Delhi-6

A Ronnie Screwala & Rakeysh (watch the spelling!) Omprakash Mehra produced movie with the later directing a fine cast of Waheeda Rehman, Om Puri, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Atul Kulkarni, Abheshek Bacchan, Divya Dutta, K.K. Raina, Supriya Pathak supported by Sonam Kapoor (she is the heroine but couldn't manage to direct the limelight towards her), Cyrus Sahukar, Vijay Raaz, Pavan Malhotra and with a special appearance of Amitabh Bacchan.
The story starts with an ailing mother, Annapurna of an NRI in New York expressing her wish to die in her own soil. As the son vehemently refuses to return to India (possibly due to some earlier confrontation with his late father), her grandson, a young man named Roshan suggests to take the responsibility. So it was Roshan who takes his Dadee to her home in old Delhi with the pincode 110006. As soon as he sets his feet on the lanes of Delhi-6 he is introduced to several of the locals including, Ali Baig (a silent lover of Annapurna and a close friend to her late husband), feuding brothers Madangopal & Jaigopal and their families, sweet merchant Mamdoo, Gobar the simple God-fearing soul and the Sethji and others.
With time Roshan, though quite intrigued by the compromised lifestyle of each and every member of the locality, gradually warms up to the place and secretly becomes attached to Bittu, the daughter of Madangopal who has a dream of making it to the Indian Idol and winning it. In this regard she seeks the help of Suresh, the cameraman and an opportunist.
Meanwhile the media creates a hype following the sudden appearance of a miscreant monkey and names it Kala Bandar. So it was not surprising that Gobar accidentally getting a glimpse of the same creates panic in the midst of an ongoing stage performance during RamLeela. At this juncture Roshan falls prey to the corrupt local police Inspector Ranvijay as he questions the laters unjustified actions following the commotion. He is sent to jail and it was Ali who bribes the inspector to release Roshan. Roshan also comes across the local trash-collector Jalebi, the untouchable and gets to understand the social evils that still prevails in these modern times. As he gradually gets the feel of the people in and around the community, a misunderstanding caused some locals to accuse Roshan as an immoral womanizer. But inspite of feeling a cursed flavour of the Indian life, Roshan is himself surprised to find more and more atraction towards these people.
Soon Roshan gets a taste of communal violence following the trivial case of the Kala Bandar which was taken up as a religious issue by the opportunistic Hindu assembly woman and Sethji and Haji Sulaiman, an older Muslim of the locality. Each incites his/her community and soon the whole area, that lived peacefully for so many years, gets divided based on religion. In the meantime, Bittu, tired of her father's attempts to get her married and also due to her selection for the Indian Idol finals tries to elope with Suresh to Mumbai, much to the chagrin of Roshan.
So it was now upto Roshan who takes the responsiblity to prevent Bittu from escaping in the one hand and also tries to save the whole community from destroying each other.
How he did this should be left for the audience but as for myself I must say the finishing was a kind of forced type and the delightful way by which it started could not be continued till the end. As to the acting, Waheeda Rehman, Om Puri again proved their class while Abhishek was moderately good but Atul Kulkarni was fascinating and Divya Dutta also played her part well. Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Supriya Pathak were underutilized while Sonam Kapoor and Cyrus was so-so. The lady who player Rajjo Bhabi must be praised for her small role in which she portrayed her character of a middle aged Indian housewife splendidly. The idea of the movie was good, the message that it wanted to convey was fine but as a whole I'll say the storyline was very weak and the same could have been done in a much more elegant fashion.