Delhi 6 Movie 2009 Bollywood Hindi film detail, Trailer, Review

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Delhi-6Movie Trailer, Star Cast, Songs, Story, Review, Box office details :

Delhi 6 full movie — Delhi-6 : Hindi Film

Delhi-6 Movie is a 2009 Bollywood musical drama Movie directer is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Waheeda Rahman, Rishi Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Deepak Dobriyal, Divya Dutta and Aditi Rao Hydari. This Movie is 2nd Movie Of Rakesh Ompraksh Mehra Aftre Rang De Basanti Success. This Movie is flop at Box-Office.

Delhi-6 Movie story is reportedly based on Mehra’s growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi. The number 6 refers to the Postal Index Number (PIN) of the Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi, a shortened form of 110006. It is Mehra’s third film after Aks and Rang De Basanti. This film music composer is A. R. Rahman. It released on 20 February 2009 and won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration at 57th National Film Awards.

Directer : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Producer : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,Ronnie Screwvala
Screenplay : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,Prasoon Joshi,Kamlesh Pandey
Story : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,Kamlesh Pandey
Starring : Abhishek Bachchan,Sonam Kapoor,Om Puri,Waheeda Rahman,Rishi Kapoor,Divya Dutta,Aditi Rao Hydari
Music : A. R. Rahman
Cinematography : Binod Pradhan
Editor : P. S. Bharathi
Production company : Showman Pictures
Distributor : Showman Pictures,UTV Motion Pictures,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures,ShowMan Pictures
Release date : 20 February 2009
Running time : 140 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi

Delhi-6 movie Trailer :

Delhi 6 Movie Trailer

Delhi-6 Movie Story :

Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) living his dying grandmother Annapurna (Waheeda Rehman) to their ancestral property in Old Delhi. Roshan is initially stunned by the mad rush of neighbours: Ali Baig (Rishi Kapoor) the renaissance man, feuding brothers Madangopal (Om Puri) and Jaigopal (Pavan Malhotra), their wives and families, Mamdu (Deepak Dobriyal) the halwai, Gobar (Atul Kulkarni) the simpleton, Sethji and many others. Roshan eventually warms to the place and wholeheartedly embraces the sense of community. He accompanies his grandmother to the Ramleelas, hangs out at Mamdu’s sweet stall, plays with the children, and gradually becomes steeped in the culture.

Roshan is also slowly exposed to some unusual realities. When Annapurna faints (due to fluctuating blood sugar levels) and they scramble to get her to a hospital, he finds the roads choked by traffic because of an impromptu ceremony around a cow in labour; he is further surprised when his grandmother, despite her stupor, stumbles forth to seek the blessings of a sacred cow; and he is astounded when the local police seem to encourage the practice. Roshan begins to understand the feuds and social issues in the community. Madangopal’s sister Rama (Aditi Rao Hydari) is unwed (at an age when spinsterhood is a significant social no-no) and Jaigopal’s electrical business is going nowhere. The lecherous old local money lender Lala Bhairam (Prem Chopra) is married to a young woman Shashi (Geeta Bisht) who, in turn, is having an affair with a young photo-studio hand Suresh (Cyrus Sahukar). Suresh is a double timer who is also pursuing Madangopal’s daughter Bittu (Sonam Kapoor). Bittu secretly wants out of the stuck-in-time Old Delhi; she secretly prepares to audition for a popular reality show Indian Idol in the hope that she will win her way to Mumbai. Roshan comes to appreciate Ali Baig’s cosmopolitan tastes and is surprised to learn that he fancied his mother many years ago and has since never married. And Roshan comes to empathise with the lower-caste trash collector girl Jalebi (Divya Dutta) who must endure untouchability at social functions except for when some of the brutish locals seek company. Roshan crosses paths with the loutish inspector Ranvijay (Vijay Raaz) who blithely stretches his authorities to manhandle the locals and becomes acquainted with the assembly-woman who displays political power at every opportunity.

sonam kapoor in the song -maskali — Sonam Kapoor in Delhi 6 film

During That time, the news media is all abuzz with tales of a fearsome terror known only as the “Kala Bandar” (The Black Monkey). This miscreant (never shown clearly in the film) attacks people, steals and has caused the death of a few innocent people. (These deaths are mostly accidental, as in the example of a pregnant housewife who was supposedly startled by a silhouette and fell down a flight of stairs or the unfortunate man who was briefly zapped by a live electric wire.) Nonetheless, the local news picks up on every move by the kala bandar and loudly blares about all his exploits. Jaigopal, the self-proclaimed electronics genius, theorises that the kala bandar likely has an electrical circuit (to zap his victims) and may be electrocuted by water; this rumour is quickly propagated.

