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50 reviewers have given Delhi Belly an average rating of 4.9/5.0 (?)
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Thumbs up by Stefan S, A Nutshell Review ...a very audacious, tightly knit plot... full review
Thumbs up by Anna Vetticad, annavetticadgoes2themovies ...a celebration of basic human goodness as it is an essay on how “shit happens” unexpectedly for no fault of ours.... full review
Thumbs up by Naresh Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice ...Best Comedy of the Year... full review
Thumbs up Best Of Bollywood ...There is an overdose of toilet humor and expletives, agreed that it is an adult movie but some of the content can be even embarrassing to watch along with your fellow adult. ... full review
Thumbs up by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express ...The guy who made Game is capable of this? Who’da thunk!... full review
Thumbs up by Bobby Sing, Bobby Talks Cinema.com ...Enjoyable, Raunchy, Weird, Shocking, Disgusting, Sick, Abusive and A HIT.... full review
Thumbs up by Rima Bhatia, Bolly Spice ...The concept is not entirely original. It is not the first time that a Hindi film has been inspired by Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.... full review
Thumbs up by Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama ... DELHI BELLY is a boy's film predominantly [although the women have key roles to play] and boy's films are always fun.... full review
Thumbs up Bollywood Mantra ...The flawless direction, air-tight script, soothing music by Ram Sampat, eye-catching cinematography that lifts the perfect picture of Delhi and funny dialogues are the factors that makes ‘Delhi Belly’ a film not to be missed.... full review
So-So by Dhrithi Gulvadi, BookmyShow ...a lot of unwanted scenes and the usage of abusive language has led to sabotage the integrity of the movie. ... full review
Thumbs up by Charu Mahesh, Buzz in Town ...'Desi' raunch at its best!... full review
Thumbs up by Bikas Mishra, DearCinema ...Masala with Flavors of Our Times... full review
Thumbs up by Payal Khanna, Desi Martini ...SHIT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US (IN BRACKETS) ... full review
Thumbs up by Ankur , Desi Martini ...KHANS SHIT-CRAMMED BELLY IS DIAMOND-LACED... full review
Thumbs up by Yusuf, Desi Martini ...Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. This 1998 Guy Ritchie flick is considered a text book, for believers, in adapting, making slice of life movies with crime as its basic premise... full review
Thumbs up by Smita, Desi Martini ...A bellyfull of everything ... full review
Thumbs up by Roy D'costa, Desi Martini ...Belly Belly Good... full review
So-So by Ameetbhuvan, Desi Martini ...Crass Humor Made Glamorous... full review
Thumbs up by Mihir Fadnavis, DNA ...lethally funny and cynical... full review
Thumbs up by Deepa Deosthalee, Film Impressions ...WHEN RITCHIE MET BOYLE... full review
Thumbs up by Deepa Gahlot, Film Impressions ...Quentin Tarantino would be pleased to know that somewhere in the world filmmakers are still following the style book he abandoned a while ago... full review
Thumbs up by Rachit Gupta, Filmfare ... Imran Khan and Poorna Jagganath share fantastic chemistry. ... full review
Thumbs up by Nupur Barua, fullhyd.com ...This is Imran's best performance till date. He seems far more at ease speaking in English with a bit of Hindi thrown in now and then, as an afterthought. ... full review
So-So by Pankaj Sabnani, Glamsham.com ...Vir Das is good. Watch out when he's dressed in a burkha in a jewellery shop.... full review
Thumbs up by Akhtar Sayyed, Gomolo.in ...KUNAL ROY KAPOOR… the show stealer… after looking to his performance you will really stop purchasing chicken from thela walas and you will really start hating the orange juice… ... full review
Thumbs up by Mayank Shekhar, Hindustan Times ...You don’t think. You don’t wish to as well. A hilarious, situational plot after another, often testing the bounds of delicious profanity -- smartly written (Akshat Verma), dramatically executed (Abhinay Deo) -- is pretty much the point of this pic. ... full review
Thumbs up by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live ...guarantees a good laugh... full review
Thumbs up by Kaveree Bamzai, india today ...A hairy-chested Aamir Khan thrusting his pelvis at the audience while stomping the dance floor in three-inch platform shoes alone is worth the price of admission. ... full review
Thumbs up by Shubhra Gupta, indian express ...Is 'Delhi Belly' really Deo’s doing, or his producer Aamir Khan’s, who wraps up this crisp 100 minuter with a crotch thrust that out-thrusts all recent crotches in Bollywood.... full review
Thumbs up by Komal Nahta, koimoi ...Watch it for the bold scenes, the foul language and the situational comedy. And if you don’t like any of that, keep away!... full review
Thumbs up by Sanjukta Sharma, Live Mint ...you know what’s going to happen next. The writer is more concerned with how scenes and dialogues build the comic moments. ... full review
Thumbs up by Shubha Shetty-Saha, MiD DAY ...Poorna has a strong screen presence. ... full review
Thumbs up Mixed Bag ...Expletives are a part of life, no less than our own fart is. The ones who could avoid any or both of these inevitable truths of life must not watch this movie.... full review
