| Bunty Aur Babli | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Shaad Ali |
| Written by | Jaideep Sahni |
| Story by | Aditya Chopra |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Rani Mukerji |
| Narrated by | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Cinematography | Avik Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Ritesh Soni |
| Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 177 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹14 crore |
| Box office | ₹90.4 crore (equivalent to ₹307 crore or US$37 million in 2023)[1] |
Bunty Aur Babli (transl. Bunty and Babli) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who produces the film under the Yash Raj Films. The film, inspired by the 1967 American film Bonnie and Clyde, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji in lead roles[2] and marks the first of the many collaborations between the former two (father and son respectively in real life). The younger Bachchan and Mukerji play the titular con-artist partners-in-crime, while the elder Bachchan plays the DCP whose focus is solely to catch them.[3]
The soundtrack of Bunty Aur Babli was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, with lyrics written by Gulzar and Blaaze together, and was released under the banner YRF Music. Bunty Aur Babli was released worldwide on 27 May 2005, and proved to be a commercial success at the box-office, grossing ₹90.4 crore worldwide, thus becoming the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2005. It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its direction, novel story, screenplay, soundtrack, humor, costumes, styling and performances of the cast.
At the 51st Filmfare Awards, Bunty Aur Babli received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Abhishek Bachchan), Best Actress (Mukerji) and Best Supporting Actor (Amitabh Bachchan) and won – 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 remade in Telugu as Bhale Dongalu (2008).[4] A sequel under the title of Bunty Aur Babli 2, starring Mukerji, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Sharvari Wagh, was released theatrically on November 19, 2021, with Saif Ali Khan replacing Bachchan.[5]
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- ^ "Bunty Aur Babli". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Tollywood meets Bollywood?". The Times of India. 28 February 2008.
- ^ "Saif Ali Khan on replacing Abhishek Bachchan in Bunty Aur Babli 2: 'Aditya Chopra said things aren't working out…'". The Indian Express. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.