Delhi 6 : by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Delhi 6 , I eagerly wanted to see what Rakesh Mehra has up his sleeves this time around post Rang De.

The film starts with the audience getting the flavour of desi apna pan when Waheeda Rahman along with her grandson Roshan embark to the walled city of Delhi -110006.

The first hour looks at the rat-a-tat of Purani Delhi with jalebi's paratha's , kabootar's , Jama Masjid and rickshaw pullers taking the limelight.

The supporting cast here is splendid with at one side we have stalwarts like Om Puri , Supriya Pathak to the nascent actors like Sonam Kapoor and Cyrus.

The film's premises is the parallelism shown with the Ramayana and "today's environ we live in" depicted well by the frequent Ram Lila sequences.

The love track between Abhishek and Sonam never takes off and the Kala Bandar episode creams through the second half of the film , culminating marvelously , bringing forth the soul of the movie.

High Points :

1. Divya Dutta's performance (Jalebi , the kudewali)
2. Vijay Raaz's performance (Daroga)
3. The Mandir Sequence in last hour
4. AR Rahman's Music

Rakesh Mehra gave a fitting morality opera in today's times and the subtlety just blew me away.

Rating : 4.0 /5.0

Dev D : by Anurag Kashyap

Devdas aka Dev D in this flick is a contemporary guy who is lascivious all the way!

Anurag Kashyap has always gone into the uncharted territory in terms of film making be it Black Friday or unreleased Paanch.

.. and who better than Abhay Deol to execute the same....

London  bred Dev returns to Punjab to meet here childhood sweetheart Paro played by Mahi , in awe of her lust fullness.

Thereafter starts the sweet , sexy , horny guftagoo between the two characters in midst of traditional Punjabi family milieu.

The turning point of the movie , when Dev D leaves Paro seeing her getting married to another , is absolutely mind blowing , with "Emotional Atyachar" track alliviating the same.

The film in the latter half loses track , with alcoholism taking over Abhy's character.

He meets a call girl , Chanda , whose character is etched on the famous Delhi school girl MMS scandal.

The soundtrack of the film is splendid and keeps the story moving. Abhay has lived Dev D , Mahi is a potential Smita Patil!

Anurag , looking forward to some more atypical , bizarre , flaky stuff.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Billu : by Priyadarshan

Billu , brings together Irffan Khan , a contemporary theater actor in frame 2 frame footage with a superstar SRK ..... and we expect fireworks ....

Priyardarshan , the captain , has been always been associated with feel-good comedy flicks with an ensemble of stalwarts , permanent fixtures like Om Puri , Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav to name a few ..

Billu is a little different from the Hungama and Maalamal Weekly installments as it boasts of big wigs ( Deepika , Priyanka and Kareena in cameos)

Its feel good cinema all the way , Billu with his wife (played convincingly by Lara) and kids try to cope the penury in a small village named Budbuda.

Billu has scarcity of customers , kids keep mocking their father and has a doting wife.

One fine day , Sahir Khan , superstar from the tinsel town zooms into the village for shooting of his film , and an off-cuff remark by Billu , triggers a cascade in the village....

The supporting cast is just ok , with Irffan Khan giving a heart warming performance.

I personally found 3 moments worth mentioning :

1. Post Interval Shooting Drama , is one of the hilarious scenes I have ever witnessed.
   
2. Last 30 minutes of the film , brings a flood of emotions...
3. Songs are supremely catchy.

Go and watch it with the entire family...

Rating : 3.0/5.0