Delhi Belly

About a couple of weeks ago, on a lush green court of wimbledon playing his quarter final match against Jo wilfred Tsonga, Roger Federer was gallopping all over, firing aces, majestic backhands and sharp winners.Tsonga on the other hand stood belittled in contrast to his inhumanly long frame. It was going to be an end everybody had anticipated well before the start of the match. It was the end to be till a delicious forehand winner from tsonga went past Federer and things were never the same again...

Before you start thinking that i have messed up the title of the blog, let me tell you, the experience of watching Delhi Belly was exactly the same. A film with so much promise, great music, brilliant plot and a maverick producer, things could never go wrong. Still, this film turned out to be, atleast for me, quite forgettable. A lot of "credit" for this can be given to the script and screenplay. With a potentially classic plot, this film could have gone on to be one of the best comedies in Indian cinema. But as they say, a chain is only as strong as the weakest link and the weakest link here was the lead actor Imran Khan. Khan falters at all the departments be it acting, emoting or dialogue delivery. The only thing good about his character in the film is his looks and he is not to be given any credits for that. Supporting actors have done well for their role but the film belongs to Vijay Raaj as the don. He does not have much screen time but whenever he is there he electrifies the screen. His portrayal of the character is totally hilarious. He is one of the few characters in the film whose dialogue delivery does not seem to be forced (talking about the "Hinglish" version). Vir Das also stands out in his portrayal of a cartoonist.

The story of the film revolves around a "package" which Shehnaz, fiancee of khan and an airhostess, has to deliver for a friend of friend. The "package" contains diamonds which shehnaz is unaware of and hands over to khan to be delivered to the specified address. From khan, it changes hands and goes to vir, then kunal and then vir again. In the meanwhile vir also has to take a stool sample of kunal and deliver it to a lab. Vir mixes the package and the don gets the stool and diamonds are delivered to the pathology lab. There are a couple of sub-plots also going around like the khan-poorna story, kunal's stomach disorder and the trio's landlord's story.

Technically the film is very good with some brilliant cinematography and background score.Dark corners of Delhi have been captured very well.

Its really surprising that with so many things going well for the movie, when you step out of the theater, you dont feel good in your head. It promises you lettuce and serves you cabbage ;) (bad joke..... the Delhi Belly effect.... can't blame me..)