An evening spent watching Delhi 6

I had a lot of expectations from Delhi 6. The reason may be that it was directed by the same person who directed Rang de Basanti. The movie was really going nowhere in the first half. I felt the first half lacked content and you can just overcome it by listening to AR Rahman's awesome music. I will talk about music later. The movie overall tries to do too many things and finally achieves little. Out of an average of 3 stars that most critics have given it, I feel one star was solely contributed by its incredulous music.

The movie did not feel that engrossing and was really helped along by its music. It was a little disappointing that I partially went to listen all its songs and there was not even a single full song shown on the movie. But the background music contained a lot of the music from the album itself, so felt nice. There were many good things about the movie as well. First of all, Sonam Kapoor is very refreshing. At a time, when almost all actresses are going the glam route, Sonam looks different and connects immediately with the girl next door image. She does exceedingly well for her character. Abhishek also plays his part pretty well and it was good to see so many people from the old world film industry play their roles. The Kala bandar concept was good but it was stretched a little too much. It may be that I never really paid attention to the news at the time it really happened in Delhi, but in the film it seemed like a bit overdone. The picturization of one song - Dil gira daftan was exceptionally well with traces of India and its traditions in New York City. The song's appeal also contributed to the liking.

Coming to the best thing in the film - the music. The music is simply superb and you cannot resist singing it along when you hear any song. Be it masakkali or the title track or rehna tu or genda phool. Even the Aarti and the Arziyaan song are irresistible. Its been raining spectacular music lately and Rahman is responsible for contributing a large part to it. I feel that the movie is overall watchable.