Does Delhi 6 capture the real essence of India?
Delhi 6 is a journey to discover this country. When I started this film, I didn’t know why I was making it, but through this journey, I found out the reason for doing this. You can say that Delhi 6 is about the people of our country, the place, the beliefs, the disbeliefs, their contrast in religion, how they live in harmony, how they live in conflict, the whole Hindu – Muslim thing, the caste system in our country, the marriages, the dowry, etc. and yet Delhi 6 works. Bureaucracy prevails but yet there is something great about it. Why do you think such things are still prevalent? This change has triggered with the turn of the century and I always wanted to know why such things are happening. It’s a funny place, this country is. Schools will have no books, if there are books, there are no teachers, if there are teachers, there are no exams, no results, if you pass out from your college, you won’t get a job, you get married, find a house where there is tap but no water. You are back whe
