Delhi 6 has all the makings of a successful movie. It has talented actors, well thought-out characters, and a brilliant musical score. The cinematography is great, the still are wonderful and the setting is romantic. But there is no love story. In fact, there is no story at all.

NRI boy, Roshan, (Abhishek Bachchan) fulfils his dying grandmother’s penultimate wish by bringing her to India. That’s where the story falls apart. Is it about a sweet NRI boy getting accustomed to India? Is it about him falling in love with a local girl? Is it about the local girl aspiring for a place on a reality show? Is it about Chandni Chowk as the name suggests? Or is it about the damned killer monkey? Maybe it is about Hindu-Muslim conflict. Who can say?

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s effort to one-up his Rang De Basanti tanked but it was not completely hopeless. A.R. Rahman’s music (songs like Genda Phool and Masakalli) is beautiful beyond words. Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and the rest of the cast have all acted brilliantly. And despite being slow and aimless, the script is nevertheless funny and the story relate-able in parts.

It’s worth one watch in any case.