Mohan Bhargav (in Swades) ends his line in the song “Pal Pal Hai bhari” with “….. Mann se Ravana jo nikaale, Ram uske mann main hai”. Thats exactly what Rakeysh wants to project as his theme in his movie. But the only difference is “Kaala Bandar”, which is used as a metaphor to highlight the issues prevalent in India. But the point is the issues dealt with are outdated and hence fall short of execution!!!
Mehra in his previous outing narrated the story of “A journey of directionless brats turning into Rebel for a cause”, turns Dilli-6 into incoherent movie which at times is hard to relate to.
Roshan along with his ailing grandmother comes to India to fulfill her wish of spending final moments with her loved ones in Puraani Dilli(Chandni Chowk). During his stay, he finds himself surrounded by colourful characters viz. the brothers Om Puri and Pawan Malhotra who seem to share a negative vibe with each other, in contrast to their family who enjoys their moments through a brick-hole. A Muslim jilebi shop keeper who generously distributes jilebees. Dumb servant “Gobar”(Atul), for whom two 1 rupee coins hold more value than one 10 rupee note. A sub-caste sweeper(Divya Dutta) woos Gobar but shuns the local inspector(Vijay Raaz) for his indecent proposals. Then there is Cyrus who plays an unfaithful fashion designer in an affair with Lala Munshi’s(Prem Chopra) wife. If that was not all, u come across few aunty’s with bucket pouring eyes and neighbour Rishi Kapoor who confesses to being in love with Roshan’s mother.
Among all this is “Kaala Bandar”- a mixed metaphor, which Mehra repeatedly tries to represent it as a character, to display the issues like communal polarization, untouchability, other irrational beliefs and misconceptions. Fairly a good theme, only if the they had implicit narration woven in to understand with. Unlike RDB where the characters(though unrelatable) just had a cake walk into the scenes, the scenes over here are just thrown in haphazard manner, which unfortunately leaves the audience in confused state of mind since the characters are such lively.
My favorite scene is the Jagran scene, where the brothers fight it out to outshine each other vocally. And the one in which he Pawan malhotra has a theory of killing kala Bandar, the misinterpretation of which is broadcasted by his wife to her peer only to be made fun of by his brother. Truly enjoyable scenes…
Binod Pradhan(Cinematographer) provides great pleasure by taking us through Chandni chowk’s criss-crossed wires, narrow gullies, the vibrant crowd and hop-ABLE houses.
For the first time, apart from Genda Phoool, ARR’s music is used ineffectively throughout the movie. For example, Rehna Tu plays in background when Ab and Rishi are playing a polo! “Kaala Bandar” comes in just before the first half without any specific reason to support. “Dil Gira” is dream sequence demanding us to realize about a world mis-mashed with US and chandni chowk’s streets. ”Bhor Bhaye” song just slips in whenever its required. Due to which Prasoon Joshi’s extreme display of imagination is also wasted. Aaah how disappointing!!
Am I missing something? Yup.. its Sonam Kapoor as Bittoo, who plays a liberal ,free flowing Masakkali (dove) girl with utmost sincerity and spontaneity. An exhibition of Indian looks at its core, she looks hauntingly beautiful with her latts and jhataksss.. Watch her in those scenes where she repeatedly tells Ab of her ambitions. In contrast to this, Ab with an American accent slips in with decent performance, but not sure why and how he is doing sort of somersaults in between..
Aaah.. heavily disappointed … In the end credits the director demands for a self introspection through a mirror image.
How I wish I had gone to “Valkyrie”
Mehra in his previous outing narrated the story of “A journey of directionless brats turning into Rebel for a cause”, turns Dilli-6 into incoherent movie which at times is hard to relate to.
Roshan along with his ailing grandmother comes to India to fulfill her wish of spending final moments with her loved ones in Puraani Dilli(Chandni Chowk). During his stay, he finds himself surrounded by colourful characters viz. the brothers Om Puri and Pawan Malhotra who seem to share a negative vibe with each other, in contrast to their family who enjoys their moments through a brick-hole. A Muslim jilebi shop keeper who generously distributes jilebees. Dumb servant “Gobar”(Atul), for whom two 1 rupee coins hold more value than one 10 rupee note. A sub-caste sweeper(Divya Dutta) woos Gobar but shuns the local inspector(Vijay Raaz) for his indecent proposals. Then there is Cyrus who plays an unfaithful fashion designer in an affair with Lala Munshi’s(Prem Chopra) wife. If that was not all, u come across few aunty’s with bucket pouring eyes and neighbour Rishi Kapoor who confesses to being in love with Roshan’s mother.
Among all this is “Kaala Bandar”- a mixed metaphor, which Mehra repeatedly tries to represent it as a character, to display the issues like communal polarization, untouchability, other irrational beliefs and misconceptions. Fairly a good theme, only if the they had implicit narration woven in to understand with. Unlike RDB where the characters(though unrelatable) just had a cake walk into the scenes, the scenes over here are just thrown in haphazard manner, which unfortunately leaves the audience in confused state of mind since the characters are such lively.
My favorite scene is the Jagran scene, where the brothers fight it out to outshine each other vocally. And the one in which he Pawan malhotra has a theory of killing kala Bandar, the misinterpretation of which is broadcasted by his wife to her peer only to be made fun of by his brother. Truly enjoyable scenes…
Binod Pradhan(Cinematographer) provides great pleasure by taking us through Chandni chowk’s criss-crossed wires, narrow gullies, the vibrant crowd and hop-ABLE houses.
For the first time, apart from Genda Phoool, ARR’s music is used ineffectively throughout the movie. For example, Rehna Tu plays in background when Ab and Rishi are playing a polo! “Kaala Bandar” comes in just before the first half without any specific reason to support. “Dil Gira” is dream sequence demanding us to realize about a world mis-mashed with US and chandni chowk’s streets. ”Bhor Bhaye” song just slips in whenever its required. Due to which Prasoon Joshi’s extreme display of imagination is also wasted. Aaah how disappointing!!
Am I missing something? Yup.. its Sonam Kapoor as Bittoo, who plays a liberal ,free flowing Masakkali (dove) girl with utmost sincerity and spontaneity. An exhibition of Indian looks at its core, she looks hauntingly beautiful with her latts and jhataksss.. Watch her in those scenes where she repeatedly tells Ab of her ambitions. In contrast to this, Ab with an American accent slips in with decent performance, but not sure why and how he is doing sort of somersaults in between..
Aaah.. heavily disappointed … In the end credits the director demands for a self introspection through a mirror image.
How I wish I had gone to “Valkyrie”
