Kya...Yeh Delhi hain mere Yaar?

Movie:Delhi-6
Language:Hindi
People:Rakyesh Mehra,AR Rehman,Rishi K,Atul K,Divya Dutta,Abhishek B.,Sonam K.,Waheeda R,Om Puri,Pavan Malhotra,KK Raina
Rating: 2.5/5

I have never been to Delhi, what I know of Delhi is from Hindi movies and Republic day speeches. Which means for me Delhi = Chandni Chowk + Red Fort (Lal Kila [Not to be confused with Crazy Eyes Killah:)]) . We blame The West that they generally have a stereotypical view of India,which they paint it on their movies, but we stereotype ourselves in bollywood too . Think about it.

I had great expectations from this just movie coz, Its a Rakyesh Mehra project. RDB has created high standards for Mr Mehra to live upto. Story starts off with Roshan (Abhishek) bringing his Grandma (Waheeda) to Delhi. After reaching Delhi , Mehra introduces multiple stories viz brothers Om Puri and Pavan Malhotra, wannabe indian idol Sonam K, Lalaji Prem chopra (yeah Prem chopra!! - meri umar Shahrukh se thoda jyaada hain aur Atalji se thoda kum) , modern thinker Rishi Kapoor, funny man Cyrus Sahukar, self accepted local idiot Atul K, low caste Divya dutta .

As you may have noticed there are a lot of characters in the movie to keep up, thats where I think it starts to go wrong. By the time all these stories were introduced , movie was half way through . I remember asking my friend -"When is this movie going to start ?".

On the backdrop of BlackMonkey Man story, Rakyesh Mehra intended to touch upon the subject of the evil inside every one. Btw I wasn't aware that there was actually BlackMonkey Man news in Delhi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi_monkeyman) . I was surprised to know this.

One of the high points of the movie is its music, I was listening to them before I saw the movie.I liked them even more after watching the film. Its definitely a great job by Oscar winner A R RaQKHman (could not resist :) ) . The song Dil gira Dafatan looks good on screen too, rickshawwallah's on times square is brilliantly done.

Acting front, supposed to be lead actor in the movie Abhishek Bachchan, I think got his fee for doing nothing. He had put no effort , just sort of played himself . His character is born and raised in New York but forget about New York accent he didn't even have an American accent. Yet every dialogue he would start with "Hey, wassup?" , As if that signifies that he is from the states.Sonam Kapoor did well to start off with but her acting turned dull,unnecessary melodramatic as a movie moved on. Surprise packages in the movie were Atul Kulkarni and Divya Dutta. Atul Kulkarni took up a completely different role compared to RDB. Divya Dutta should thank to whoever gave her this role, its an independent role and unlike her sister/friend roles in big budget projects.Rishi Kapoor did a respectable job , good to see KK Raina after a long time.

Overall you might want to watch this movie once, It should encourage Directors like Rakyesh Mehra, Ashutosh Gowariker and to an extent Farhan Akhtar to experiment with their movies, explore different subjects. They are definitely better than The Farah Khans , The Sajid Khans and The Karan Johars , who speak out loud that "we know that the audience is dumb and we will prove it to you".