The inspiration for the movie comes from the 'British Gansta Flick' types, which rewrote a whole new genre of slick storytelling. Quintein Tarentino ushered in the revolution by making 'Pulp Fiction' which mesmerized, bewildered and captivated audiences around the world. And then Guy Ritchie made 'Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels' which set a benchmark for the genre. A set of simpletons usually get entangled in a web of gun totting gangsters, stolen diamonds, car chases and fist fights. The co-incidences are unbelievably crazy, which make the movie that much more funny and edgy. Delhi Belly works exactly on this premise.
An underworld gang use the air hostess route to smuggle diamonds into the country. All hell breaks loose when a delivery of smuggled diamonds gets exchanged with the stool sample of Nitin. From here on the movie is a like roller coaster ride, taking a twist every other second and changing course faster than party hopping politicians. Into this melee, is thrown an ex-wife obsessed businessman, a whore loving house owner, a Khatak dance master and his protégés, an office babe who has the hots for Tashi. Every character is unique and fits into the story effortlessly.
The strength of the movie lies in the situational humor: dark or otherwise which keeps coming at you relentlessly. It’s more than a welcome change for the Indian audience burdened with the multi-star, brainless, so called ‘laugh riots’. They story in itself, is not very complicated, but it’s told with a style and pace that keeps you at the edge of your seats asking for more. Kudos to the director, Abhinav Deo for pulling off a tough genre to make. The cinematography is slick with amazing angles, be it the old pizza rotting under the sofa, the blood dripping over the dead gangster’s forehead. The final shoot out scene is shot in slow-mo, a tribute to the climax in Reservoir Dogs, similar to the one in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminey.
What really sets the movie apart is the music. There are no song and dance sequences which the lead actors break into without any rhyme or reason. There are only background scores which beautifully complement the situation: Sweety tera pyaar, Bhaag DK Bose. You will really enjoy the catchy ‘Ja Chudail’ parody which is beautifully choreographed by Farah Khan. And finally it brings us to the dialogues. The dialogues are smartly written, damn funny and totally street like. A lot has been said and written about the profanity in the movie. Common guys, this is the language of today’s generation, like it or not. If you refuse to grow up to the truth and want to take up cudgels with the morality brigade, its really just your loss. The movie would have worked just as well without the profanity, but it’s a package deal isn’t it!Imran Khan does a decent job, but can be easily replaced by anyone else. The support cast really do a commendable job. But the two guys who really pack in a fantastic performance are Kunal Roy Kapoor as the fat Nitin and Vijay Raaz as the frustrated underworld don. The movie as such could have been set in any other city, but today’s movie makers have developed a strange new obsession with the capital.
Delhi Belly is funny, entertaining and above all, original. Go catch it, before Aamir’s sequel ‘Disco Fighter’ hits the screens.
6 comments:
the movie is great, and the review is even better :P
Good review Sandeep ... I will see it one of these days :)
Like I told you Sandy, I think I liked ur review of it better than the movie itself :)
SIMPLY AWESOME BUDDYYYY.............U R PRO AT BLOGGING
"Common guys, this is the language of today’s generation, like it or not."
Firstly, that is a huge stereotype. Secondly, it is factually incorrect. Thirdly, it is just sad that profanity is being glorified. Sure you may attack me as being from the morality brigade, but what is truly immature is how these movies are just trying so hard to be 'cool' by defying people.
Lastly, it is narrow-mindedness to believe that only what is done 'today' is right and good for the future.
Mr.Anonymous, if you are 75 years old with a huge generation gap I can understand. But if you aren't, I'm sorry! you are far from reality. I am not endorsing profanity either in movies or in real life. I am just saying, that is how the youth of today converse. There is neither a stereotype nor factual incorrectness to it. Having been a youth myself (some time ago that is) and being surrounded by like aged people, I can vouch for it. And if you have seen the movie, it didnt sell because of profanity. It did well because it was a smartly made movie. By your logic, if some one makes a movie and fills it with profanity, it will automatically be a box office goldmine. Indian audiences have matured my friend. So you should grow up too.
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