Bunty Aur Babli (2005)

Original title

बंटी और बब्ली

Directed by

Shaad Ali

Genre

crime comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 43m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two small-town dreamers meet by chance and decide to become a team of con artists, pulling off robberies across India. A determined police officer pursues them as their fame grows and their partnership turns romantic.

playfullightheartedfast-pacedcleverromanticmischievoushumorous

What happens

Bunty Aur Babli (Bunty and Babli) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali, written by Jaideep Sahni and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji, with Amitabh Bachchan, Rameshwari Talluri, Puneet Issar, Pratima Kazmi and Sanjay Mishra among others in a supporting roles. The movie is heavily inspired by the 1967 American film Bonnie and Clyde. Bunty Aur Babli was theatrically released on 27 May 2005, and received positive reviews from critics who praised the direction, screenplay, costumes, music, and lead performances. The film emerged as a major commercial success, grossing ₹904 million (US$11 million) worldwide, and became the second highest-grossing Indian film of the year. At the 51st Filmfare Awards, the film received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Abhishek Bachchan), Best Actress (Mukerji), and Best Supporting Actor (Amitabh Bachchan), winning three: Best Music Director (Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy), Best Lyricist (Gulzar), and Best Female Playback Singer (Alisha Chinai), the latter two for the song "Kajra Re". The film was later remade in Telugu as Bhale Dongalu (2008). Its sequel, Bunty Aur Babli 2 was released theatrically on 19 November 2021. Mukerji reprised her role with Saif Ali Khan replacing Abhishek Bachchan. Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari Wagh joined as a new pair of con artists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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