Having grown up watching more of HBO & Star Movies than any other Indian channel airing Hindi films, tends to give you distaste to all the films that Bollywood churns out like a factory. You could watch any genre of films from the Western world and they would be worth watching. It’s not about the style the film is shot in or that it offers something new, but it’s the entire package that it comes in that makes it an experience. Bollywood films for the last 50 years have been unable to do just that. Once in a blue moon there is a new director who tries something different and usually gets shot down. A recent example of this would be the Aamir Khan starrer Dhobi Ghat. The different technique, the pace of the story and the flow of the entire film wasn’t really a treat. A bunch of camera happy teenager’s with a star cast of that caliber and a budget that high could have pulled it off. However, the new Aamir Khan produced Delhi Belly is otherwise.
Moving on from the slapstick comedies such as Golmaal, Welcome, Mujhse Shaadi Karoge, Bhool Bhulaiya, Ready, comes Delhi Belly. It is the advent of new intellectual directors who know that there is a audience who can understand what real comedy is about.
Delhi Belly revolves around 3 friends who live together and the twists and turns that they endure and go through because of mostly adrenaline pumped decisions. Somewhere based along the lines of The Hangover, it has a very easy to understand script which is paced well enough to not really need you to be Sherlock to understand what’s going on and what the repercussions of each of these three’s actions are. Adding to their poor judgments of the situation are Imran Khan’s & Vir Das’ girlfriends who bring on very funny episodes to the film. The excessive foul language in the film coupled with scenes that should make you want to look away makes it an even more interesting watch. You somehow tend to not mind the excessive bruises, unnecessary shootings, and God alone knows how many toilet scenes, it will make you just want to laugh with your eyes wide open so that you don’t miss anything!
The fact that the actors play these roles so naturally just adds to the good taste of the film. It isn’t something you may want to watch with your parents but most definitely something you can enjoy with your friends, especially in theatres that don’t censor the cuss words. It is a must watch and it is a must that you don’t buy a tub of pop-corn because you’ll be bouncing about in your seats laughing quite literally – your asses off.
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