Bunty Aur Babli 2

Today, after 16 years when I think about the original Bunty Aur Babli (2005), I am fondly reminded of -

a. The natural fun filled chemistry of the leading couple aka Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee.

B. Insanely colorful but interesting dressing of Babli aka Rani Mukherjee.

C. Bullish presence of Amitabh Bachchan.

D. Iconic song 'Kajrare kajrare' performed by Aishwarya Rai and overall good and peppy numbers.

However, in the sequel Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021) -

a. The chemistry between the lead pair Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee is quite bland.

What happened to Karan and Rhea of Hum Aur Tum (2004)?

B. Except for some post interval scenes in Abu Dhabi, Babli aka Rani Mukherjee's dressing and makeup is quite garish.

Even her mode of acting is unnecessary loud with nuances of over-acting.

Why did a seasoned actress like Rani resort to such insecure performance?

C. Well, Pankaj Tripathi has performed his usual self and kept his scenes relatively entertaining.

But can Big B's aura be replaced? Absolutely not.

D. Forget any iconic number, the entire music of the movie is quite forgetful.

An interesting observation:

Saif Ali Khan is supposed to look like a desi and rustic small towner in major parts of the film, but ends up looking royal. Also, a tad bit jaded.

While Siddhant Chaturvedi is supposed to look like a city bred educated and suave gentleman, but still looks more of a desi and rustic lad!

Why happened to the Langda Tyagi level of performance, enacted by Saif in Omkara (2006)?

How long will Siddhant take to come out of the mould of a 'desi gully boy'?

In the sequel, only Rani and Pankaj manage to carve clear characters and hold on to them throughout the movie. Saif just delivers his lines with no impact or single characterization.

The leading pair look quite dapper in their expansive designer wears, in the foreign location scenes that appear shortly after the interval.

They also have a plump faced young male child in the film who manages to score few laughter now and then.

Gully Boy (2019) fame Siddhant carries well different prosthetics and debutant Sharwari looks quite confident.

Both of them are young and presentable with slim and toned bodies, but are unable to create any magic together.

Movie Analysis:

Overall, Bunty Aur Babli 2 is an average movie with no innovation, poor script and much left to be desired direction.

Last but not the least, this movie makes you feel the impossible. It makes you yearn for Abhishek Bachchan! His performance in the prequel was bang on.

Wildly uneven crime comedy but still has its charm due to Saif & Rani's precise comic timing. Siddhant & Sharvari certainly lack experience to meet our expectations. At least Varun Sharma tried to revive these iconic characters into such unconvincing con-job.

Why, seriously why the made this? B aur B was one good movie but making a part of it, changing the characters, enforcing the new into the old, is a complete disaster.

Rani Mukherji, simply let it go, Saif Ali Khan, hope you know what you did.

Casting of Siddhant Chaturvedi, what on earth were they thinking. Pankaj Tripathi, fine actor, but for this role, the casting were seriously out of their mind.

The movie is so horrible, so sloppy, so bad that from the very start you realize that you are in for a headache and nothing more.

Just ignore this one for good and BTW thank you to the makers for making a horrible mockery of Kajara-rae.... shameful.

I will start off by admitting that the first one was better, there is no doubt, but I don't understand all the 1s this movie is getting for reviews. Saif and Rani are an amazing combo, and they bring some fun and excitement into the movie. Siddhanth and Sharvari also play their characters really well. Most of all, after almost 2 years this movie was great to watch in the theatre and forget about everything for 2+ hours. Just let loose, and enjoy. Don't think too much about it.

16 years ago, Shaad Ali came out with a movie titled Bunty aur Babli that gave us two memorable characters played by Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji. Today, they have gone ahead and made a totally unnecessary sequel that oozes mediocrity & the dearth of ideas in the industry.

Set a few years after the original, Rakesh Trivedi aka Bunty (who looks like Saif Ali Khan post plastic surgery) & Babli (Rani Mukherjee) are leading a normal life with their son Pappu. Meanwhile, a young couple, Kunal (Siddhant Chaturvedi) & Sonia (Sharvari Wagh) are out conning people in their name.

Recasting Abhishek Bachchan is the least of the sequel's problems. But yes, it is sad to see him replaced. The opening credits literally have scenes from the original with Saif replacing Bachchan in all his scenes. If that wasn't enough, they go ahead and cast a new gen version of the duo. Siddhant chaturvedi seems to be in limbo as he still channels his inner MC Sher. Sharvari wagh's Bollywood debut is decent. Saif & Rani are the better Bunty & Babli with the latter stealing the show.

Pankaj Tripathi takes over Big B's mantle but is ineffective. Yashpal Sharma, Ansari, Gopal Dutt, Prem Chopra, Brijendra kala & Rajiv Gupta co-star. The plot twists are predictable and social messages behind the cons are uncalled for.

The only ones getting conned here are the people who watched this movie. So, steer clear. This sequel is obnoxious & insipid.