Cast: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Poorna Jagannathan, Shenaz Treasury, Vijay Raaz
Dir: Abhinay Deo.
From the initial promos, I was convinced that "Delhi Belly" is one of those new-gen movies trying too hard to connect to the young audience by by using colloquial languages. I was not impressed by the "Bhaag DK Bose" song at all. Seemed too stupid to me (though the rock tune itself was not bad).
Anyway, after dilly-dallying finally caught "Delhi Belly" in theaters last night before the courts act on the PILs. Turned to be a fairly funny movie.
The story is about 3 average single-and-working Delhi boys - Tashi (Khan), Nitin (Kapur) and Arup (Das) - who share a rundown flat in the by-lanes of Delhi. Shit happens when Tashi's air-hostess girlfriend Sonia (Treasury) picks up a mysterious package on behalf of a friend from an unknown Russian and promises to drop it off somewhere in Delhi. Sonia hands over the package to Tashi, who offloads it to Nitin who passes the responsibility to Arup who finally drops it off to the lair of a local goon (Raaz). Hilarity ensues as the precious package gets exchanged with a stool sample from Nitin, who has an acute case of Montezuma's Revenge aka Delhi Belly.
Writer Akshat Verma's script is reminiscent of Guy Ritchie capers - street-language, violence and completely over-the-top situations. A lot of people will be put off by the scatological references all over while others may find it interesting just for the same reason. Beyond the expletives and the toilet humor, "Delhi Belly" has a good story going and has it own touches that are funnier than the superficial packaging everyone is raving about. What cracked me up is not the stool-sample exchange but the fact that it was collected in an old Chawanprash bottle. More than the gaalis, it is life-style the bachelors lived in that rings true. Any single male sharing an apartment in an urban Indian city would relate to the protagonists' messy apartment overrun by cockroaches and with a perennial water shortage.
My Rating: 6.5/10. Don't go by what the critics say - it is doesn't really redefine Indian cinema nor is it the best movie you would have ever watched. Don't watch just to feel thrilled to see actors swearing like you and me. "Delhi Belly" is a comedy-thriller in its own right - funny in parts.
2 comments:
I agree mostly! Though would give it a 8ish. The sneaky one liners and gems like having water when wearing a burka is what the movie is all about!
I found it funny with a decent story and direction going as well :) And yes as Prachi has said above, there are the little gems strewn all around, which have nothing to do with the language etc!
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