Pre-production / Production of the film :

During Pre- development it was rumoured that Rakeysh was going to cast newcomers for his next film. It was even reported that Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan would make his debut with Delhi-6 but this was later revealed to be Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Frequent changes in casting made headlines, with Hrithik Roshan being set to play the main character and then being reportedly replaced by Ranbir Kapoor. Even Akshay Kumar was supposed to play the lead but refused. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra stated that Abhishek Bachchan was always the first choice for Delhi-6. Date problems for Abhishek Bachchan caused delays, but it all worked out in the end with Abhishek portraying the lead actor. Sonam Kapoor was paired as the leading female character with Abhishek Bachchan. Rishi Kapoor and Tanvi Azmi are also a part of the film. The film went on the floors on 20 February 2008. Amitabh Bachchan plays the grandfather to of Abhishek Bachchan’s role name is Roshan, whereas Waheeda Rehman plays the grandmother of the Roshan.

Production designer Samir Chanda, who had earlier worked with Mehra on Aks film (2001) and Rang De Basanti (2006), recreated inner lanes of Old Delhi at Sambhar, a town in Rajasthan with similar architecture. Also for some scenes, historic Jama Masjid was digitally added to the frame as a backdrop. Editor is Meghna Aschit and Rakeysh’s wife Bharthi. In an interview Rakeysh said that he was not involved with the editing.

Delhi-6 was first unveiled on the Dubai International Film Festival. Following the screening was an interactive question and answer round, consisting of the director with the rest of the starcast and a vast audience. During this interaction, Rakeysh spoke about his key influences and the theme of the film, while actors described their experience of working with Rakeysh. A video featuring Abhishek and Sonam’s interview can be watched in the reference along with this section.The official trailer was released on 4 January 2009 which featured scenes from Delhi along with Jama Masjid, theatre groups, Red Fort at night, Sonam Kapoor coming out of a public escalator at Central Park in Delhi and finally Abhishek watching Sonam dancing with the pigeon “Masakali” on her head.

The film was supposed to be released on 13 February 2009, but A. R. Rahman’s continued absence from the project led to a delay release. The background score remained incomplete and delayed release by one week. Delhi-6 was finally released on 20 February 2009 and premiered in New Delhi on 19 February 2009. It had its first screening on 15 February 2009 in New York.

Reports of Kala Bandar (Black Monkey) attacks in the city of Delhi as shown in the film are inspired by real reports of much publicised monkey or monkeyman attacks in and around Delhi in 2001.

Delhi-6 Movie Review :

Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India rated it three out of five stars, saying, “Watch it for the message of Delhi-6 and the ekdum desi India-feel”.

Rachel Saltz of The New York Times stated “Delhi-6 can be maddeningly vague, which robs its ending…of the impact it intends”.

Shashi Baliga of Hindustan Times gave the film 3 out of 5 saying “Mehra sure has his heart in the right place. But couldn’t he have allowed himself… and us, a little more fun?”

Anupama Chopra of NDTV said that the film is a noble failure: “Delhi-6 is ambitious and well-intentioned, but good intentions don’t always translate into good cinema”.

Public Reaction of the film Delhi 6

Delhi-6 Movie Songs and Music :

This Film music was released on 14 January 2009 at the Indian Idol 4 competition. A.R. Rahman is the music director of this film. Prasoon Joshi is the lyricist.The first video of the song “Masakali” was released starring Sonam and Abhishek with a pigeon. However, the song was not part of the original film. According to the director, “The song was not really meant to be part of the narrative. I mean, who would think of putting in a song about a dove in a film like Delhi-6? It just happened. When I came to the pre-climax portion of my script, I was stuck. I needed a continuity link taking the narrative to its finale”. Other videos released include the title track “Delhi-6”, the romantic song “Rehna Tu” as well as the folky “Genda Phool,” an adaptation of a folk song from Chhattisgarh.

“Masakali”………………………………Mohit Chauhan
“Arziyan”…………………………….Javed Ali, Kailash Kher
“Dilli-6” (French lyrics by Viviane Chaix, Claire)………….Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Tanvi Shah, Viviane Chaix, Claire
“Rehna Tu”…………………..A. R. Rahman, Benny Dayal, Tanvi Shah, Rishu Raj
“Hey Kaala Bandar”…………Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Srinivas, Bonnie Chakraborty, Ember
“Dil Gira Dafatan”……………..Ash King, Chinmayi
“Genda Phool”…………….Rekha Bhardwaj, Shraddha Pandit, Sujata Mazumder, Mahathi
“Bhor Bhaye” (Raag: Gujri Todi)……….Shreya Ghoshal, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
“Aarti (Tumre Bhavan Mein)”……….Rekha Bhardwaj, Kishori Amonkar, Shraddha Pandit, Sujata Mazumder
“Noor” (Recital)………………Amitabh Bachchan

“Masakali”…Song :

Abhishek Bachchan – Sonam Kapoor in the song

Box-office collection of the film :

First Day………. Rs. 4.77 crores
Saturday………. Rs. 4.81 crores
Sunday……….. Rs. 5.88 crores
First Weekend………. Rs. 15.47 crores
Monday…………… Rs. 2.10 crores
Tuesday………….. Rs. 2 crores
First Week………. Rs. 22.20 crores
Second Week….. Rs. 5.53 crores
Third Week…….. Rs. 1.79 crores
Lifetime India (net)….. Rs. 31 crores
Worldwide Gross…… Rs. 52 crores

Delhi-6 Movie – 2009 : Hindi Film