Delhi In A Day Movie Reviews

Early morning in Delhi and the Bhatia family is still asleep. That does not mean there is no activity going on in the household. The family's four household helps and two drivers are already awake and running the household machinery, so that their employers can have a smooth morning. But then disaster strikes. The air-conditioner in the master bedroom breaks down and it rudely wakes up Kalpana Bhatia (Lilette Dubey, who was born to play

There's something immensely charming and instantly likeable about Prashant Nair's Delhi In A Day that makes you settle into the plot rather comfortably, quite early on in the film. Despite stray scenes of deja vu (as always, the fish-out-of-water foreigner gets ripped off by a taxi driver after discovering the great Indian traffic and sees touristy exotic frames of the country... you know the ones that don't miss the eye of the foreigner), this is a film that makes a conscious effort

As I sat down to watch yet another satire based in Delhi, I hoped for something more than the usual jokes that lampoon men with vulgar expressions and women with heavy behinds and low-cut blouses. Fortunately, I heaved a sigh of relief only a few minutes into the movie, as 'Delhi In A Day' was a welcome change. The film is about an elite South Delhi family who are expecting a foreign visitor. Surrounded by an army of servants, uppity Kalpana

For a film that can boast of its cinematic technique and which that aspires to be a satirical portrayal of the upper class in Delhi, this one turned......

Delhi in a Day, essentially, is India seen through an outsider's eye (The film's director is an NRI and the film's protagonist comes from UK). So India is characterized as a country of spicy food, traffic, potholes, money-swindling cabbies, no toilet paper, hospitable hosts and things alike. However what director Prashant Nair chooses to focus in particular is the economical divide in the society. Jasper (Lee Williams), who hails from UK, wishes to see the 'real' India