1. It’s an evolution in bollywood that has constantly been building up movie after movie. The evolution is about “rejecting the dialogues” and catching up the lines that we speak in real life, But do we speak what Delhi Belly guys do ??. Does anyone disagree? Delhi belly uses expletives in canter, such is the abundance that every second sentence deals with an F word, and even F words are used in different tones, conjugated with different other abusive words to show different emotions. You see, “a fucking chut” is a way of calling a room mate, “fucking rent” is way of expressing rage, “a naked woman lying on a naked man, is called fucking” is a way of taking potshots at friend’s silly queries.
2. There’s this “Hindi going of the boil” and “English coming to fore”, and then its “Hindi back into the thick of things”, brings me to another evolution in current bollywood, which you could label as a brand new garment of new Amir Khan Production mill. Since “Dhobi Ghat” we could see how these two languages are used as if someone is taking trial of Kurta and T-shirts and not at all happy in either way. You see, three roommates talking in English to each other as they come from different parts of India, their Times of India Pal Maneka speaks in English generally but in Hindi with the Hotel maid, the local goons in all mixed up mode, the down-the-ladder-in society Jain family prefers in Hindi, but inspires their child to speak English, though has enough knowledge to pick the fault in a construction of an English sentence, and shows an article is missing.
3. As the title of the movie and the popular tag “s#!t happens” suggest, the movie has a lot of shit and toilet comedy. The obsession to the private areas of the body is so strong that it comes too frequently. Unhygienic Tandoori chicken seller scratches his private, the person who buys it develops a loose motion and washes his ass with Orange juice, the land lord reads blackmail letter sitting on commode, gangster is threatened with a fire cracker in his butt, the police is shot in his butt. Then there are lot of fluids going around- Loose motion, Orange juice, Crows shit, Green chutney. And lot of sounds to back it off – Bullets, Farts, cracked up roofs, and the foot tapping Bharat Natyam [Oops Katthak]. Even the Sky does not let the chance to go off the hands. He pees on Aroop [Vir das] on his break up. Another frequent framing I forgot to mention. The tangled up electric wires over the poles.
4. The sound guys who devised the variety of fart noises – a Bow down from me with no wrong intentions.
5. Speaking of the shit, just go back few years and remember the great “Pushpak” again. Forget slangs, keep in the mind they did not even need any dialogues, to keep it edged in your memory till date and still so much happened over a packed shit.
6. It’s all what you see, is what you get kind of movie. The knocking down of rear view mirror of the car has got nothing to do “no looking back”. Or you could say, if you do think so.
7. The crossing of the t’s and the dotting of the i’s, is so prominent in Delhi belly. Every little detailing of the previous cut is kept in mind. See Maneka says she is lesbian, so she smooches when the partner is in Burqas, the land lord gets the roll of the films, because we were shown that the photographer prefers films over digital. The banana that irks Vir Das so much is actually split over by Shehnaz over the plate. Then Imran getting the idea of Burqas, from a sting of a Burqa clad women passing them.
8. It’s tough to pick a wrong foot in between a laugh riot. Parents meeting girlfriends parents and Vir das boss asking the Banana to be seven percent sad are few scenes that don’t go well. But then there are dialogues which bring you back to what Delhi belly is. “When a donkey f**ks a Rickshaw you get a santro Xing “[SRK not happy?? Oh he is into i10 these days], “Did they shave your head before hangings” are some of that collection. [Nitin Recollecting the “Mill on the floss” reference in the Car, to refer a tonsured head makes it all the more funnier]
9. Vijay Raaz- a Genius. Remember the scene, where he sees shit instead of diamond over his well placed, clean red piece. No angst, No outburst of rage, No Disgust- just a face of a philosopher. He is so experienced in this goon business that nothing bothers him, totally unfazed even in the shittiest situation. Imran is a disaster. Maneka speaks your heart out, when she asks Tashi, “You should loosen up”. The role of Kunaal is the best of lot, just the way he shows how much he gets annoyed when the stomach aches again.
10. Can some one give me one “cha se Chinese noodle” T shirt? Or did they console "chutiya" ?
11. It’s a first try of a bold Adam Sandler-ish comedy in bollywood. But is this what Youth is today in India? The point I want to make is that this brand will take you to no where, which a “Wake up Sid” or “Dil Chahta hai” or “Yuva” could do.
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