The summary plot of this movie is fascinating. However the outcome of the movie itself is idiot!
The matter of Indian (Bonnie and Clyde) who love being famous, with (Amitabh Bachchan) chasing them, then ends up forgiving them, could have made a good heist, thriller, musical comedy, with sentimental side indeed. But (Abhishek Bachchan) was there, along with belittlement too, albeit (Abhishek) alone is enough!
(Abhishek) has a mute charisma, and - most importantly - CAN'T ACT AT ALL. During the whole movie, I couldn't stand him on screen doing anything. Waiting him to act is like waiting for having water out of squeezing a stone. It was bad experience, especially while having The Big B himself around. I mean the comparison was horrible, enough to recall the long one-shot scene with them both talking and moving like drunks, where one was doing the job effortlessly, and one wasn't doing it at all. Another problem concerning the presence of (Bachchan) senior which's the tragedy of him being responsible of pushing his son into the showbiz, and - sorrowfully - his birth in this world in the first place!
The bore was powerful. The thickness of the numbers turned the movie into an exhausting series of music videos. While being basically a comedy, the dialogue was no lighthearted. The "jobs" of the 2 leads weren't interesting by any mean. The last heist was so fabricated to achieve a chase anyway. Review its disasters with me: the coincidence of Bunty and Babli meeting the officer who, by coincidence too, forgot his ID with them, after, at short notice, he became the head of security in the airport which, coincidently at another short notice, has a gold to be transported, which attracts the 2 leads to steal it, while the delivery of Babli's baby happens ALL AT ONCE!
Then a list of "hows"; how Babli could move that easily after the delivery? How (Prem Chopra), the lorry's deriver, provided the 2 fugitive leads with disguise that easily (and speedily?), and the most of all; how the officer could be waiting for the 2 leads in the train station BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL???!!! (How he knew their target place? How he managed to precede them?..). Well, this is why ladies and gentlemen we, in Egypt, name anything extremely unbelievable in our daily life: an "Indian movie." The thing is we used to say it about their very movies before, however with pleasure!
The character of (Amitabh) wasn't made well. The sound effect, which alerts about new scheme, was so annoying, and repeated for unbearable many times. The try of impersonating (Amitabh Bachchan)'s naive persona, from movies like (Don - 1978), by his son was so pathetic. Speaking about naive, what on earth that ending was? Were the movie makers that optimistic to think that they made a hit which could spawn a sequel?? Yet, nothing, and I mean nothing, can outclass the embarrassment of (Kajra Rethe); the number of (Amitabh Bachchan), (Abhishek Bachchan), and (Aishwarya Rai) together; that was unnecessary and ENDLESSLY LONG. I believe they wanted to gather the family of stars; the father, his terrible son, and the last's wife, in one song anyway, anyhow, even that served no one any good!
Some moments assure that we have a talented director. For instance, the short scene of (Amitabh Bachchan) studying the 2 lead's way of thinking in their room seemed lovely and tangent, with the supposed comic spirit of the whole thing. But that was used miserably, with nearly awful script, and utterly awful lead!
The survivors: After copious career, it's rare to see (Ranjeet) nowadays. He did, for instance, 16 movies in 1984 to only (Bunty Aur Babli) in 2005. Hence seeing him even in a cameo, as the store owner, is a delight before brining a lot of memories. Add to that, (Chup Chup Ke); it was nicely scored and shot. And (Rani Mukherjee); no doubt she chewed up the scenery with her true acting and presence, being the only fact in this fake parade of luster.
It's a show that wanted us to have a good time. I didn't. I deplored instead, feeling sad for: a talented-less actor of a talented star, a talented-less actor who stars a movie, a talented-less actor who has a mega-exaggerated chance that many talented ones wouldn't, and finally a possible good movie that didn't happen!
PS: Seeing (Amitabh Bachchan) ending the movie with the rap song (B N B), having naked girls dancing hip hop around him-was ugly, rather deformed thing. The marriage of his image, and (Shaggy)'s one, didn't work. The Indian cinema's borrowing from the MTV always ends up as disgraceful beggary!
