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Genre : Comedy Drama Film Movie
Movie / Film Plot Story line : American-born Indian Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) brings his ailing grandmother (Waheeda Rahman) back to her former home in Chandni Chowk, the walled city of Old Delhi. There he meets Bittu (Sonam Kapoor), the beautiful daughter of a neighbor, and becomes involved in Hindu and Muslim religious riots following attacks attributed to a phantom figure popularly dubbed the "Black Monkey" ( Wikipedia )
ReviewSky : The movie starts at New York where Roshan is with his parents and grandmother . His grandma doesnt have much time left , and her last wish is to go back to Delhi where she spent her entire life . So she and Roshan come to Delhi .
Now in Delhi , a serial killer is on the loose - a monkey man .( This actually had happened in Delhi - i.e. the rumors actually were circulating a couple of years back ) Their neighbours over there is Bittu who aspires to be a star . However , her Dad is really strict and wants her to get married but she's against this .Roshan gets a taste of Delhi - the traffic , the Delhi ka Dil i.e. their hospitality , gets to know about religion , beliefs , traditions , lifestyles , the caste system and also about his parents past lives in India . He also starts liking Delhi . Now he also comes to know of Bittu's dreams and feels sorry for her .
Much of the movie revolves around Raam Leela i.e. Ramayana play . This is done very nicely . Also the Serail Killer / Monkey man is integrated well into the story . Also some parts are really funny .
One thing leads to another , and Roshan and Bittu fall in love , but her Dad has other plans for her . So this is where the love story aspect comes into play but it isn't boring and it its shown nicely - not the typical Bollywood fake love lame shit .
Just as Roshan gets to see the unity between the Hindus and the Muslims , he also gets to see the hatred between them . and just as he experiences Delhi's hospitality , he also feels its hostility .SO, will Bittu become a star ?
Will Roshan run back to New York with his tail between his legs ?
Will Bittu and Roshan get to be together ?
Oh come on .... I wont tell you everything .. go watch the movie for yourself . But i promise you , its a really nice movie . Definitely worth watching .
Audio / Songs : The songs in this movie are good . I can't call it fantastic .Masakalli is a great track .so is - Rehna Tu . Genda Phool is different .Rest of it - ordinary .
Review Sky - 4 / 5 Nice Film / Movie
Why not 5/5 for this film: Common ! its a really nice movie ....but definitely not 5/5 material . Definitely does not deserve to be on the list of "100 movies to watch before i die " . Mainly a good time pass movie .
If you liked this movie , you'll definitely like : Ghajini ( Similar clean love story ) , Rang de basanti , etc. and other films
Trivia: The name of the movie is actually the name of Old Delhi, whose pin code is 110006. The residents of Old Delhi call it "Delhi 6". The movie is reportedly based on Mehra's growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi.
Director:Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Writers:Prasoon Joshi (writer) and Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (writer)
Release Date: 20 February 2009 (India)
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Abhishek Bachchan ... Roshan
Sheeba Chaddha ... Nirmala (as Lovleen Mishra)
Prem Chopra
Deepak Dobriyal ... Mamdu
Divya Dutta ... Jalebi
Rishi Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor ... Bittu
Atul Kulkarni ... Gobar
Pavan Malhotra ... Jaigopal
Supriya Pathak ... Vimla
Om Puri ... Madangopal
Vijay Raaz ... Inspector Ranvijay
K.K. Raina
Aditi Rao ... Rama Bua
Waheeda Rehman ... Grandma
Cyrus Sahukar ... Suresh
Produced by
Smitha Baliga .... executive producer
Rakesh Omprakash Mehra .... producer
Ronnie Screwvala .... producer
Original Music by
A.R. Rahman
Cinematography by
Binod Pradhan
Film Editing by
P.S. Bharthi
Casting by
P.S. Bharthi
Production Design by
Samir Chanda
Costume Design by
Arjun Bhasin
Annamika Khanna
Makeup Department
Vikram Gaikwad .... makeup designer
Production Management
Gopal Bhasin .... unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neha Kaul .... first assistant director
Sandeep Modi .... first assistant director
Prosit Roy .... second assistant director
Vikas Sharma .... third assistant director
Krishan Pratap Singh .... third assistant director
Prashant Singh .... second assistant director
Rebecca Strickland .... first assistant director
Visual Effects by
Varun Hadkar .... digital compositor
Samir Hoon .... visual effects supervisor
Craig A. Mumma .... visual effects supervisor
Krishna Somaiya .... visual effects producer
Muthu Stalin .... compositor
Stunts
Dean Alexandrou .... stunt double: Abhishek Bachchan
Allan Amin .... stunt director
Casting Department
Jason Kennedy .... casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ketaki Phatak .... costume assistant
Editorial Department
Meghna Ashchit .... associate editor
Aditya Dubey .... first assistant editor
Ken Metzker .... digital intermediate colorist
Other crew
Jennifer Pabley .... production coordinator: New York unit
Ashish Sehgal .... production assistant: New York Unit
UTV OPERATIONS MANAGER : PREM SHETTY ( Source : IMDB )
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The vfx of the film though a brave attempt was really tacky and poor in execution. Looked like a very childish attempt - kind of vfx we used to see in Indian films years ago.
ReplyDeleteI wish they had done a better job with the vfx. I loved the film - but vfx was the only part that was not executed properly. Even the color of the film was jumping from scene to scene.