Bunty Aur Babli (2005)

Director:

Shaad Ali

Writers:

Aditya Chopra (story)
Jaideep Sahni (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 May 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

In this world there are two types of people...........

Plot:

Two mismatched characters go on a wild road trip in Uttar Pradesh and, while being dogged by a policeman, fall in love.

Plot Keywords:

Childbirth | Wedding Night | Cops And Robbers | Road Movie | Supermall

Awards:

9 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	DCP Dashrath Singh
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Rakesh Trivedi aka Bunty
Rani Mukerji	...	Vimmi Saluja aka Babli
Kiran Juneja	...	Vimmi's mother (as Kiran Juneja Sippy)
Lilliput	...	Pappu (as Liliput)
Pratima Kazmi	...	Phool Sakhi
Prem Chopra	...	SikhTruck Driver
Puneet Issar	...	Vimmi's father
Raj Babbar	...	Trivedi
Rajesh Vivek	...	Protestor
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Special Appearance (song) (as Aishwarya Rai)
Rameshwari	...	Mrs. Trivedi
Ranjeet	...	Store owner
Ravi Baswani	...	B.B.'s first victim
Sanjay Mishra	...	Q. Q. Qureshi
Tania Zaetta	...	Kate
Shri Vallabh Vyas		(as Sri Vallabh Vyas)
Veerendra Saxena	...	Police Commissioner (as Virendra Saxena)
Yunus Parvez	...	Hotel owner (as Yunus Parwaiz)
Aabhas Yadav		(as Abhas Yadav)
Aveek Mukhopadhyay		(as Abhik Mukhopadhyay)
Anuj Mathur
Anupam Shyam
Atul Srivastava		(as Atul Shrivastava)
J. Brandon Hill	...	Harry Weinberg (as Brandon Hill)
Brijendra Kala
Chandrashekhar Gautam
Chintoo Mohapatra
Devashish Makhija
Imtiaz Khan		(as Imtiyaz Khan)
Javed Abedi
Joginder Arora
Kapila Agarwal
Kunal Kumar	...	Newspaper Salesman
Manik Dhingra
Manoj Goyal
Middat Khan
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
Mona Lizza		(as Mona Lisa)
Mukesh Bhatt	...	Peon
Narender Barua
Parminder Chawla
Pankaj Malik
Prashant Gautam
Pushpendra Sen
Raj Singh Chaudhary		(as Raja Choudhary)
Rajiv Gupta
Rajneesh Nigam
Pramod Rana
Rati Shankar Tripathi
Rumaan Kidwai	...	Tea Stall Owner (as Rumaan Nazir Kidwai)
S.A. Mehdi
Sanjay Shivalkar
Shaad Ali		(as Shaad Ali Sahgal)
Shakeel Khan
Sharmishta Roy
Shlok Jain
Trishla Patel

Directed by
Shaad Ali		(as Shaad Ali Saigal)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Aditya Chopra		story
Jaideep Sahni		screenplay and dialogue

Produced by
Aditya Chopra	....	producer
Yash Chopra	....	producer
Sanjay Shivalkar	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shankar Mahadevan		(as Shankar)
Loy Mendonsa		(as Loy)
Ehsaan Noorani		(as Ehsaan)

Cinematography by
Aveek Mukhopadhyay		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ritesh Soni

Art Direction by
Sharmishta Roy

Costume Design by
Aki Nirula

Makeup Department
Mickey Contractor	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Navzar Eranee	....	second second assistant director
Rumaan Kidwai	....	second assistant director
Devashish Makhija	....	chief assistant director
Arjun Mathur	....	assistant director: continuity

Art Department
Mohammed Kasam Sayyad	....	assistant art director
Samar Shaikh	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Leslie Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jayant Haldar	....	assistant mix engineer
Anuj Mathur	....	sound designer
Vengurlekar Rohan	....	assistant studio engineer
Shankar Singh	....	assistant sound editor
Rohan Vengurlekar	....	recording assistant

