Delhi6 - Ye Dilli mere Yaar

I was planning to blog about the movie Delhi6 after i watched it the first day first show (My frend managed 2 tickets for us). And it took so long for me to complete it.(Huh finally posting it!!!)

Eversince i came to know that Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (ROMP) is all set to unwind a new story, it created a curiosity.Firstly i thght the movie should have been named as Dilli6 rather than Delhi6.

Let me acknowledge here itself that if you are planning for a Commercial -out and out entertainer with mindless plot with huallabaloo then this movie may not be the one that you are looking for.Well ROMP was trying to weave a story around his master formula of interlinking the current situation with an easily recognisable event in the past.

While in Rang De Basanti he tried to strike a chord between Indian Freedom Struggle and GenX struggle agianst Corruption, the movie drew rave reviews bcoz most of the people were ready to identify themselves.So the same success ingredients have been tried again to make a Concoction ....AR Rehman + ROMP + Similar Screenplay.

In Delhi6 ROMP tried to strike the chord between the Current Society and Ramayan. While all of us agree that Ramayan is the story about Lord Ram winning over the Kaalabandar inside Ravan thereby making a clarion call to Kill the Kaalabandar (evil) which resides in most of us instead of blowing an Issue out of proportion.

In the movie also ROMP sends out the message that most of the times we start fighting amongst ourselves in the name of religion,caste,creed.,etc while it is the Kaalabandar in us that needs to be fought with.He is right in saying that everyone of us has a Kaala Bandar in us which wakes up at its wish and tries to influence us and take decisions on our behalf.

I personally liked the movie very much though not many of my frenz liked it.

Particularly the way Romp embedded the Ramayan Play with the story is water-tight.
The movie talks about Untouchability (Divya Dutt,AB and waheeda episode - Ram having fruits from Sabari), Indian values (Cow delivering amidst the road leading to traffic jam).

Also there is comedy which is evoked at the instant. Just imagine the scene where Lord Ram, Lakshman and Hanuman are in a serious discussion and suddenly the Local Hindu Party leader comes and the actor who plays Lord Ram felicitates the leader or the scene in which the 2 kids and ask for Jelebi.

What else can i say about Music when Music Mozaic and Dual Oscar Winner Rehman makes you dance to his tunes.

All in all i liked the movie as a whole and shall love to watch it again.

As my frend Kumar said in one of his Blogs that when a movie makes you think about it even after you reaching home it means the movie has made an Impact(not crying for the bucks lost).
The last time i had silmilar feeling was Swades (SRK-Ashotosh gowariker), i liked the movie while it was not a Commercial hit.