Thumbs up Movie Talkies ...It is interesting to note that though he may be the most known of the lot, Khan sees himself nearly upstaged by his two colleagues, with Kunaal's Nitin the film's breakout character.... full review
Thumbs up by Satyen K Bordoloi, Now Running.com ...Wicked voice of new India ... full review
Thumbs up by Mansha Rastogi, Now Running.com ...Delhi Belly is a powerful combination of clever writing, brilliant story and crazy, grungy humour. A must watch. ... full review
Thumbs up by Bhavikk Sangghvi, Planet Bollywood ...Vijay Raaz is a fabulous actor and he proves it once again with this film. He is just outstanding. ... full review
Thumbs up by Raja Sen, Rediff ...Shenaz Treasury, who acts her best with her head in a brown paper bag (who knew tear-soaked cleavage could be so funny?)... full review
Thumbs up by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters ...the script is a strong one, and writer Akshat Varma manages to keep you engaged in his story. ... full review
Thumbs up by Ruchi Mehta, Roochster ...They all added up to making the movie what it is. Even Shenaz Treasurywala, Vijay Raaz and Poorna Jagannathan are worth a mention for their performances.... full review
Thumbs up by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies ...But then, you brush away these questions and enjoy the film. There are so many aspects to savor. ... full review
Thumbs up by K N Gupta, SmasHits.com ...Imran plays excellent even in his new avatar of a kind of villain.... full review
Thumbs up by Janhvi Patel, StarBoxOffice ...Shenaz Treasury is aptly cast as Imran's dumb and pretty girlfriend.... full review
Thumbs up by K K Rai, STARDUST ... A brilliant flick!... full review
Thumbs up by P S Arjun, The Cine Segye ...Mocking Offensive, Vulgar and Entertaining youth film... full review
Thumbs up by Pratim D Gupta, The Telegraph ...Imran’s effortlessly good, coming across as an old and rightful resident of this eccentric world of Delhi Belly.... full review
Thumbs up by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ...For the first time, we get a film where characters actually speak the language real young people speak. And no, nobody's morals get corrupted. ... full review
Thumbs up by Reel Reptile, Upper Stall ...Delhi Belly is a MASSIVE step forward for mainstream Bollywood, the perfect (and rare) case of a smart script backed by a top producer and effective marketing skills. ... full review
Thumbs up by Kunal Guha, yahoo! India ...Vir is clearly the most talented and entertaining of the three and Imran is the least.... full review
Thumbs up by SpiceZee Bureau, ZEENEWS.COM ...Cinema purists too may cry foul that the film does not really have a soul and is not really trying to say anything. Though a legitimate accusation, in not having a soul and not really being concerned or serious about anything, the film holds a mirror to a large section of the country. And that is a big statement in itself. ... full review
Delhi Belly - Movie Details
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- Producer: Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan
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, Ronnie Screwwala, Jim Furgele - Director: Abhinay Deo
- Lead Cast: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur
- Supporting Cast: Vijay Raaz, Shenaz Treasurywala
- Story: Akshat Verma
- Music Director: Ram Sampat
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- Running time: 110 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Dark Comedy
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Comments (28)
my take ...
... if you have have seen the movies of tarantino, guy ritchie and kubrick ... you can feel the same spirit lingering in this movie as well .... weirdly funny .... intelligent editing ... excellent charatcter placement ... comic timing of sardarji was The perfect .... and where was Vijay Raaz these days... after 'break ke baad' & 'that movie with Sonam' it was good to see Imraan Khan in this movie ... and of course loved the dialogues !!
I watched the Hindi version, and it was mad. Yes, mad is the keyword, I believe. The dialogues? Killer. Specially when you watch this one in Hindi.
"Which also means if you are conservative in your taste in films, you should stay away. " - True that.
I am looking forward for the English version, now, though. ;)
Oh come on @Vishal, that's giving it a little too much credit, no? I'd just watch it for what it is, because it is enjoyable even so.
@Arjit we should exchange notes after we are done watching the other version :D
WHAT I SHOULD DO.....GO FOR THE DESI VERSION OR THE ENGLISH VERSION............WHICH ONE IS THE ORIGINAL....?
Don't know yet Guddu. I hope to see the Hindi version tonight.
From what I have heard, the Desi Version is "toned-down" so as to be in sync with the "desi audience". So you did watch the right version.
I saw the Hindi version, Meetu. Didn't even know there were two versions till the guy at the counter sniffed & said, "Yeh Hindi pikchar hain, madam" and my friends hooted at my high-maintenenceness. To come back, I thought it would be more real that way. But a number of the dialogues felt weaker because they were literal translations. For example, the scene where a girl is asked if she'll wait, in Hindi, she says, "Main dekhti hoon." which sounds neither as cool nor as decisive as "I'll see."