Visual Effects by
Ritesh Aggarwal	....	digital compositor
Sachdev Bharat	....	digital effects artist
Sherry Bharda	....	visual effects
Prakash D'Cunha	....	digital effects artist
Pankaj Khandpur	....	visual effects supervisor
Yateen Mahambrey	....	compositor
Sandesh Pai	....	digital effects artist
Lennard Pinto	....	digital effects artist
Ashish Pradhan	....	visual effects artist
Rohit Prasad	....	visual effects
Satish Ratakonda	....	flame artist
Shaikh Rizwan	....	digital compositor
Piku Shahani	....	visual effects coordinator
Manish Sharma	....	visual effects artist
Shailendra Swarnkar	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Abhay Singh	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yashpal Concessao	....	costume assistant
Ameira Punvani	....	associate costume designer

Music Department
Javed Ali	....	playback singer
BlaaZe	....	playback singer
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
Alisha Chinoi	....	playback singer
Gulzar	....	lyricist
Mahalakshmi Iyer	....	playback singer (as Mahalakshmi)
Nihira Joshi	....	playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan	....	playback singer
Siddarth Mahadevan	....	playback singer
Loy Mendonsa	....	playback singer
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Jaspinder Narula	....	playback singer
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Sowmya Rao	....	playback singer
Sukhwinder Singh	....	playback singer

Other crew
Fayyaz Badruddin	....	publicity and design
Prakash Bakrania	....	liaison: UK office
Bosco	....	choreographer
Cesar	....	choreographer
Shiamak Davar	....	choreographer: "Nach Baliye
Amit Dwiwedi	....	marketing manager
Vaibhavi Merchant	....	choreographer
Tarun Tripathi	....	head of marketing
Vishal Tyagi	....	gun master

Production Companies

• Yash Raj Films

Distributors

• Yash Raj Films (2005) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab

Other Companies

• Yash Raj Music  soundtrack released by

Also Known As:

"B.N.B." - India (English title) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

170 min

Country:

India

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Kamalistan Studios, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

Heard in the mujra hall is the song "Salaam-E-Ishq" from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978), which featured Amitabh Bachchan, who also stars in this film. Interestingly, the first song became the title of Salaam-E-Ishq (2007), which has, just as in this film, music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa.

Quotes:

DCP Dashrath Singh:Tell me joke.... Non-veg.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009)

Soundtrack:

B n B

A refreshing change

I can slowly see Hindi films evolving and taking more chances with their content and characters, something it hasn't done in thirty years. With the release of films like Black, Hazaaron Kwaishein Aisi, Raincoat and now even Bunty Aur Babli you can't help but appreciate the effort, even if the results vary.

Bunty Aur Babli is in no way a breakthrough. It has its color, loud music and spoonfuls of melodrama like the thousands of Hindi films that preceded it. However, it also has a pair of anti-heroes as the leads; Bunty and Babli are lovable criminals that love crime. The sheer exuberance of the characters as well as the actors is one of the main selling points of this film.

The music is likable, though the shooting of Chup Chup Ke looks exactly like that of the song "Saathiya" from Shaad Ali's previous film. It could have been removed. The item number with Aishwarya Rai is practically forced into the screenplay with a pair of pliers, and could also have been removed.

The movie also unnecessarily milks a scene between Amitabh Bachchan and his son, Abhishek. The two get completely drunk and have a boring, drawn out conversation about love that may leave you squirming in your seat. What a waste. This was meant to be a mesmerizing scene, as it's their first time acting together, but it instead becomes a good time to take that bathroom break.

However, those gripes are minor compared to the rest of the film. Abhishek Bachchan gives a good performance, and hams it up like a pro. Rani Mukherjee is further cementing her stature as one of the few true actors in commercial Hindi cinema. She handles the humor (check out her catty fight with a Miss India contestant) and the melodrama with ease. Amitabh Bachchan is a cool cat. All of it works well because no one is taking it too seriously. It's pure entertainment.

All in all, I'm glad we're seeing popular films that shy away from the love triangles, characters that are too perfect to be human, and poor production values. Bunty Aur Babli falls into none of those traps. Yes, it falls into several others but it's still a step forward!