Mumbai or Bombay as known earlier is also famous overseas Hollywood of India. Some journalists preferred to call it Bollywood after the partition of India and Lahore becoming part of Pakistan. So, most of the Indian film Industry moved to this city.

That's why the Mumbaikars were excited with movie songs like 'Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan', 'Yeh Bambai Shehar Hadson Ka Shehar Hai', and 'Main Bambai Ka Babu'. This led to a big migration of people from other parts of India to Mumbai, especially those engaged in the entertainment sector.

As a result, many peace-loving Mumbaikars preferred to shift to suburbs as they felt bored by regular shootings at some famous places/ studios. Even Bollywood stalwarts like Yash Chopra moved over to Switzerland and many of his ilks followed him to roam around the world for want of some new shooting locations.

But there were still few who loved India and focused their search within the country. So, if you see Kanpur in 'Dus Nambari', New Delhi in 'Roti Kapda Aur Makan' and Kolkata in many more, it was just the hard felt need of the time.

Now, a new breed of the directors looks for locations suitable for their new ideas. They shoot their film at the place of action. And, 'Delhii Heights' is a film where everything happens in the capital city of India .

It is one of the few mainstream films, which is extensively shot in Delhi. The film has a very good face value but falls short at the thinking level. Delhi has never oozed the kind of charm and mystery that is needed to make a film move on.

'Delhii Heights' focuses not on the city but its people. It deals with the working families. It talks about two couples mainly. Jimmy Shergill plays Abi; a working class protégé who is more involved in the work than in life. He is living happily with his wife Suhana (Neha Dhupia) who is also a working woman.

The point of conflict is always there as both of them are running short of quality time together. The fact that they both are working in rival companies only makes the matter worse. In the same building live Bobby (Rohit Roy) and Saima (Simone Singh).

Bobby and Abi are friends but one fine day, things take an unusual turn when Abi smells rat. Adding the characters to the story are Timmy (Om Puri), his wife Ruby (Kamini Khanna) and their daughter. The story of Delhii Heights comes to a plot point when Abi and Suhana are pitched against each other for their office work.

Suhana wins the deal and Abi feels cheated. The couple faces the worst problem of their life and on the other hand Bobby and Saima too run fall a prey to mistrust. Other chracters too fill in the blank spaces of the story but writer Samyukta Verma should have thought of better situations for them to move in.

'Delhii Heights' moves on a very thin story line, and most of the time it progresses horizontally. The ambience being very Delhi centric also comes as a spoiler for the film. People in most parts of the country see Delhi as a city of political drama. Not many are bothered about the problems of working class people because the viewers come to cinema halls for entertainment and not to see their daily life on the big screen.

In fact, they wish to run away from it and forget the pain and pangs of working life in the darkness of fantasy or fun. So, it can be said that 'Delhii Heights', as a revival vehicle of Shivaji Production, wasn't a very good decision. Director Anand Kumar fails at the concept level. Film making in Hindi has moved very far over the years.

Problems of daily life have been taken over by soap operas, and the films are left for something bigger but crisp. This field is now a battlefield for bigger players. It is an arena where even big wigs like Amitabh Bachchan, Ram Gopal Verma and Vidhu Vinod Chopra fail because of wrong conceptualization of a mediocre subject. Hindi cinema now breathes for Munna Bhais and Bunties and Bablies.

The common man has lost its significance in Hindi Cinema. One can only wish that the days of Basu Chatterjee's films make a comeback in the form of Dibakar Banerjees and others. Directors like Kabir Kaushik and E Niwas have perished in attempts like this and production houses like Yash Raj Films and others have eaten the empty space.

'Delhii Heights' will be remembered, if ever, for its good music. Sufi singer Rabbi Shergill makes his debut in films as a composer with this. And he also tries to create a signature song for New Delhi in his debut films. Rabbi has grown over the years and we can wish to see more of him in the coming days.

He has cashed upon the challenge by turning it into an opportunity, and this is the only difference between a winner and a loser. Rabbi is a winner here whereas all others who took part in building this film turn losers. Jimmy Shergill tries his best to prove that he is a reliable hero, but lacks the face value.

Rohit also tries a leap forward from the small to the big screen in this but falls short in between. These two together fail to generate any curiosity for the film. Neha Dhupia is trying hard these days to change her image from a sex bomb to an actor of depth. She continues to do so in this film also.

Simone Singh has seen her glorious days but her graph is dipping day by day. Om Puri does these types of films only for money, so he is not bothered about the outcome.

Delhii Heights' is a low affair at the box office and will only add to the ever growing list of flops of this year.