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 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Rs. 120,000,000 |
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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 Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji. 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) is a small-town boy who dreams big. He leaves the small town where he grew up for the bright lights of Lucknow. There he meets Vimmi Saluja (Rani Mukerji), who has come from her own small town pursuing dreams of becoming a supermodel. They cooperate to con a man who has cheated Rakesh, and discover that they can succeed -- as con artists. They adopt new names (Bunty and Babli), and become famous for their audacious schemes.
Things get complicated when Babli becomes pregnant and wants to give up their life of crime, following a narrow escape from the police. However, DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) Dashrath Singh (Amitabh Bachchan), is hot on their trail. Will they turn legit? Can they evade the law? All ends well, not without some surprising twists.
[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.
