Delhi Belly

Delhi Belly (2011)

देली बेली

S#!t Happens

Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.

Date of release
2011-07-01
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (236)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Action, Comedy
Director
Abhinay Deo

Casting

Interesting facts

Delhi Belly is a 2011 Indian dark comedy film written by Akshat Verma and directed by Abhinay Deo. It stars Imran Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vir Das, Poorna Jagannathan and Shenaz Treasurywala. It is a Hinglish-language film, with 70% of the dialogue in English and 30% of the dialogue in Hindi. The film is produced by Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures. The theatrical trailer of the film premiered with Aamir Khan's Dhobi Ghat on 21 January 2011 while the film was released on 1 July 2011, along with a Hindi dubbed version. The film was given an 'A' certificate for its profanity, some violence and sexual content and is often dubbed as a modern cult classic.

Production

This film was written by Akshat Verma, a Los Angeles-based writer, who first wrote the screenplay as a part of his Screenwriting programme at UCLA, under the title Say Cheese. Subsequently, he lost his job as a copywriter in the US, around 2005, he revived the script. Akshat had to compile fifteen drafts before the movie was released. It took him more than three years to finish writing the story.

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