Cast: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Poorna Jagannath, Shenaz Treasury
Rating: ****
A crisp 96 minuter which takes you deep down the shit holes of Delhi and leaves you wondering whether all those rib tickling jokes were just potty humor or did you genuinely find them funny?3 guys, midst dirt, messy apartment( basically some of our true stories) and some more dirt is what this movie revolves all around.
The story line is simple, crystal clear. As they say humor is relative, what I may find funny you might not and so this movie is aptly given the adult rating(1- do not even take your kids to this one)(2 - if your a bachelor and you miss this one then don't blame me when your girl quotes a line from this one and your left wondering as to what, that was!). I was left wondering how the censor board let through so many things...SO MANY THINGS'.
There are parallel screenplays that keep colliding but are totally understandable. The film is about three Delhi bachelors, Tashi (Imran Khan), Arup (Vir Das) and Nitin (Kunaal Roy Kapoor), living in (by far) the filthiest place EVER!All of them do have a professionally stable background. Where Arup is a cartoonist , Nitin a photographer and Tashi a reporter they are the usual bachelors who have no interest(at all) in household work and totally hate their landlord.
Their routine life gets all haywire once they get their shit mixed up(literally) and deliver a wrong package. And just for fun, just for FUN the wrong package that is being delivered is a stool sample!
What works in favor of the film is its dialogues and wonderful acting and even though the story does not have ground breaking stuff to offer you will not have time to relax your face muscles. By the time your down laughing about one thing another takes your toll.( I mean it). Can you but not stop laughing when a Russian has a firecracker stuck in his bum, a ceiling collapses and a brand new car gets its way trashed into pieces?
There were times where I felt that the dialogues never sounded very 'Delhi' but yes the visuals were strong enough to remind me of the ugliest places and areas of Delhi and covered up for all those flaws.
Abhinay Deo after his little painful Game has done a brilliant job with this one and made sure that the technical side remains brilliant. Editing and casting are worth applaud. Rather I would give Delhi Belly the best casting for any movie this year.
Where Vir das has killed it with his brilliant comic timing, I felt Imran Khan was a bit repetitive and could have done well. But Vijay Raaz is the hero for me. He has just taken it from the best villain to a WOW villain to me. Ram Sampath's music might be all contained in the background score and is thrown at you at the very moments it should have, the song Jaa Chudail is freaking hilarious.
This might not work with the masses cause of the fact that most of it is in English and that acts as a huge barrier.Plus such profanity and insanity is never seen in Hindi Cinema. The A certificate cant stop the awesomeness of the movie and it will cater to its audience in the best way possible.
Bollywood has taken a big and BOLD step with this one , and once again , it is Aamir Khan who has showed the way! He's not only given us a movie that we will be talked about , but has also come to Imran's rescue, and given him a much needed re-launch.
Comparing this one to any of our oldies will be a shame cause this is a Movie in itself and will have its identity for times to come.
Its crude, its wild but its a movie you can watch twice, thrice or any number of times and still laugh and have fun.
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