Dilli 6

Sheer brilliance of the film maker and the camera man puts this film together. Each and every character has been defined as if it could not be played better. Of course, with an ensemble cast of actors par excellence you may never be able to predict whether its the work of the actor or of the director.

The film, which largely covers delhi 6, has been aptly titled, and all that it lacks, is the story telling of the director. Mr. Rakeysh Mehra, known for his gem, rang de basanti, has attempted to use the same story telling formula for this film as well, which does play a good role to an extent, but at the end disconnects you from some of the tracks in the film.

His formula, is to use stereo types of India, abundantly populated in the Delhi region, who display qualities of hypocricy, cynism and consider God their only savior. The film gradually leads to a communal riot and in the end of the soul searching, just shows that how fear, and friendship can bind people more than God can.

Begining with a journey of an old lady to India, it leads to a soul searching of an ABCD, potrayed pretty well by abhishek bachchan whose, for that matter, american accent has not fluctuated at all, he fits the bill, the costume of the monkey as well as the role really well.

The positives :

1. Waheeda Rahman, maam hats off, fallen in love with the character.
2. Rishi Kapoor, Sir, with the awkward poetry, if not a punch, you sure got an elegance.
3. Pavan Malhotra & Om Puri, as the quarelling brothers, superb.
4. Vijay Raaz as the cop, perfect.
5. Atul Kulkarni, great.
6. Divya Dutta
7. Raghuvir Yadav, for a brilliant potrayal of the Ramayana.
8. Binod Pradhan, all the awards are yours.
9. Rakeysh Mehra & Prasoon Joshi, for a story that connects, delhi, to an issue it faced, to communal violence, to soul searching and finally to the audience.
10. A. R. Rahman, for a very good sound track, very into the film.


The Negatives :

1. Sonam Kapoor, superb screen pressence, but not much of a role.
2. The love story.
3. The wavering story, which though, connects everything in the end, still lacks.
4. Amitabh Bachchan sir, not a role for him.


Over All : 3.5 stars.

verdict : Worth A watch, in the theatre only !