Movie Review: Delhi Belly (Hindi) – LOL

Movie Review: Delhi Belly (Hindi) – LOL
Delhi Belly is an entertainer, but I doubt if it really entertains or caters to all tiers of the society says Neil Xavier
On Jul 11, 2011

I wasnot keen on watching Delhi Belly but now that I have watched it, I am glad I did. Delhi Belly is the new venture from Aamir Khan Productions, starring his nephew Imraan Khan in the lead role. All I can say is that I enjoyed watching it despite some obscene dialogues, vulgarity, disgusting scenes and gross humour. To put it simply, it is a movie for people who are ready to accept a realistic portrayal of life.


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Delhi Belly is a comedy film directed by Abhinay Deo and tells the story of three friends sharing living quarters and how things get messed up when a gangster enters their life. Imraan Khan dons the role of Tashi, a journalist and Shehnaz Treasurywala plays his fiancée. Tashi, Nitin his photographer and Arup, a cartoonist form the triad of roommates. Menaka,Tashi’sco-journalist is also part of this gang of friends.


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One day Tashi’s girlfriend hands him a package to be delivered to a particular address and as Tashi gets busy with his official duties hands it over to Nitin to deliver it. But on his way, Nitin gets diarrhea, euphemistically called Delhi Belly and requests Arup the other friend to deliver the parcel and also hands him his stool sample to be delivered to a clinic. And of course Arup mixes up the delivery and this is when the fun starts. Everything that follows is just hilarious and needs to be seen on screen to enjoy the ingenuity with which the plot unfurls. The sound track by Ram Sampath is absolutely cool and the D K Bose song justifiably sets the whole nation tapping its foot and shaking a leg.

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Delhi Belly is an entertainer, but I doubt if it really entertains or caters to all tiers of the society. There are many who for sure did find it disgusting and unacceptable in many ways not least for the excessive bathroom variety of humour. But then each to his own!
Delhi Belly is what it is thanks to the directors, the script writers and the actors in the movie. The actors have all done their roles decently and if I were to mention anyone specially, it would be the actors who played the roles of Imraan Khan’s roommates. They were the life of the movie, along with the excellent script.
Meanwhile, I should also mention that Delhi Belly is originally made in English and dubbed to Hindi. I don’t think the English version runs in Trivandrum but it is a pleasure to say that the dubbed version has perfect audio and video synchronisation. Let me go for a 7.5/10 for Aamir Khan’s Delhi Belly. When the movie ends on a happy note there enters Aamir Khan himself who brings a tantalizing promise of a sequel - Disco Fighter. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.