Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli
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	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	May 27, 2005 (India);
Running time	177 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹14 crore
Box office	₹90.4 crore (equivalent to ₹307 crore or US$38 million in 2023)

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 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 Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari Wagh was released theatrically on 19 November 2021.

^ "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Box Office 2005". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
^ "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.

[1] "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[boi-2] "Box Office 2005". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.

[3] "Bunty Aur Babli". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

[4] "Tollywood meets Bollywood?". The Times of India. 28 February 2008.

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