We've seen small-budget, 'zara hatke' films like "Khosla Ka
Ghosla" and "Pyaar Ke Side Effects" turn into good
entertainers and rake in moolah at the box office. Something similar
was expected from first time director Anand Kumar's "Delhii Heights".
But he disappoints. If Kumar had executed the story cleverly and
concentrated on fewer characters, he could have made it an appealing
fare.
In the movie, Delhii Heights is the name of a high-rise apartment
in the capital and the story revolves around the people living in
it.
Neha Dhupia and Jimmy Shergill, who are working in rival ad agencies,
are the protagonists in this slice-of-life story. The other couple
in the film is played by Simone Singh and Rohit Roy, who is a big
time flirt.
Apart from them, other residents of the apartments are Om Puri, who
plays a sardar, Vivek Shauq, a bookie, and a band of four boys just
whiling away their time doing nonsensical things.
Too cluttered!
The story is about Jimmy and Neha and how their work messes up their
personal lives ... And finally how they find a solution to put their
married life on track.
In the meantime, Simone catches her flirtatious husband red-handed
with another woman. She walks out on him but an accident forces her
to reconsider her decision.
The story is too predictable to keep the audiences hooked. If the
director had concentrated on the main plot instead of meandering in
too many directions, it could have been a good movie.
As for performances, Om Puri takes the cake and the rest of the cast
seems to be just okay ... you don't mind flaws in the performances
because you know their limitations.
Songs are tolerable but the background score by the debutant music
director Rabbi Shergill works as a deterrent and doesn't really enhance
the situations in the film.
In short, you can give it a miss!
performances because you know their limitations.
Songs are tolerable but the background score by the debutant music
director Rabbi Shergill works as a deterrent and doesn't really enhance
the situations in the film.
In short, you can give it a miss!