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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra delved into the landscape and the socio-political history of New Delhi in this love story about an NRI man and a proper Old Delhi woman.
Maneesh Sharma's sleeper hit about wedding planners revelled in working and middle class Delhi, and also contrasted that world beautifully with the upper crust of the capital.
A simple diamond swap gone wrong in the Abhinay Deo film allows the audience a look-see into the interiors of Delhi, thus far unseen.
Pitampura, Parliament Street, Jama Masjid, Delhi University, Patiala House, all came to mean something significant in this Imtiaz Ali film about a troubled musician.
Middle-class Delhi found ample representation in this Shoojit Sircar romantic drama about a sperm donor who doesn't have the courage to come clean to the woman he loves.
Though set in multiple locations, the heart of Shoojit Sircar's film lies in the first of those, Delhi's Chittaranjan Park, which becomes a scene of tiffs and tie-ups and friendships.
Raja Krishna Menon's envisioned his protagonist Roshan as hailing from Old Delhi, and the food-centric film certainly did a lot to build on that idea.
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