I entirely agreed with your review.
Direction: 3.5
Story: 3
Lead Actors: 3
Character Artists: 3.5
Dialogues: 3.5
Screenplay: 3.5
Music Director: 4
Lyrics: 4.5
@Rahul @Idea ohh...this is really confusing. Why would Aamir Khan do this? A film set in the belly of Delhi is English? I went for the supposedly Hindi version (marked as Hindi on bookmyshow) and it turned out to be English (AND had an interval!)
@Idea Thanks!
@someone_talked_of10 really? you didn't like the lead actors? I loved them. :D
Hey Meetu i watched the desi version and i do felt the same way as you.The movie was stretching too much for it's explicit content although the plot was moving smoothly.It was good to a extent but not as i expected.what really this movie lacks is the equal ratio of morality to it's adulterous theme.Well it's not necessary as it is negligible but i think the writer went to far without checking predominately .
Agree with your review. I thought it average. A little slow actually - it could have used some tightening. Vijay Raaz was superb, Imran could use some acting classes.
Call it ironic: The very first promo of Delhi Belly had a voice over by Amitabh Bachchan. 6 months later, the very movie AB helped promote killed his movie(BHTB)'s chance at the BO.
@Amodini really? i thought Imran was pretty good. I was pretty happy with the length and generally the screenplay too.
@Vishal oh well, sh*t happens...
Nice elaborate review, meetu...
While the performances were good, i thought the film wasnt as great as it was made out to be by the media...
here's what i thought -
http://eatpraylovemovies.blogspot.com/2011/07/delhi-belly-2011.html
Thanks Mansi. I think that would be the average reaction of everyone who saw it after the first weekend. People who go to watch films after they've heard a lot of good reviews about it, are likely to like it a little less. There's a research paper in there somewhere.
I think too many abuses and one chap sitting on the comode throughout the film - bad taste, not a communicative language
Don't know why Aamir Khan made such a film
@Iqbal it is a tough one, isn't it? Accept language the way it is used in daily life, or not. I'm not saying the language used by you or me, it is they way these characters in the film would use it.
Superb!!!!! This shows improved quality of Bollywood movies. Awesome movie. Don't have words................
U seem to have stopped writing the Notepad section. That was the best part of wogma.
Mohit, you are the third person who has asked for it since I stopped writing it (due to lack of time and energy after having watched and reviewed two movies in a day). I'm going to try reviving it from this week onwards. :D
Delhi Belly for me was an INSANELY FUNNY movie. I enjoyed it totally, the profanity notwithstanding..what the heck, we hear more profanity on the streets nowadays. Anyway, the movie is great. It definitely pushes the envelope as far as Bollywood film making goes. Good, tight direction, good performances (all the leads and especially Vijay Raaz who manages to look menacing amid all the mad cap adventures going around), cheeky songs (DK Bose for obvious reasons as well as Ja Chudail for being 'desi' in lyrics and 'videsi' in music/treatment). Good situational comedy-good one liners as well at places. Must see (without family :-)
This is definetely a massive..... hats off to Amir u r just amazing... its better than any other bollywood comedy flick... whoever has not watched this movie go for it.. have fun....its a great stressbuster...
funny time pass movie.songs are good too...
The movie was ok, not really as good as hyped.People just live novelty and when novelty comes with vulgarity they like it even more! Did they really have to use the "T*tt*" word so much ? Trying hard to make everyone laugh
Delhi Belly is breath of fresh air. It's path breaking movie which has no parallels in Indian Cinema...... Effortless humor, Brilliant screenplay, stellar performances, true representation of Indian youth lingo makes Delhi belly stand apart. It's not a movie for faint-hearted.... Go for it, it will leave you spellbound.....
If this is the film that represents the youth of India then I am ashamed to be a part of it. Has the intellect vaporized away? Is the only way to entertain Indian audiences is to show verbal abuses, farts and loose motions repeatedly from starting till end? Everything looked so deliberate in this movie.
I have been part of college skits where toilet humor is always present. But those skits were much more entertaining. Abuses don't have to be used just for the heck of it, it should create humor otherwise there is no point.
Aamir Khan has lost his mind after 3 idiots and he is also going the path of Shahrukh Khan. I felt intellectually insulted by watching Shahrukh Khan movies now Amir Khan is doing same thing to me.
I am amazed that another movie about youths "Pyar ka Punchnama" has got only lukewarm reviews at Wogma while "Delhi Belly" is termed a new age movie.
@Sachin my deal was this - like in real-life, i filter out the profanity, i don't give them any more or less weight than regular words. I don't say, it doesn't bother me, but i try my best to not let it bother me. Toilet humor and stuff - i agree with you completely. "Pyar ka Punchnama" had its share of abusive language too.
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