Delhi 6 (2009)
Director: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Release Date: 18 February 2009
Stroryline: The film opens with the ailing grandmother Annapurna at the office of a cardiac surgeon in New York. The surgeon indicates that Annapurna suffers from heart blockage and may not have long to live. Annapurna insists on returning to Delhi, her hometown, where she intends to retire in peace. Though her son and daughter-in-law object vehemently, her American-born grandson Roshan (who has a special bond with his grandmother) agrees to bring her back.
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Oh, My God (2008)
Director: Sourabh Shrivastava
Release Date: 5 December 2008 (India)
Stroryline: Rajendra [Vinay Pathak], a simple salesman with big dreams, a hardcore Dhirubhai Ambani fan, wants to make it big in life through ethical means. Suman [Divya Dutta], his loving wife, stands by her husband at all times. As Rajendra continues to fail in his various money-making schemes, Suman pleads with God to help her husband.
What follows is a series of hilarious encounters where God [played in human form by Saurabh Shukla] tries to help Rajendra become successful, but is constantly frustrated as Rajendra fails to recognise the opportunities.
Given the fact that OH, MY GOD!! has been shot in 19 days, it doesn’t look like a hurried job at all. Sourabh takes a simple story of a simpleton and narrates it in the most simplistic manner. The film has a lethargic pace in the first hour and that tapers the effect to an extent, but its back on its feet, post intermission.
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Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
Director: Shyam Benegal
Release Date: 19 September 2008
Stroryline: Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is a B.A. pass, but unable to find a job, is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Though only a villager, Mahadev has the potential to change lives. How he can do this is shown in this satirical take on an Indian village.
Mahadev’s childhood crush Kamla (Amrita Rao) is desperate for communication from her husband Banshi Ram (Kunal Kapoor). A jealous Mahadev writes completely the opposite of the loving messages Kamla wants to give, while faking what her husband has written to her. There is a harried mother (Ila Arun) who wants to get her manglik daughter married, a eunuch Munni who is contesting the elections for the village Sarpanch but is tired of the danger to her life by an opposing candidate, and a love-lorn doctor (Ravi Kishan) who is crazy about the widowed daughter-in-law of a retired army soldier and many other letters. Mahadev manages to get his friend engaged, police protection for Munni, and almost kisses Kamla before they are interrupted. However Munni is killed, and he learns a shocking truth about Kamla’s husband
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