Abhishek has 11 lines in Delhi 6

Rakeysh Mehra says Junior B to play part of silent observer

Rakeysh Mehra says Junior B to play part of "silent observer"

Hum Bolega Toh Bologe ki Bolta Hai: Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor at a Delhi-6 promotion. pic/ DATTA KUMBHAR

Here's a secret about the much-anticipated Delhi- 6.

Abhishek Bachchan doesn't speak much in the film. In fact, Rakeysh Mehra lets out that Abhishek has barely 11 lines to speak in the whole film!

Very quiet man

This makes Delhi 6 Abhishek's most silent performance to date. "He's quiet, very quiet in the film," admits director Rakeysh Mehra. "His character is more like a silent observer than a commentator."

At the film's screening at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York on Sunday evening, Delhi-6 got three standing ovations. "We were overwhelmed.

Somewhere, the story of an American NRI's return to his roots connected with the New York audience.

So far, our films about homecoming meant picture-postcard villages and sarson ke khet, as though 'home' was linked only to nostalgia.

In Delhi-6, the protagonist comes home from one dynamic society in flux to another.

I think that connected with the audiences in New York."