ThiefHott Too much of everything

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Cortechba Overrated

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

nitin mehra Bunty aur Babli has all the ingredients of a blockbuster - impressive starcast, novel story, mind-blowing music, sizzling on-screen chemistry and to top it all, an item song that is well set to be a nation's new anthem.After a successful debut with Vivek Oberoi-Rani Mukherjee starrer Saathiya, Shaad Ali is back with yet another great movie. Of course, it may disappoint all those craving for Hollywood-like cinema (Black, Page 3 , etc.) - Bunty aur Babli is 100% Indian - textbook Bollywood style. So, you have Abhishek Bachan and Rani Mukherjee playing two ambitious, fortune-seeking small-town youngsters, who run away from their families to make it big in bad Mumbai. The duo turn into formidable con-pair thus inviting upon themselves the wrath of a UP-bhaiyya type cop (Amitabh Bachan). The film's initial half is much like a roller-coaster ride while it is the later half that involves the Big B chasing the masquerading duo. Finally, the product is a movie providing wholesome family entertainment in typical Bollywood flavour. The ending may appear a bit damp, but all-in-all its a movie worth seeing.ACTING: Abhishek Bachan is fast growing out of his illustrious father's shadow and carving a niche for himself. AB is fantastic in the film as the trickster Bunty. Rani Mukherjee on the other hand is fast rising to be the next 'actress of an era' after Madhuri Dixit. she is turning out to be the industry's biggest goldminer with a string of 5 recent successes already to her name. After a serious role in Black, Rani enthralls all by another great performance in a contrary role. The Big B as usual stamps the film with his quality and it is quite useless to praise him here. And last but far from the least is Aishwarya Rai.............it can only be Ash who can floor the audience and leave her mark on a film featuring three of Bollywood's biggest names in a role comprising just of a 7-minute item song. The gorgeous body, the heaving breasts, the backless choli, the tempting face ,the hypnotising eyes and of course the drooling dance moves - Ash is at her irresistible best in Kajra Re.Special mention for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's fabulous music, delivering what should be the best musical blockbuster of the year. Each song of the soundtrack is innovative and is destined to be a hit.

Mohsin Khan (ci03mak) If I was to say that Bunty & Babli is the product of a genius, I would be telling a lie. However, if I were to say that B & B is utter nonsense, I would then again, be telling a lie. The truth according to how I see it is that B&B lies somewhere in the middle of this spectrum and can be described as an "adequate" movie. Rani mukherjee's acting performance is "adequate", just as "abhishek bachan's is, although the latter being slightly better than the former due to rani's slight over-acting performance in the "crying scene" when they first meet each other in the movie. Amitabh bachan was also "adequate" in his performance, although I thought there were times when his "bad acting" shined through. The parents were OK on both counts..To those of you who do not know the story, Bunty & babli is a narration of 2 twenty-something year old male and female individualists who have a strong dislike for societal conventions. They have ambitions of their own, but are not taken seriously. They live in a small and impoverished town somewhere in north India which fails to complement their ambitions. One night, acknowledging that the only way to fulfil his dreams of becoming rich and famous is to escape from this claustrophobic town, Abhishekh bachan runs away from home. Co-incidentally, Rani mukherjee does the same because her parents were compelling her to marry against her will. Both embark on their own autonomous journeys, which eventually leads them to each other. Because both were in the exact same boat, they had several commonalities which allowed them to relate to each other, eventually spawning a question in both of their minds "how can we get money to go to Mumbai?". Abhishek had a desire to go to mumbai because he had a business proposition to discuss with potential investors, and Rani wanted to go to mumbai because she wanted to become a contestant in the miss India contest. Trusting their instincts, both decide to con a local man into giving them the money they needed to go to mumbai. They succeed and leave with 15,000 rupees. From this point onwards, they are known as Bunty & Babli (fake identities). However, as their needs become bigger and bigger as they walk their journey, their cons begin to develop both in terms of quality and quantity and eventually, they become "con artists". They become so commercialised that every newspaper begins to write about the mysterious duo. Then, they both fall in love with each other and get married..Following this, somewhere near the interval of the movie, Amitabh bachan is introduced as a cunning police officer who embarks on a mission to catch bunty & babli. However, after several failed attempts to outsmart the duo, Amitabh realises that catching B&B is not as easy as he had anticipated. As a result, he accepts this as a challenge and vows to catch them at any cost.In the meanwhile, B&B become so engaged in their acts of con that they fail to realise that they have become criminals. The movie then follows a cat and mouse game and in the midst of this, rani becomes pregnant with Abhishekh's child. This is the turning point of the movie because now, their priorities change and they both decide to give up this con-life, as the aftermath may affect their child. Ironically, amitabh bachan catches them at a time when they had repented for their sins, but unfortunately, nothing is to stop amitabh from bringing them to justice. Luckily with time, Amitabh develops a soft-spot for the trio (baby inclusive) and decides to let them free. Bunty and Babli go back to the small town where this story began and live normal lives.The final segment of the movie begins with an unprecedented visit from Amitabh bachan. He hires the duo to solve a complicated police case, and they happily become con-artists once again; their task being to con criminals this time.I would recommend this movie to be watched on a Saturday night, when you do not really have anything important to do. However, it isn't a total waste of 2.5 hours.I rate B&B 6/10

mel-301 BAUNTY AUR BABLY IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES FROM 2005 in the world, and unfortunately it is impossible to see it in the cinemas of Spain or the rest of Europe.. why we have to eat all the USA trash and never We can go to the cinema to see a bollywood film? Here in Barcelon, in the Indian supermarkets we are so lucky that we can buy this movie for 6 euros!!! We can't understand why such masterpieces are impossible to see in cinema! I recommend absolutely this movie. Musical numbers are not so well staged as in Kal Hoo Na Ho or Main hoon Na, but the documentary style of the movie with superb natural photography, the surprising plot and the great actors that make authentic an impossible bollywood argument make this movie a real surprise. Late movies of bollywood really make us so happy as it is like watching a new Hello Dolly! every month.

Ajay Ori The movies starts at 200mph! Really! Despite the nondescript movie title, it relates you the dreams of two young persons, living in distinctly different locations, having different cultures, and yet, they are bound with a desire to do more than the folks around them. And the movie moves very, very fast from there: both leaving their home-town, for the largest city nearby. They both have very positive ideas, and are duped, robbed of their dreams.The movie is full of surprises and the songs simmer into the movie.Really, it is among the best movie that i have seen this year.Very, very commendable effort!