| Bin Bulaye Baraati | |
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| Directed by | Chandrakant Singh |
| Produced by | Dhanraj Jethani |
| Screenplay by | Praful Parekh Salim Sheikh |
| Story by | Praful Parekh Salim Sheikh |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand Sanjoy Chaowdhry |
| Cinematography | S. Johny Lal |
| Editing by | Pranav Dhiwar |
| Studio | Dhanraj Films |
| Distributed by | Dhanraj Films |
| Release date(s) | June 17, 2011 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Bin Bulaye Baraati is a 2011 Indian crime film directed by Chandrakant Singh with a story and screenplay by Praful Parekh and Salim Sheikh. The film was released in India on June 17, 2011.[1][2]
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It was announced February 2011 that Anand Raj Anand would be composing songs for the film.[3] By March 2011 principle filming had commenced.[4] In April 2011, it was released that actress Shweta Tiwari would have a lead role in the film, that she would replace Mallika Sherawat in singing some songs for the film, and that Sherawat would till be in the film, but as a dancer and not a singer.[5] One of Tiwari's song pieces was shot a scene solo with the other actors not present, but the others were added to the scene in post-production.[6]
Criminals Hazari (Sanjay Mishra) and Murari (Rajpal Yadav) rob the Police Commissioner's home, Chetta Singh (Vijay Raaz) steals the car belonging to the Commissioner's wife, Kusum (Rati Agnihotri), and AD (Aftab Shivdasani) elopes with Shreya (Priyanka Kothari), the niece of Police Sub-Inspector Pralay Pratap Singh (Om Puri). In a comedy of errors, AD and the criminals end up in a stolen vehicle with a jewellery-laden suitcase belonging to crime boss Durjan Singh/Black Cobra (Gulshan Grover).
Finding themselves on the run from gangsters and police alike, they disguise themselves using fake police uniforms. During their escape, they arrive in the village of Madhavgarh just in time to stop Loha Singh (Manoj Joshi) from molesting a woman. Thinking them to be real law officials, the town's appreciative residents welcome them and throw a feast in their honor. Comfortable in their impersonations, the group makes themselves at home, but the Black Cobra tracks them down and plots to capture and kill them.
Mid-Day noted that "with a line-up of seasoned character actors known for their comic timings", the film could have been a "laugh ride", writing that the filmmaker's "felt their mere presence was enough to prop the film" allowing them to work with a "meandering script" that jumped "from one character to another" in a manner "bound to test the audience's patience". They also chided inanane dialogs and referred to the film as "balderdash", and a "no-brainer... ...made purely for the 'aam janata' of the hinterland".[1]
IndiaGlitz noted that through consideration of cast of established comic actors, there were certain "set expectations" for the film, in that viewers would not expect "a classic in the making" and would appreciate surrendering "to the antics of a dozen odd comic players on the screen." They also noted that the entire first half of the film is spent establishing its characters and that the second half "is an unabashed copy of Sholay with a little bit of Tees Maar Khan added as well." They concluded that "despite very low expectations" the film itself "turns out to be a barely passable affair".[2]
Glamsham noted that with the film's multiple comedic actors and special songs it "clearly aims to be a complete masala film." They also noted that with "a plethora of actors who are known to tickle your funny bone, one would have at least expected a few laughs" from the film, but that it instead "turns out to be a tedious watch and a test of your patience." They wrote that the plot was unoriginal, the treatment was poor and the film's climax was both predictable and "totally uninspiring." They concluded that "Anand Raj Anand's music is passable. Johny Lall's cinematography is unimpressive. Pranav Dhiwar's editing is tacky."[7]