Bunty Aur Babli
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| Directed by | Shaad Ali |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
| Written by | Aditya Chopra |
| Starring | Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Babbar, Prem Chopra |
| Music by | Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
| Release date(s) | May 27, 2005 |
| Running time | 170 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Rs. 120,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | Rs. 600 000 000 (2005) |
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Bunty Aur Babli (Hindi: बंटी और बब्ली, Urdu: بنٹی اور ببلی, English: Bunty and Babli), released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, and Amitabh Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania Zaetta. It was one of the biggest hits of the year.[1]
The plot appears to be based on the 1967 Hollywood film Bonnie and Clyde, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
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[edit] Synopsis
Rakesh (Abhishek Bachchan) and Vimmi (Rani Mukherji) are two ambitious wannabes from small towns where their dreams are written off as outrageous daydreaming. They run away from their homes when bump into each other and decide to con for once to be financially sound until they make it big. Ironically, they find it too exciting. One follows the another as they adopt fake names [Bunty and Babli] for the same and they soon become the most popular anonymous criminals of the nation. At the heart of it kicks off their romance and they decide to continue their newly-found 'talent' as their means of living.
Little do they know that their shenanigans have caught the fancy of ACP Dashrath Singh {Amitabh Bachchan} big time. He leaves no stone unturned in putting them behind the bars. Meanwhile, Rakesh and Vimmi have a child and decide to quit conning for their child's sake. However, its only then when Dashrath Singh manages to get their grab. But he release them after initial incredulity about their changed intentions.
Years later, Dashrath resurrects them from their commonplace but dull living to employ their conning abilities, only for nation's aid this time.
[edit] Music
The music of Bunty Aur Babli was written by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics were provided by Gulzar. There are total number of six songs in the film. Alisha Chinai, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali, Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nihira Joshi, Sonu Nigam, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Sowmya Raoh, Loy Mendonsa, Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula and Blaaze were selected as singers.
- "Dhadak Dhadak" - Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nihira Joshi
- "Chup Chup Ke" - Sonu Nigam, Mahalaxmi Iyer
- "Nach Baliye" - Shankar Mahadevan, Somya Raoh, Loy Mendonsa
- "Bunty Aur Babli" - Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula, Shankar Mahadevan, Siddharth Mahadevan
- "BnB" - Blaaze, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
- "Kajra Re" - Alisha Chinai, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali
[edit] Awards
The film received seven nominations at the Filmfare Awards, winning three altogether. It won the awards in the female playback, music director and lyricist categories.
- Best Movie - Aditya Chopra
- Best Actor - Abhishek Bachchan
- Best Actress - Rani Mukerji
- Best Supporting Actor - Amitabh Bachchan
- Best Music Director - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
- Best Female Playback - Alisha Chinai for "Kajra Re"
- Best Lyricist - Gulzar
[edit] Trivia
- Aishwarya Rai and Nikhil make guest appearances in the song "Kajra Re".
- Director Shaad Ali performed the song "Bunty Aur Babli".
- Hrithik Roshan was approached for the role of Bunty. But he turned it down, because he didn't find the script exciting enough!
- Blaaze rapped the song BnB.
- The MK4 Suzuki Swift was featured in the film Bunty aur Babli and was used as a getaway car by Bunty played by Abhishek Bachchan and Babli played by Rani Mukherjee. The car was introduced to the Indian public by the film.
