Delhi Belly (2011)
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Three roommates find themselves entangled in a dangerous web of crime and blackmail after a package delivery goes horribly wrong.
The story
Three roommates—Tashi, Nitin, and Arup—live a debt-ridden life in a shady Delhi apartment. When Tashi's fiancée, Sonia, agrees to deliver a mysterious package for a crime boss named Cowboy, she asks Tashi to handle it. Tashi reluctantly passes the task to Nitin. However, after consuming some dirty street food, Nitin develops severe diarrhea, making it impossible to deliver the package on time. In a series of chaotic mishaps, the package is mixed up with a stool sample, leading to a violent confrontation with Cowboy's gang and putting the roommates' lives in immediate jeopardy.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Three roommates—Tashi, Nitin, and Arup—live in a shady Delhi apartment. When Tashi's fiancée, Sonia, is tasked with delivering a package for a crime boss, Cowboy, she asks Tashi to do it. Tashi gives it to Nitin, but Nitin becomes incapacitated by diarrhea from street food. Arup ends up carrying the package but accidentally swaps it with Nitin's stool sample. Cowboy, furious over the mix-up, begins a violent search. After a series of events including a blackmail attempt on a landlord and a physical altercation involving Tashi's colleague, Cowboy discovers the package is at a doctor's clinic. After recovering his diamonds, Cowboy orders the roommates' deaths. They narrowly escape a hanging attempt when the apartment ceiling collapses. The trio eventually sells the diamonds but are forced to rob a jeweler to buy back Sonia, who Cowboy has kidnapped. Following a shootout with the police, the roommates survive, Tashi breaks off his engagement, and Nitin keeps a portion of the stolen money.
- First release year
- 2011
- Runtime (minutes)
- 100
- Production countries
- India
- Original languages
- English; Hindi
- Directors
- Abhinay Deo
- Writers
- Akshat Verma · writer
- Cast and characters
- Imran Khan · Tashi Dorjee Lhatoo; Kunaal Roy Kapur · Nitin Berry; Vir Das · Arup Sengupta; Vijay Raaz · Rajesh Bhatia (a.k.a. Cowboy); Rahul Singh · Rajeev Khanna (Menaka's ex-husband); Poorna Jagannathan · Menaka Vashisht; Shenaz Treasurywala · Sonia Mehra; Raju Kher · Zubin Mehra (Sonia's father)
- Genres
- dark comedy; action comedy; black comedy
- Themes
- Friendship; Crime; Consequences of actions
- Tone and mood
- Dark comedy; Irreverent; Wild-ride
- Premise and plot tags
- Buddy film; Crime comedy; Black comedy
- Content notes
- Profanity; Violence; Sexual content
- Reception
- The film received critical acclaim, being described as an 'insanely funny ensemble comedy' and a 'pioneering motion picture' that marks a shift in contemporary Indian cinema. While some critics noted the heavy use of scatological humor, it was generally praised for its screenplay and performances.
- Production trivia
- The film was remade in Tamil as Settai.; The script was originally written under the title Say Cheese.; The film was selected for screening at the Harvard India Conference 2012.
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