In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
8K
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- Director
- Writers
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra(story & screenplay)
- Prasoon Joshi(story & screenplay)
- Kamlesh Pandey(story & screenplay)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra(story & screenplay)
- Prasoon Joshi(story & screenplay)
- Kamlesh Pandey(story & screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 11 wins & 24 nominations
Dayashankar Pandey
- Kumar
- (as Daya Shankar Pandey)
- Director
- Writers
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra(story & screenplay)
- Prasoon Joshi(story & screenplay)
- Kamlesh Pandey(story & screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe role of Roshan Mehra, played by Abhishek Bachchan, was offered to Hritik Roshan, Siddharth (Rang De Basanti (2006) fame), Imran Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Akshay Kumar.
- GoofsThe Monkey-Man incident occurred in Delhi in 2001--but the Delhi metro rail began in 2002.
- Alternate versionsFor theatrical release, the film was a given a U/A classification. It was later re-edited for video release (not home video) in order to achieve a U rating. This version is available on Netflix. Cuts were made in scenes of smoking/drinking and some dialogue.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Darling (2010)
- SoundtracksMasakali Masakali, Matakali Matakali
Written by Prasoon Joshi
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Performed by Mohit Chauhan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
Featured review
I'm sorry Mr. Mehra, I underestimated you
I remember the time the song "Masakkali" hit our TV screens. I felt a good vibe about this movie, later found out that it was from the same director who did RDB, one of my favourites. Being a regular IMDb user, the ratings below 7 barely encouraged me to watch it though. Obviously, the movie never achieved the popularity status anywhere near to that of RDB.
But for some reason, almost 4 years later, I decided to give it a try and I have to apologise Mr. Mehra for underestimating him. It is nigh impossible to emulate RDB but Delhi 6 shouldn't have done his prospects any harm. If there was anything like an Indian Oscar, Delhi 6 would have been a strong contender, considering the paucity of quality movies that get made in the biggest film industry in the world. As someone who is relatively familiar to the ways of Indian society and mentality, it was a stark depiction of the intricacies that form the gullies and chowks. The colours and noise and the varieties of personalities just illuminates the first half or so. The latter half shows the dark side, naivety, greed, ignorance, pettiness which can quite easily ruin a society.
Nothing compelled me to write something here other than the fact that moviegoers have decided to rate it 6, which is a pity. No wonder, movies like Dabangg seem to reap financial rewards and recognition and the ones like Delhi-6 are left to stray into oblivion. I loathe bollywood in general, not so bollywood music, but Delhi-6 gives me hope.
But for some reason, almost 4 years later, I decided to give it a try and I have to apologise Mr. Mehra for underestimating him. It is nigh impossible to emulate RDB but Delhi 6 shouldn't have done his prospects any harm. If there was anything like an Indian Oscar, Delhi 6 would have been a strong contender, considering the paucity of quality movies that get made in the biggest film industry in the world. As someone who is relatively familiar to the ways of Indian society and mentality, it was a stark depiction of the intricacies that form the gullies and chowks. The colours and noise and the varieties of personalities just illuminates the first half or so. The latter half shows the dark side, naivety, greed, ignorance, pettiness which can quite easily ruin a society.
Nothing compelled me to write something here other than the fact that moviegoers have decided to rate it 6, which is a pity. No wonder, movies like Dabangg seem to reap financial rewards and recognition and the ones like Delhi-6 are left to stray into oblivion. I loathe bollywood in general, not so bollywood music, but Delhi-6 gives me hope.
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- JoshLaver
- Mar 25, 2013
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- Delhi - 6
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $879,913
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $602,850
- Feb 22, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $13,125,579
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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