Ok..seriously what kinda movies do ppl like these days!!
There was a loser who rated 5 stars for DevD?? And quite surprisingly it was a critic for TOI..I mean have they become so perverted!! Come on!! If ur so desperate watch something “else” losers..
And apparently these are the same ppl who ALSO said Delhi6 was the worst movie ever..
Well they probably were too dumb to get the movie..
When i heard the reviews from ppl i know i was really surprised about the fact that ROMP would come up with a “WORST” movie.
BUt nevertheless i believed ppl this time..I lost the interest to go to the theatre to watch it and maybe now i’m wishing i had been to the movies.
Its a movie with unmatched class in the genre of subtlety..Its not that gr8 an entertainer either but if ur really for some “ok-this-seems-to-be-boring-but-infact-has-a-grip” kinda movie u have to watch Delhi6..
The director has taken the element of subtlety to a whole new level..The serious and disturbing part of Indian society are shown in a very light and humorous way yet it does have its intended effect..And the serious part of the movie is taken seriously only in the 2nd half..
I read the graphic novel “watchmen” two days ago and i found a striking similarity to the ending of Delhi6 too..
Four words: “For the Greater Good”
The movie has AB Jr in a pretty simple role..And his role should be a stereotype of the new generation cool dudes..Quite sadly it isnt..
Questioning things but actually trying to find the answer,is what is required instead of blaming and criticising ppl for their old ways, old practices..
The movie is an eye opener for ppl who think India as being a sad country(IF they want their eyes to be opened)..The reason they give when asked why they moved out of India is not cuz they hate the things here,but its cuz they are probably scared to do anything about it.
Its a sad thing that, in India when once upon a time Hindus and Muslims indeed coexisted in harmony as neighbours,sharing and celebrating each other’s festivals has now turned into blood battles and feuds for the most trivial reasons..
The main underlying thought of the movie which’s what ROMP probably wanted to present is that:
“No matter how hard we try to prove amongst ourselves that we are the stronger ones,there will be atleast a few forces or entities that will scare the hell out of us and eventually make us team up with each other for the greater good..Call it Ram..or Allah..or Destiny..Its all the same..”
And the world probably needs such a thing to happen to put an end to all the “RED” shades in the country..
P.S- 4/5 Stars..Rakeysh OM Prakash Mehra has “Actually” done it again..DO watch it if u haven’t..But with NO expectations.
First of all please understand that critically reviewing any work is an art in itself.When a critic says that the movie is not worth watching what he means is that even though it might be euphemistically speaking an ‘entertaining’ one,it doesn’t add anything ‘new’ to the already existing canon of work.For e.g movies like ‘Partner’ might be entertaining but then,take any David Dhawan movie and you’d probably find the same jokes and the same situations with a slight change in plot.Delhi-6 fails for me because,the characters are unconvincing.The Muslim shopkeeper,the Uma Bhartiesque ‘Hindutva’ proponent,The untouchable woman,the simpleton,the NRI…the problem with these people is that they are not developed fully enough in the movie even though most of the first half is spent on that.Also the whole concept of the ‘Kala Bandar’ could have been realized better but it just fails to impress and becomes a nuisance.ROMP might have his heart at the right place but the execution was pathetic.”India works because the people make it work” would be the most inane line that I have heard in recent Indian Cinema.coming to your comparison of Delhi-6 and Watchmen. I would not say ‘For the greater good’ but rather ‘for the greater good even something morally abhorrent(like killing thousands of people) needs to be undertaken’ Watchmen is just not about ‘what happens in the end’ Watchmen is about the difficulty of choices,It is about the powerlessness in the face of nuclear annihilation.It is about hopelessness.In this way ,even though the characters in The Watchmen are super heroes,they are more real than people in Delhi-6(Even making this comparison is a travesty!) because they are full blooded and every facet of their persona is etched out(for e.g you would sympathize with Rorschach even though he is a killer because of his horrible past-you don’t know what kind of pasts the people in Delhi-6 have)and then there is another way to appreciate Watchmen.I hope to draw your attention to each and every graffiti and each and every hotel sign and you would realize that they all point to hidden,deeper meanings.Watchmen is interesting not only because of its ‘content’ but also because of it’s ‘form’ is essentially what I am trying to say.
The movie is not about everything being new but its about everything being put in a new way..Well like u said if every movie is gonna be “never like any done b4” half of the movies will end up being boring..And if u mean “new” it should be “really” new..Well if someone makes a porno out of a historic movie would tat be a new concept too??Cuz DevD is pretty much the same..But yes there are pretty good stuff in that too..Although def not worth 5 stars..As for Watchmen..yes it is about the hopelessness and powerlessness and the hardships involved in taking such a decision..Which is similar to the fact that AB jr decides to become the Kala Bandar..Well i do agree its not as powerfully portrayed as that in watchmen but thats the point of the movie..Showing sensitive issues in the most subtle way possible yet giving the message..Its not a movie where the message is delivered on the plate..but its delivered in a way that you have to dig in thru the hard scales to reach the flesh..The movie neither delivers the message as powerfully as ppl will expect nor does it FAIL to deliver it..All that is required is reading between the lines..