The matter of Indian (Bonnie and Clyde) who love being famous, with (Amitabh Bachchan) chasing them, then ends up forgiving them, could have made a good heist, thriller, musical comedy, with sentimental side indeed. But (Abhishek Bachchan) was there, along with belittlement too, albeit (Abhishek) alone is enough!
(Abhishek) has a mute charisma, and - most importantly - CAN'T ACT AT ALL. During the whole movie, I couldn't stand him on screen doing anything. Waiting him to act is like waiting for having water out of squeezing a stone. It was bad experience, especially while having The Big B himself around. I mean the comparison was horrible, enough to recall the long one-shot scene with them both talking and moving like drunks, where one was doing the job effortlessly, and one wasn't doing it at all. Another problem concerning the presence of (Bachchan) senior which's the tragedy of him being responsible of pushing his son into the showbiz, and - sorrowfully - his birth in this world in the first place!
The bore was powerful. The thickness of the numbers turned the movie into an exhausting series of music videos. While being basically a comedy, the dialogue was no lighthearted. The "jobs" of the 2 leads weren't interesting by any mean. The last heist was so fabricated to achieve a chase anyway. Review its disasters with me: the coincidence of Bunty and Babli meeting the officer who, by coincidence too, forgot his ID with them, after, at short notice, he became the head of security in the airport which, coincidently at another short notice, has a gold to be transported, which attracts the 2 leads to steal it, while the delivery of Babli's baby happens ALL AT ONCE!
Then a list of "hows"; how Babli could move that easily after the delivery? How (Prem Chopra), the lorry's deriver, provided the 2 fugitive leads with disguise that easily (and speedily?), and the most of all; how the officer could be waiting for the 2 leads in the train station BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL???!!! (How he knew their target place? How he managed to precede them?..). Well, this is why ladies and gentlemen we, in Egypt, name anything extremely unbelievable in our daily life: an "Indian movie." The thing is we used to say it about their very movies before, however with pleasure!
The character of (Amitabh) wasn't made well. The sound effect, which alerts about new scheme, was so annoying, and repeated for unbearable many times. The try of impersonating (Amitabh Bachchan)'s naive persona, from movies like (Don - 1978), by his son was so pathetic. Speaking about naive, what on earth that ending was? Were the movie makers that optimistic to think that they made a hit which could spawn a sequel?? Yet, nothing, and I mean nothing, can outclass the embarrassment of (Kajra Rethe); the number of (Amitabh Bachchan), (Abhishek Bachchan), and (Aishwarya Rai) together; that was unnecessary and ENDLESSLY LONG. I believe they wanted to gather the family of stars; the father, his terrible son, and the last's wife, in one song anyway, anyhow, even that served no one any good!
Some moments assure that we have a talented director. For instance, the short scene of (Amitabh Bachchan) studying the 2 lead's way of thinking in their room seemed lovely and tangent, with the supposed comic spirit of the whole thing. But that was used miserably, with nearly awful script, and utterly awful lead!
The survivors: After copious career, it's rare to see (Ranjeet) nowadays. He did, for instance, 16 movies in 1984 to only (Bunty Aur Babli) in 2005. Hence seeing him even in a cameo, as the store owner, is a delight before brining a lot of memories. Add to that, (Chup Chup Ke); it was nicely scored and shot. And (Rani Mukherjee); no doubt she chewed up the scenery with her true acting and presence, being the only fact in this fake parade of luster.
It's a show that wanted us to have a good time. I didn't. I deplored instead, feeling sad for: a talented-less actor of a talented star, a talented-less actor who stars a movie, a talented-less actor who has a mega-exaggerated chance that many talented ones wouldn't, and finally a possible good movie that didn't happen!
PS: Seeing (Amitabh Bachchan) ending the movie with the rap song (B N B), having naked girls dancing hip hop around him-was ugly, rather deformed thing. The marriage of his image, and (Shaggy)'s one, didn't work. The Indian cinema's borrowing from the MTV always ends up as disgraceful beggary!