Delhi Belly

The story revolves around three roommates, journalist Tashi (Imran Khan), photographer Nitin Berry (Kunaal Roy Kapur) and cartoonist Arup (Vir Das), leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a shoddy apartment in Delhi. Tashis ditzy fiancée, Sonia (Shenaz Treasurywala), is an air hostess who agrees to deliver a package for Vladimir Dragunsky (Kim Bodnia) to Somayajulu (Vijay Raaz), without realizing its contents or that Somayajulu is a gangster. Sonia asks Tashi to deliver the package. Tashi, in turn, asks Nitin to do so. But Nitin is unable to do so as he is suffering Delhi Belly.

Nitin hands Sonias package to Arup for delivery to Somayajulu, along with a package containing his stool sample for delivery to Nitins doctor. Arup mixes up the two bags. Somayajulu, furious, tortures Vladimir to find his package.Meanwhile, Nitin photographs his landlord with a prostitute. He sends an envelope with the photographs to his landlord to blackmail him.

Tashi is with Sonia, when his colleague Menaka (Poorna Jagannathan) calls him on the pretext of work. When he reaches the place he realizes that it is just a party and Menaka called him just to have fun. Menakas ex-husband Rajeev sees them together and punches Tashi in the eye in a fit of jealousy. Tashi retaliates and knocks Rajeev out. As Tashi and Menaka leave they are chased by a furious Rajeev and his friends who shoot at them.

The duo barely manage to escape.Vladimir informs Somayajulu that the mix-up must have been caused by Sonia as she didnt know what she was carrying in the package. Somayajulu calls Sonia, informs her about the mix-up and asks her to give him the address of the person who had delivered the package. When Tashi arrives into his apartment, he walks into Somayajulu who has Arup standing on a stool with a noose around his neck. On hard interrogation, Somayajulu discovers the mix-up and realizes that the package must be with Nitins doctor.

Nitin gets the package from his doctors office, wherein Somayajulu finds his thirty diamonds hidden inside. Upon recovering his booty, he orders his henchmen to kill the three roommates. One of them is about to shoot Tashi, when another kicks the stool on which Arup was standing to hang him. Luckily for the roommates, the ceiling of the apartment collapses, since it cant take Arups weight. The cave-in knocks out Somayajulu and his men, leaving one with broken arms.

Tashi, Arup and Nitin escape with the diamonds and spend the night at Menakas place. The next day they sell the diamonds to a local jeweller.As the roommates prepare to get out of town with the money, they get a call from Somayajulu who has kidnapped Sonia. He threatens to kill her if they dont return the diamonds. The trio try to buy back the diamonds from the jeweller, who demands double the sale amount.

Without the money, Tashi comes up with a plan. Nitin, Arup, Tashi and Menaka disguise themselves in burqas and rob the jeweller, leaving him the bag of money. They flee in Tashis car with the police on their tail and go to the hotel where Somayajulu is holding Sonia. As they are about to make the exchange with Somayajulu, the police arrive at the hotel room. There is a shoot-out between the police and Somayajulus gang.

Nitin, Arup, Tashi and Sonia, who had hit the floor during the gunfight, are left as the only survivors. Menaka, who by now realises that she likes Tashi, is upset to learn about his engagement and walks away from him. Tashi breaks off his engagement to Sonia. Later, it is revealed that Nitin did not return the cash to the jewellery store owner, and had kept most of the money for himself (whereupon he abandons blackmailing the landlord). The film ends when Menaka comes to the roommates apartment to return Tashis cars hubcap lost while escaping from Rajeev.

Tashi jumps into her car through the open window and kisses her passionately.Producer-actor Aamir Khan is seen dancing in a song and dance performance as the credits start rolling.Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India rated the film with four out of five stars, and said All in all, Delhi Belly is a fine example of how the brightest and the boldest, when they pool in their talent, can create a film that is guaranteed to give you your moneys worth, even as it re-writes all the moth-balled rules of an ageing industry. Enjoy the experience. Pratim D.

Gupta of The Telegraph called Delhi Belly an insanely funny ensemble comedy and praised writer Akshat Vermas original screenplay, which knows the difference between physical comedy and slapstick humour. Behindwoods gave a score of three and a half stars and said that the film was Only for those with a cast iron stomach. further citing In conclusion, it may be said that Delhi Belly caters to a section of the populace that is cool when shit happens. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the movie with four and a half stars and wrote Eventually, Delhi Belly works big time predominantly for the reason that its a pioneering motion picture, an incredible film that dares to pierce into an untapped and brand new terrain. The unblemished, racy screenplay coupled with super performances and a chartbusting musical score will make it a winner all the way.

Mihir Fadnavis of Daily News and Analysis called the script hilarious and bitingly perceptive and gave the film four out of five stars, saying I havent had this much fun at the movies in a long time. Mathures Paul of the The Statesman gave the film four out of five stars, and wrote, Its a fashionable film for fashionable youth. Raja Sen of Rediff gave the movie three stars out of a possible five, saying Delhi Belly has a tight, pacy plot which has lots of satisfying little set-ups and pay-offs. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film three and a half out of five stars, saying Delhi Belly is a filthy comic thriller that works because its a smartly paced wild-ride. He also praised Vijay Raazs performance, saying that the gangsters role had been played wonderfully.

The movie also received high praise from critics outside India. Lisa Tsering of The Hollywood Reporter called it a Sexy, filthy and thoroughly entertaining comedy and that it marks a welcome shift in contemporary Indian cinema. She however pointed out that Aamir Khan overstays his welcome in his cameo at the end of the film, and that a momentary glimpse would have had more impact. Kevin Thomas of The Los Angeles Times said that Akshat Vermas script is imaginative and funny, the films stars are engaging and Delhi Belly adds up to pleasing escapist fare. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian also praised the film, saying that The sheer daftness and goofiness of this Bollywood comedy-farce makes it likable.

Other reviewers, however, deplored the scatological basis of most of the humour and the hackneyed scenarios in the movie. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express had this to say in her review: After a while, the continuous bad tummy rumbles and farts, and the non-stop cussing, wears thin. And please, wearing burqas as disguise is not the only way you can have characters on the run in the grungier parts of town, even if you overlay the chase with the ultra-clever, super-catchy Bhaag D K Bose ditty. There are, believe us, other ways.