Just that day I got a chance to watch “delhi 6” for a late night show at one of the theatres close by my home. The first thought crossing my mind an hour after watching the movie was what was the director trying to make? To me it just looked like a story whose pace was flat with no ups or downs. I mean anyone who has lived in a Metro knows there are always some bully cop roaming down the muhalla with a stick in hand with an aura of an SP who always knows who the real culprit is and how to catch him. Or a cow giving birth to a calf in middle of a road and people gather all around it and bring the whole traffic to a halt.
Rekeysh Omprakash Mehra has tried to make a similar kind of movie viz a vaz “Rang De Basanti” this time with a backdrop of the unforgettable monkey man menace that happened to be in Delhi a few years back. With an anxiety as well as a excitement to be a part of it (whichever it may be). And suddenly halfway down the story the director thinks to give a twist by promoting the message of communal harmony.
An entire song was dedicated to Massaki the kabutar(pigeon) ; but the director never mentions about the famous kabutarbazis taking place in Delhi.
And finally I could not understand if Abhishek Bachan and Sonam Kapoor were friends till almost the end of the film then why did Abhishek not acknowledge his love for her until the end.
Athough Abhishek and Sonam had put up good performances as expected but I guess in the end the viewer would at least try to know the answer this question, as to whether the theme of the movie was to show life in a metro or a love story or how people should try to live with communal harmony. Indeed hard to find the director’s mind.
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Hmm... didn’t know u write :)
Well I guess I agree with most of what you said. The movie was definitely very open ended, too much really, where the director did initiate a lot of thoughts but there was no direction to those thoughts. He probably infused the movie with too many widely independent ideas, which looked unfit for one single frame.
Also happening to have known Delhi through all my growing up years, I happen to be extremely touchy about the city, and I definitely felt that it was not portrayed in its true colors. Delhi happens to be an extremely vibrant place inhabited by people from different cultures, religions and beliefs. And there is a certain harmony within the city which is very positive. The city is at peace with its differences and proud of it, unlike general public opinion.
Yes...the film was too open ended to be tied up at the end to have a meaningful conclusion in a nutshell !!
Even I have been to Delhi a couple of times n found the city to be quite vibrant. The director has only tried to take a particular incident n tried to make a story revolve round it...so there is nothing of a general public opition good or bad coming out of it!! Its just a film afterall!!
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