Here I present a few things I loved about the movie in the geeky nested-list format:
- The typical dilliwaalon ke jaagran! Its an absolute necessity when it comes to portray Delhi.
- The jiggling through narrow clubbed streets.
- Kaala Bandar! that's a total, total hit :D Hamare pass 100% proof hai
- Mandir and it's mythology - though I know of and have been to religious sites of other religions too, and no matter how non-secular I might sound, but I completely feel there is a lotof mythology associated with the purana Hindu temple. Every city has it's own share of purana mandirs, which seem to give the propelling force to the very many inhabitants.
- Public Servant - absolutely couldn't agree more with the portrayal of the attitude of the dilli ka thulla. They could have spiced things up with a traffic incident :D
- Rat Poison drama - yes, I completely support the Indian resolve to find someone to love and marry a person of one's choice rather than attaining the title of a Mr/Mrs. of your parents choice.
- BTW, the best part was the pseudo-illusionary depiction of the amalgamation of Chandni Chowk in Manhattan or vice-versa. I bet people who have spent considerable time in both cities would suffer similar mirage.
- Songs are okayish, Masakalli is one big exception. Now don't get me wrong there.
- Sonam did a good job, though I would have loved to see Anjali from K3G doing the said role. AB was mediocre - didn't pitch in his cheesy Rikki Thukral isshtyle nor the classy Inspector Jai from Dhoom2. Could have done much better.
- Shani baba sab theek kar dega!
Here're a few sorry points of the movie:
- As I said, the length is just too much, could have been condensed a little.
- Unnecessary character: Photographer. Totally useless on screen presence.
- Prem. Prem Chopra. Another disaster in the movie.
- The "jalebi, humko mard bana de"part. I don't find it so integral in delhi to such an extent. Conveys a cheap image which is not a part of the real panorama.
- Missed out on a Qawwali. Come on, a movie on old delhi demands one.
Let me know if you guys want more info :)
-A
Hmm.. Finally Dilli 6 seems to have found some favour in someone.. was waiting to hear atleast a single approving opinion before venturing out.. guess you seem to have provided half of it at least.. !
ReplyDeleteThe music was indeed one of the USPs of the movie, i do agree that the duration of the movie was a way too much (Hindi cinema would never ever understand the rule of "the shorter the better)and abhishek's near death experience was too much of masala in the movie (again one of the presumptions in bollywood the more the melodrama the better the movie would be).
ReplyDeleteBut you frgot to mention the "ramleela" scene i just loved it :)
It reminded me of the rushes in RDB .. from the movie they were making..the way narration is interspersed with the clips..I remember there was a ramleela scene in RDB too..
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ReplyDeleteSeems no more lone souls venture here anymore. Watsay Kaka?
ReplyDeletetrue true..very sad but true :(
ReplyDeleteAfter watching BBB, I just cannot think about a better Delhi based film. The deerakturr had a very good binnuss sans, I must say.
ReplyDeleteYou said a qawaali is missing...........isn't there arziyan...the maula muala song......that is definitely a qawaali.......don't you agree???
ReplyDelete@ Ananya
ReplyDeleteIf you've been watching TV off late.., and have had the good fortune of watching "Pancher" from "Delhi Belly", you'd know what Qawwali was missing from Delhi-6 :)
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