud (Om Puri – Pawan Malhotra sibling rivalry). Unfortunately even the monkey-man track doesn’t help connecting the individual installments and rather works only on peripheral level. However, it resolves all above conflicts in a single-stroke climax, in addition to an Ayodhya-Babri Masjid kind of issue it incites towards the end.

The core theme bears a striking resemblance with Swades which is augmented by the theatrical Ram Leela episodes and the cast-and-class concerns it tackles. But while Ashutosh Gowariker had a direct approach of facing the issues of India in Swades , Mehra handles it indirectly using the monkey-man metaphor. While the screenplay remains cheerful in the first half, it doesn’t escape the preachy trappings in the climax.

Some smart gems in the screenplay include the scene where a cow is delivering amidst jam-packed main road traffic and being worshipped by every passerby. And an abstract-cum-artistic sequence from the same screenplay includes an Indo-American fusion fantasy song ‘ Dil Gira Dafatan ’ which confuses in conveying its concept. There isn’t any conspicuous chemistry between the lead pair of Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor. And Amitabh’s intangible appearance in the last scene was absolutely avoidable.

The art direction decently recreates the Delhi set in Rajasthan studio but is confined to four lanes at the Chandni Chowk crossroads. Binod Pradhan employs disturbing camera movements while Vaibhavi Merchant adds grace to Masakali movements. Rahman’s soulful music lacks a befitting body though.

From its eclectic cast, it’s startling to see that the supposed lead players Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor have very shallow characterizations and thereby weak screen-presence as well. With his existing image, it’s difficult to visualize Abhishek Bachchan as a NRI. It never comes across in his accent, attitude or outlook. Sonam Kapoor’s immature act isn’t impressive.

The better performances come from the character-artist cast of Deepak Dobriyal, Atul Kulkarni, Vijay Raaz, Pawan Malhotra and Om Puri. Rishi Kapoor is pleasing but his character is too short-lived. Same for Divya Dutta, who is likeable in her small role. Waheeda Rehman sounds stressed.

Comparison with Mehra’s last attempt is inevitable, thereby generating gigantic expectations. Rakeysh Mehra seamlessly connected with the audiences through his mesmerizing storytelling in Rang De Basanti . Sadly, Delhi-6 is quite colourless in that contrast.
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Delhi 6 Cast  
 
   

Abhishek Bachchan
Sonam Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Om Puri
Waheeda Rehman
Divya Dutta
Prem Chopra
Vijay Raaz
Supriya Pathak
Atul Kulkarni
K.K. Raina
Pavan Malhotra
Deepak Dobriyal
Cyrus Sahukar
Sheeba Chaddha
Aditi Rao
Tanvi Azmi
Shefali Shah
Amitabh Bachchan
Gulshan Grover
Nello Del Gatto
 

Delhi 6 Crew  
 
 
Director 
: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Writer 
: Prasoon Joshi
: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
: Kamlesh Pandey
Producer 
: Smitha Baliga
: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
: Ronnie Screwvala
Music Composer 
: A.R. Rahman
Cinematographer 
: Binod Pradhan
Editor 
: P.S. Bharthi
Casting 
: Susan Bluestein
Production Design 
: Samir Chanda
Costume Designer 
: Arjun Bhasin
: Annamika Khanna

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According to wikipedia, Hrithik Roshan has replace Abhishek Bachchan.


The film will be Mehra's third directorial venture after the immensely successful Rang De Basanti, which had been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars and critically acclaimed Aks.


Gulshan Grover has been roped in to play Abhishek Bachchan's dad in the film.


After Rakesh's Dilli 6, comes Bunty Walia's Bombay 7.

 
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Dilli 6, as you all probably already know stars Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Waheeda Rahman. Directed by Rakesysh Omprakash Mehra this one is supposedly his autobiography on his growing days in Chandini Chowk, Delhi Pin Code 110006, hence the title Dilli 6. Music is by A R Rahman. That makes it one of the most eagerly awaited movies of 2008. If you remember Rakeysh Mehra was supposed to launch Abhishek with Samjhauta Express in 2000 but that somehow did not happen. Never mind, they are also doing Bhairavi, where the three Bachchans come together on screen for the first time. Let's see if Ash is also roped in to make the family complete.



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he semiautobiographical movie speaks of director Rakeysh Mehra’s early days in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Played by Abhishek Bachchan, the protagonist returns home to get back to his roots and visit his old grandmother (Waheeda Rehman) in Delhi. He falls in love with his neighbor (Sonam Kapoor) and the rest is movie history.



Wikipedia
Dilli 6 is a forthcoming Bollywood film to be directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra that will star Hrithik Roshan (now replaced Abhishek)]], Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni, and Divya Dutta.

Dilli 6 is based on Mehra's growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi. The film will be Mehra's third directorial venture after the immensely successful Rang De Basanti, which had been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars and critically acclaimed Aks.

Sonam Kapoor, daughter of Anil Kapoor, who made her debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya, has reportedly confirmed taking part in the movie and will be paired with Abhishek Bachchan. Rishi Kapoor and Tanvi Azmi are also apart of the film. The film went on the floors Dec. 20, 2007 Amitabh Bachchan will also have a small role in the film where he will play the grandfather to Laxman Prasad, played by Abhishek Bachchan. Waheeda Rahman will play the grandmother of the same character. Gulshan Grover has been roped in to play Abhishek Bachchan's dad in the film.

 
 
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 Posted on 1/12/2009 5:51:01 AM by Soumita
  
 
   
The promos are really promising. And I hope the movie will be a hit. Specially Sonam Kapoor is looking just stunnig in the Masakalli song.......
 
   
 
 Posted on 1/25/2009 9:08:03 PM by RAJ
  
 
   
song is excellent the maskali
 
   
 
 Posted on 1/31/2009 3:27:34 AM by helem
  
 
   
the masakali song is very nice
 
   

 
 
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