Delhii Heights - Gives you a new low

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Guest Review by Manish.

Don’t be fooled by the category this film belongs to -”Drama”. There is nothing dramatic about Delhii Heights. When I first read about Delhii Heights, I thought it would be some sort of murder mystery related to a group of individuals residing in a posh high rise in Delhi. Probably if Anand Kumar had thought on those lines, the movie would have still made an impression.

The movie struts on different paths. At one time, it seems like you are watching a stripped down version of “Corporate”, while at another time it seems like you are watching a Rabii Shergill music video. Delhii Heights just fails to hold your attention. Maybe it’s because of the lackluster performances by the lead pair Jimmy Shergill (as Abheer) and Neha Dhupia (as Suhana) or maybe it’s because of the rubbish jokes which Jimmy Shergill tries to crack from time to time.

The movie revolves around Abheer and Suhana, who are a power couple working in rival companies. Don’t ask me what companies or what is their job profile, I can only presume they are brand managers who design campaigns for the brands owned by their companies. Again if I have to make a guess on that after watching the movie for 2 hrs, you can imagine how clearly this information is given out. So anyways, Abheer and Suhana get married and the work pressure takes it’s toll on marital bliss. Add to this the fact that they are star performers in their respective companies which are rivals of each other. As expected their married life suffers. How they overcome their trials and tribulations, to reconcile their differences is what the movie is about.

Rohit Roy(’Bobby’) and Simone Singh(’Saima’) play the other couple whose marriage is on the rocks, because Rohit (”Bobby”) is a compulsive flirt. How Saima works through that and turns Bobby over a new leaf is another plot which has it’s significance (or insignificance as you perceive). Isn’t it beginning to sound like Salaam-E-Ishq ?

Om Puri and Vivek Shauq provide the comedy relief to the tale. Om Puri as a ‘Sardarji’, Timmy Kohli gives a good performance and I believe is the only reason why this movie as an additional star. However acting in such a movie belittles the caliber of an actor of his class.

So unless you are a die hard delhite, who’s eager to see the various hotspots of delhi on film you can give Delhii Heights a miss. Maybe catch “Khanna and Iyer” at DT Cinemas, which is another movie which released this week.

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