Bunty Aur Babli (2005)

Best movie of this year hands down!

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The summary plot of this movie is fascinating. However the outcome of the movie itself is damn idiot ! The matter of Indian (Bonnie and Clyde) who love being famous, with Amitabh Bachchan chasing them then ends up forgiving them could have made a good heist, thriller, musical comedy, with sentimental side indeed. But (Abhishek Bachchan) was there, along with belittlement too, albeit (Abhishek) alone is enough !(Abhishek) has a mute charisma, and – most importantly – CAN'T ACT AT ALL. During the whole movie I couldn't stand him on screen doing anything, spending the time cursing him, waiting him to act the way anybody would wait for having water out of squeezing a stone ! It was bad experience, especially while having The Big B himself around. I mean the comparison was horrible, enough to recall the long one-shot scene with them both talking and moving like drunks where one was doing the job effortlessly and one wasn't doing it at all. Another problem concerning the presence of Bachchan senior which's the tragedy of him being responsible of pushing his son into the showbiz, and – sorrowfully – his birth in this world in the first place !The bore was powerful. The thickness of the numbers turned the movie into an exhausting series of music videos. While being basically a comedy, the dialog was no lighthearted. The "jobs" of the 2 leads weren't interesting by any mean. The last heist was so fabricated to achieve a chase anyway. Review its disasters with me: the coincidence of Bunty and Babli meeting the officer who, by coincidence too, forgot his ID with them, after, at short notice, he became the head of security in the airport which, coincidently at another short notice, has a gold to be transported, which attracts the 2 leads to steal it while the delivery of Babli's baby happens ALL AT ONCE !Then a list of "hows"; how Babli could move that easily after the delivery? How (Prem Chopra), the lorry's deriver, provided the 2 fugitive leads with disguise that easily (and speedily?), and the most of all; how the officer could be waiting for the 2 leads in the train station BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL ???!!! (How he knew their target place? How he managed to precede them?...). Well, this is why ladies and gentlemen we, in Egypt, name anything extremely unbelievable in our daily life : an "Indian movie." The thing is, we used to say it about their very movies before…however with pleasure !The character of (Amitabh) wasn't made well. The sound effect, which alerts about new scheme, was so annoying and repeated for unbearable many times. The try of impersonating Amitabh Bachchan's naive persona, from movies like Don, by his son was so pathetic. Speaking about naive, what the heck that ending was? Were the movie makers that optimistic to think that they made a hit which could spawn a sequel ???? Yet, nothing, and I mean nothing, can outclass the embarrassment of (Kajra Rethe); the number of (Amitabh Bachchan), (Abhishek Bachchan), and (Aishwarya Rai) together; that was unnecessary and ENDLESSLY LONG. I bet they wanted to gather the family of stars (the father, his terrible son and the last's wife) in one song anyway anyhow, even that served no one any good !Some moments assure that we have a talented director. For instance; the short scene of (Amitabh Bachchan) studying the 2 lead's way of thinking in their room seemed lovely and tangent with the supposed comic spirit of the whole thing. But that was used miserably with nearly awful script, and utterly awful lead !The survivors : After copious career, it's rare to see (Ranjeet) nowadays. He did, for instance, 16 movies in 1984 to only (Bunty Aur Babli) in 2005. Hence seeing him even in a cameo, as the store owner, is a delight before brining a lot of memories. Add to that (Chup Chup Ke); it was nicely scored and shot. And (Rani Mukherjee); no doubt she chewed up the scenery with her true acting and beauty. I have never seen her sexier yet. Some outfits were outrageous for an Indian star, and the fact that (Mukherjee) was in them was the only fact in this fake parade of luster.It's a show that wanted us to have a good time. I didn't. I deplored instead, feeling sad for : a talented-less actor of a talented star, a talented-less actor who stars a movie, a talented-less actor who has a mega-exaggerated chance that many talented ones wouldn't, and finally a possible good movie that didn't happen ! P.S : Seeing (Amitabh Bachchan) ending the movie with the rap song (B N B), having naked girls dancing hip hop around him, was ugly, rather deformed thing. The marriage of his image and Shaggy's one didn't work. The Indian cinema's borrowing from the MTV ended up this time as disgraceful beggary !

i love this film and it was very good and i watch it so many time i don't get tired of watching and Rani looked wonderful and she did really good and i love you Rani Mukherjee so much. i love the way you look and i love you're hair style and you look pretty every movie you make and keep up the good work and i hope you do good in you future and keep up the good work and good luck in you're other movies and hope you do good and you look pretty in sari and you look good with Abhishek Bachan and you'll make a cute couple and hope to see both of you in any other movies and i love the way you act and that makes you look so pretty and smart and i wish you're all wishes and hope come true you're fan. Love Mandeep Kaur

Bunty & Babli....an amazing movie by Shaad Ali.Abhishek Bachchan is simply to cute & is absolutely fantastic in the movie. Rani Mukherjee n the others are also good.Ahhishek & Rani sizzle in the movie together. They make the most cutest couple on screen & look good together! There has been an overdose of Amitabh in recent times, though the father-son scenes really touch your heart.I definitely give this movie 10/10. Shaad Ali has made another brilliant movie after Saathiya!The songs are also rocking. Dhadak Dhadak & Nach baliye rock the nation. A soft romantic number is Chupke se...makes you think of your loved one!Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy have once again done a superb job in the music area...Top of the Charts truly!

Great movie, Abishek and Rani did a great job!!!! They sure know how to entertain people. In this movie I didn't liked Ambitabh Bachan. He played the mean guy, but in the end he became nice to BUNTY & BABLI.The story is kinda obvious. The But Rani and Abishek did their best to place different characters. Rani and Abishek had some kinda chemistry here going one. This movie ends with an happy end, so it's for the whole family.Also great songs. The first time I heard these songs it was at the IIFA AWARDS 2005 in Amsterdam. And I started to like them from then. But In the movie the sound much better.Aishwarya Rai is doing a song, and shows us how pretty she is again :).