Delhi Belly, produced by Aamir Khan, is a rib-tickling, dark comedy with a thriller narrative. It is set in Delhi and uses of a lot of profane language (it was given an ‘A’ certificate). Released in 2011, it received great response from critics as well as movie goers. The movie was later remade in Tamil with the title Settai.

Directed by |
Abhinay Deo |
Released in |
2011 |
Genre |
Dark Comedy, Thriller, Action |
Cast |
- Imran Khan as Tashi (Young man-1)
- Kunaal Roy Kapur as Nitin (Young man-2)
- Vir Das as Arup (Young man-3)
- Shenaz Treasurywala as Sonia (Tashi’s first girlfriend)
- Poorna Jagannathan as Menaka (Tashi’s later girlfriend)
- Vijay Raaz as Somayajulu (Gangster)
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Music by |
Ram Sampath |
Produced by |
Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Ronnie Screwvala, Jim Furgele |
Language |
Hindi, English, Hinglish |
Length |
1 hour 40 minutes |
The Story
Three young men working in the media/ communication industry in Delhi share a dark, dirty, and dingy apartment in a crumbling building in a crowded area. Tashi (Imran Khan) is a journalist, Nitin (Kunaal Roy Kapur) is a photographer, and Arup (Vir Das) is a cartoonist.
The fun starts when Tashi’s birdbrained and pretty-looking girlfriend, air-hostess Sonia (Shenaz Treasurywalla) unknowingly carries smuggled diamonds hidden in a multi-layered doll. Sonia passes on the doll to Tashi for delivery, who delegates the delivery to Nitin. Nitin gets diarrhea (Delhi-belly) and he passes the doll to Arup along with his stool sample. Arup exchanges the two packets and the stool sample is delivered to the smuggler-gangsters, who are led by Somayajulu (Vijay Raaz).
The rest of the movie is a hilarious, non-stop, roller-coaster ride. At first, the young men try to recover the diamonds and hand them over to the smugglers. Then they try to encash the diamonds for themselves; and finally they decide to take the matter into their own hands, have a showdown with the gangsters, and finish the whole thing once and for all.
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