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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.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 26 nominations
Raghubir Yadav
- Ramleela Narrator
- (as Raghuvir Yadav)
Dayashankar Pandey
- Kumar
- (as Daya Shankar Pandey)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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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)
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Not for people who only like movies to pass the time
I normally very strongly dislike Hindi films. Most people who like intelligent, artful, deep films usually hate films from "Bollywood", and with good reason. There's a reason why Hindi films aren't seriously considered when there is a discussion of great films. Slumdog Millionaire doesn't count for obvious reasons.
Delhi 6 is a film which finally made me believe that there IS potential in India, and a desire to make a film which isn't just meant to be spoonfed to the audience.
For people who have spent their entire lives, watching films which are only what they are at first glance and nothing more, this film will be undoubtedly annoy and bore them. That probably means most of the Indian audience, unfortunately. And that unfortunately means, this film will not do well financially, and will discourage producers from making a wonderful film like this.
Delhi 6 will not make sense to people who take EVERY SINGLE THING in a film literally and don't dig deeper to try and understand the implicit meanings. This film is wonderfully directed, acted, and very evidently produced with heart and love.
I would definitely submit this film as the selection from India for the Oscar foreign film section. It's *that* good.
Don't watch this if you're looking for a "masala" movie. If you're looking for a film which will make you believe in India's ability to make excellent movies, this is it.
Delhi 6 is a film which finally made me believe that there IS potential in India, and a desire to make a film which isn't just meant to be spoonfed to the audience.
For people who have spent their entire lives, watching films which are only what they are at first glance and nothing more, this film will be undoubtedly annoy and bore them. That probably means most of the Indian audience, unfortunately. And that unfortunately means, this film will not do well financially, and will discourage producers from making a wonderful film like this.
Delhi 6 will not make sense to people who take EVERY SINGLE THING in a film literally and don't dig deeper to try and understand the implicit meanings. This film is wonderfully directed, acted, and very evidently produced with heart and love.
I would definitely submit this film as the selection from India for the Oscar foreign film section. It's *that* good.
Don't watch this if you're looking for a "masala" movie. If you're looking for a film which will make you believe in India's ability to make excellent movies, this is it.
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- cooluone
- Mar 31, 2009
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- Also known as
- Delhi - 6
- Filming locations
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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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