Dilli Six'ed

All along the past few month's, I was wondering why the movie has a number next to it! Finally today was enlightened on the rusty seats of Sterling that its the post code for Chandni Chowk area.

Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra had hit a sixer in his first venture, Rang De Basanti. His second venture though seems to be missing the boundary line just by a few yards, not a bad effort though! Dilli Six revolves around the streets of Chandni Chowk with probably just a peek into San Fransico and Agra and fares well probably in keeping you glued to your seat for two odd hours.

The story, if you ask me takes off from where SRK left in Swades, but to a more urbanized locale than the rural picture portrayed there. Abhishek has performed well in the movie and the cute Sonam Kapoor has a point to prove that she can have others run for their money (Beware Anil Kapoor ;))! OmPuri is at his classic best as usual and the normal aunties, uncles, grannies, untouchables etc... make the dish more sweeter. The movie revolves and does not focus just on any theme unlike several other movies do. There is a Ram Leela, the usual communal divide, the good old Rishi Kapoor love story, the swadesi sentiments all together knit well and to perfection.

Probably the only thing that seemed out of the world to me is the Monkey Man of Delhi! A little bit too much of masala to handle. And the protrayal of Big B in the end, seemed unnecessary though! The movie runs quite well except for the last ten to fifteen minutes, where Mehra forgets what logic means, just to keep the gals watching the movie on their toes for the sake of Junior B staying alive!

Not a right movie to see over the weekend though! Especially since I need to catch my BA flight right out of Bengaluru soon. My swadesi instincts are tickling, but work is at least calling for the next two to three months, then on i am back at my "Mysore 16 ;)".

Straight out of my heart I would give a standing ovation to the photography of Dili 6, its amazing and great work. Good effort again from Mehra and team and hopefuly Dilli 6 lands in the right post box!