Sonu Nigam? On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote:
> Delhi 6- A preview > Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Delhi 6' is reportedly based on Mehra's growing > up years in Chandni Chowk. The story is shown against the backdrop of the > ancient walled city of Delhi, which reflects the true and real India. > *CJ: *Gloria D Souza <http://www.merinews.com/cj/Gloria,Manila>, 8 hours > ago Views:*42* Comments:*0* > DIRECTOR RAKEYSH Omprakash Mehra, after *Rang De Basanti*, is all set > to come out with his next film *Delhi 6*. The movie is reportedly based on > Mehra's growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi. The movie > staring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor will hit the screens on February > 20. The title name of the movie is inspired from the pin code 110006 of the > area 'old Delhi' in Delhi. > > Abhishek Bachchan plays the role of Roshan, who brings his ailing > grandmother (Waheeda Rahman) to India from the United States of America. She > wants to die in her very own country, India. Roshan is unaware of the food, > culture, sounds, religion and beliefs that make up the Indian society. On > arriving in India, Roshan engages himself with his grandmother's > neighborhood and becomes a part of the community. But Roshan does not know > that his very own people have decided to take advantage of his candid > nature. Little did he know that the trip to India will turn out to be the > longest journey of his life. > > Sonam Kapoor plays the role of Bittu, a vivacious and bubbly girl who lives > in Delhi 6. She comes from a conservative family and wants to set herself > free from the typical Indian social structure. > > The story is shown against the backdrop of the ancient walled city of > Delhi, which is completely different from New Delhi. *Other Articles by > Gloria > D Souza <http://www.merinews.com/cj/Gloria,Manila>* *more > **>>*<http://www.merinews.com/allArticles.do;jsessionid=8DF33326A77B4C82C5C2180A74512F23?choice=ByUser&pageNo=1&userId=Gloria%2CManila> > The city is almost a character in itself, which represents the chaos of > India, the people, their religions and beliefs. > > This would be Sonam Kapoor's second film after Saawariya. Other than > Abhishek and Sonam, this UTV production produced jointly by Ronnie Screwvala > and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has Kunal Kapoor, Om Puri, Rishi Kapoor, Waheeda > Rahman, Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah, Deepak Dobriyal, Supriya > Pathak, Pawan Malhotra, Tanvi Azmi, Prem Chopra and many others. > > Amitabh too will be seen in a special appearance, playing the role of his > real life son's grandfather in the movie. > > AR Rahman has composed the music, whereas the lyrics have been penned by > Prasoon Joshi. Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan and Sukhwinder Singh have sung the > songs of the movie. > > However, only a few portions of the movie Delhi 6 were shot in Delhi. An > elaborate set, recreating the walled city was erected at Sambhar on the > outskirts of Jaipur in Rajasthan, where most part of the film was shot. > > A must watch movie, which is tipped to be the biggest blockbuster of 2009. > > http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15709831 > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
