Delhi - 6

We liked this film. It is a family film. No ghosts or magic. No foul language or real violence (thematic 'elements' are present) and of course no sex, drugs, etc. This is a Hindi Film. No 'Bollywood' singing and dancing. It is funny and touching at the same time. The children seemed to enjoy it and we are glad we purchased another Hindi film they will watch over and over again.

I have a love/hate relationship with Bollywood movies. Some of them, I love and some not even close to like. Delhi 6 is a wonderful blend of East and West film-making. It addresses the subject of an Indian man who has left India for the US returning to find himself, and of course, love. You get the usually singing and dancing but with some actual acting in between.

Little B's acting just gets better and better. This is another story about people with few special effects. He goes on a mission to help his grand mother and finds his own mission of falling in love with a girl who hates him. Somewhat typical story but done very well.It is unfortunate for us in the health field that the closing scene is so far fetched!I try to watch all of his movies because of his talent. He does not disappoint.

Originally bought this to get the subtitles because I couldn't grasp the concept of the movie when I saw it before! Now with this DVD, I finally got the story line about the return of a young Americanized Indian coming back to his roots!

Good product, buy again if needed.

This movie would of probably been what we call in the states a sleeper hit if it had been made in english for other nations because it's a good movie with just the right amount of absurdity, laughs, tears and some great scenery of Delhi. I've watched it again and again and each time I see something new. The soundtrak is modern but smooth and upbeat mixed in with great vocals. I swear I thought I heard Sting in there somewhere.PLOTDelhi 6 unfolds with superb cast of quirky characters that become intertwined in an ongoing thread of idiocy and superstition that is prevailing about a black monkey. It's being featured constantly on the Delhi television stations as the improbable candidate for any number of local crimes that have been committed up to and including deaths from sillyness . The real story of a homecoming and it's ups and downs is as much a paradigm as the ongoing epic religious play that is featured for the community. You first see the beauty but are also witness to the dangers of ignorance via the good and evil that abides in us all . As the story opens Abhi is shown escorting his aging grandmother home to her ancestral home in Delhi. She believes she is soon to die and wishes to re-acquaint herself with the remaining family there and if she is to die she wishes to return her ashes from whence she came . The reunion is sweet and all she could hope for. Abhi is enchanted with the people of the neighborhood. Clicking away on his cell phone camera while he jogs, he's doing a tour guides job for us through the lens. Joining in the fun but entirely separated by his electronic devices. Ear buds in place. Camera in hand. Present in the moment but not part of it. This is never more apparent than when his ignorance of local police actions are witnessed. Part brutality, part bullying and all bribery. The police are comfortable in their domination of the victims but never seem to physically search for the criminals . The Beauty of this land is now marred like a cold bucket of water across a painted canvass; This beauty that was different and appealing is now oh so surreal. All around him are the typical signs of sparks waiting to jump across the air to light a powder keg....but they fizzle out..or are they like most embers..waiting for the fuel to be fed . Ignorance and hatred are endless suppliers of energy. THIS is the duality that exist in ALL immigrants to all nations; how does one enjoy only the seemingly good things while turning their face away from the pain and need of others. Abhi is attracted to a local girl that lives in the house with the next rooftop terrace over ( Sonam Kapoor) . She has a certain toughness but also an innate grace and innocence that catches his eye. Their families are intermingled in the neighborhood and he is becoming more and more attracted as he keeps running into her. When she is presented with a forced match she runs to the rooftop terrace to seeth in anger. Abi sees her with a bottle of poison and thinks she's being funny but then tries to intervene for her when she states she's being forced. She wants to be the next Indian Idol. She is shown practicing with a male friend who is really of poor character and just wants to get in her pants as we say here. She thinks he is going to run away with her and marry her if all HER chosen options are destroyed. All around Abhi people are beginning to act like they have lost their sense of reason and there is little he can do about it, or is there ?... Hero's sometimes come in the oddest packages.

After the successful Aks and the blockbuster Rang De Basanti Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra directs this one. Delhi 6 follows Abhishek a half hindu and half muslim to come to India to help his grandmother Waheeda Rehman spend her last days in her birthplace. Set in old Delhi hence the zipcode 6. The movie provides a collage of characters and their brief character sketches and thus remains so. It does not come to the point until the end and then leaves us in a lurch wanting some more.The first half is a gamut of characters from the two brothers Om Puri and Pawan Malhotra, the corrupt politician played by Vijay Raaz, the sultry untouchable Divya Dutta, the wicked money lender Prem Chopra, the idol aspirant Sonam Kapoor and the romantic bachelor Rishi Kapoor, all interesting but underdeveloped characters. The characters interact against the backdrop of a vicious monkey attack which is never solved.The movie meanders towards the end with a very vague ending. Vijay Raaz is excellent, so is Pawan Malhotra, Abhishek Bachchan is getting better; the rest of the cast is completely wasted. The music and the cinematography are excellent. 3stars 12/28/09

Der Film kam zeitnah bei mir an. Das er "gebraucht" ist macht nichts, denn die Qualität ist sehr gut. Ich mag die Schauspieler, die Geschichte und den guten Ausgang des Filmes. Diesen Film kannte ich noch nicht, deswegen freue ich mich um so mehr ihn "ergattert" zu haben. Es ist eine Liebesgeschichte, bei der ich abschalten kann. Nicht schmalzig, nicht zu langatmig, aber er führt uns vor Augen, wie gut wir leben.Ein Dankeschön an den Verkäufer, bitte mehr solcher Filme. Auch mit kleinen Sachen kann man jemanden glücklich machen.

Ein Ausland-Inder lernt seine fremde indische Heimat kennen. Fremde Gebräuche, indische Traditionen und jede Menge Missverständnisse wirken auf ihn ein. Seiner Mutter zuliebe zog er mit ihr nach Dehli und wollte eigentlich wieder abreisen ... bis er, wie in Jedem Bollywood-Streifen, eine Frau kennenlernte und sich verliebte. Eine moderne Geschichte, die nicht Friede-Freude-Eierkuchen-Stimmung aufkommen lassen möchte und die versucht, das realistische Leben der unteren und mittleren Kasten widerzugeben. Mit einen hervorragendem Darsteller, der filmisch durch die glaubhaft erzählte Story führt. Fünf Sterne und Kauftipp.Gesehen und für Gut befunden.Bernd M.

Wer hier einen Film mit Tanzeinlagen und Songs sucht wird regelrecht enttäuscht sein.Der Film ist doch sehr sehenswert und vielleicht recht interessant für Menschen die sich selbst verstehen wollen.Doch dazu wird nicht zu viel verraten, denn das Ende des Films vermittelt gerade das, was den Film von Anfang an so sehenswert macht um am Ende aus den Erfahrungen zu lernen.( Spiegel )Man sollte ihn zumindestens einmal gesehen haben,sich ein Urteil bilden und darüber nachdenken.

Ich bin ein großer Fan des inidischen Films und mag diese Filme sehr. Aus diesem Grund versuche ich meine Filmsammlung immer weiter zu vervollständigen und das Preisleistungsverhältnis ist sehr gut.

Der Film ist anders als sonst die Bollywood Filme, aber das macht gerade den Reiz aus. Sowohl der Darsteller als auch man selbst taucht in eine fremde Welt ein, die durchaus interessant ist und einem die Mentalität der Inder näher bringt. Und auch der indische Humor fehlt nicht.