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Delhi-6

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American-born Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) agrees to return with his grandmother Annapurna (Waheeda Rehman), to the walled-off area of Delhi, India, where she grew up. Attracted to neighbor Bittu (Sonam Kapoor) and enchanted by the neighborhood's strong sense of tradition, Roshan gradually learns about Old Delhi's less attractive aspects, including caste discrimination and widespread corruption. Meanwhile, rumors of a mysterious, havoc-wreaking black monkey put the city on edge.

Critics Reviews

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 04/26/2019
[Rakeysh Omprakash] Mehra is so focused on getting the setting right that he forgets to move his movie along. It's one thing to translate the slow, old-world quality of the place; it's quite another for your story to have to struggle to come up for air. Go to Full Review Anil Sinanan Time Out 11/14/2016
4/5
Mehra's follow-up to his Bafta-nominated Rang de Basanti is another gritty slice of political Bollywood cinema. Go to Full Review Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times 02/27/2009
4/5
Anchored by a fascinating score from Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, naturalistic performances and a wide cinematic palette, Delhi-6 is a fair introduction to Indian cinema for outsiders -- who will have no clue at times why the audience is laughing. Go to Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 03/08/2009
2/4
Bollywood masala pictures are a bit messy by definition, but this film is simply a disorganized muddle Go to Full Review Maitland McDonagh Miss FlickChick 03/04/2009
Though admirably serious and ambitious, this fish-out-of-water comedy-drama ... is a jumbled collection of moments that range from the touching to the tedious. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/02/2022 Although unbalanced at times, Delhi-6 offers a good mix of old-school romanticism and socio-political commentary, woven together with a stream-of-consciousness style of writing. See more 10/20/2016 Quite slow and dull drama with a simmering relationship story. Only its final telling scene breathes some life into proceedings. See more 04/20/2016 A big credit goes to director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, for giving us such a great view of Delhi in the movie. The background score by A.R Rahaman is just brilliant. The casting could be better. See more 07/15/2015 Excellent movie. Visually mesmerizing. The soundtrack is also very....addicting. Don't trust those reviews. See more 10/04/2014 Takes some time to take shape, with a lump of several consecutive songs in the middle, but once concluded, clearly a good movie that holds up a 'mirror' message : Look within yourself, He isn't far from you..the path to goodness is in you. And also the Kala Bandar (Black Monkey) imagery representing the unkindness in us. (Instead of killing the monkey, we kill each other). Spot-on use of simple effects- the Hanuman play's characters popping up in surreal fashion later, the bells, pigeons, colours, music, etc..Heartwarming and effective! And of course, a very well-cast Abhishek in the lead role :) See more 07/14/2014 These stars are for the magnificent dove dance. Nothing else worth noting. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Director

Abhishek Bachchan

Roshan Mehra

Sonam Kapoor

Bittu Sharma

Om Puri

Madan Gopal Sharma

Rishi Kapoor

Ali Beg

Waheeda Rehman

Annapurna Mehra

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Movie Info

Synopsis American-born Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) agrees to return with his grandmother Annapurna (Waheeda Rehman), to the walled-off area of Delhi, India, where she grew up. Attracted to neighbor Bittu (Sonam Kapoor) and enchanted by the neighborhood's strong sense of tradition, Roshan gradually learns about Old Delhi's less attractive aspects, including caste discrimination and widespread corruption. Meanwhile, rumors of a mysterious, havoc-wreaking black monkey put the city on edge.
Director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Distributor
UTV Motion Pictures
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 20, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$879.9K
Runtime
2h 21m