Delhi Belly (2011) on Netflix
Three debt-ridden roommates share a shoddy Delhi apartment. When Sonia asks Tashi to deliver a package for Vladimir, it passes to Nitin and then Arup, who mixes it up with another bag.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.6/1035,332 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes89%
Trailer
Plot summary
Tashi, Nitin and Arup share a shoddy flat in Delhi and are short of money. Tashi's fiancée Sonia, a flight attendant, agrees to deliver a package for Vladimir without knowing what it holds, and asks Tashi to handle it. He passes the job to Nitin, who is ill with a stomach ailment, and Nitin gives it to Arup, along with a second package meant for Nitin's doctor. Arup mixes the two up. Nitin photographs their landlord Manish with a prostitute and sends the pictures to Manish as blackmail. Menaka, Tashi's colleague, invites him out on the claim of work; her ex-husband Rajeev punches him in a jealous fit. The package's recipient, a crime boss, wants it back.
Cast
- Divya Bhatiaas Tashi's father
- Dipti Avlanias News Reporter
- Nikita Bhattas Leena
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Delhi Belly (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Writer Akshat Verma pitched the film in Mumbai with Jim Furgele but failed to interest producers, then left a draft at Aamir Khan Productions. The script sat in a pile in Aamir Khan's office until Khan's wife Kiran Rao found it at random and shared it with him, after which Aamir Khan contacted Verma.
- Ranbir Kapoor and Chitrangada Singh were initially set to star in Delhi Belly, but both backed out. Aamir Khan then signed his nephew Imran Khan for the lead, after Imran's debut film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was a tremendous success.
- Nepal's government banned Delhi Belly on 3 July 2011 after cinema halls refused to remove offensive scenes, though it was later cleared for viewers over 16. A brothel scene featuring Kunaal Roy Kapur's character was cut and expletives in two scenes were muted.
- The song "Bhaag D.K. Bose" caused controversy on release because 'D K Bose', sung at a quick pace, forms a popular expletive in North India. Writer Akshat Verma thought up the phrase, and Abhinay Deo and Aamir Khan approved it as fitting the film's irreverent, youthful theme.
- Delhi Belly finished shooting in mid-2009 but was stuck in editing for two years, delaying its release. Aamir Khan had been set to spearhead the editing, but he was busy with his own films.
- Writer Akshat Verma had to compile fifteen drafts of Delhi Belly before the movie was released, and it took him more than three years to finish writing the story.
- The Pakistan Central Board of Film Censors banned Delhi Belly for unspecified reasons, without saying what in the film it objected to.
