Bunty Aur Babli

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Bunty Aur Babli (Bunty and Babli) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali, written by Jaideep Sahni and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars real-life father-son duo Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan in their first film collaboration with the former as a police officer while the latter and Rani Mukerji star as the titular protagonists, with Amitabh Bachchan, Puneet Issar, Pratima Kazmi and Sanjay Mishra among others in a supporting roles. Largely inspired by the 1967 American film Bonnie and Clyde, it follows Fursatganj-based Rakesh Trivedi and Pankinagar-based Vimmi Saluja who run away from their respective homes and, pushed by their failures, transform into con artists, little aware that JCP Dashrath Singh has been tailing them. Bunty Aur Babli was theatrically released on 27 May 2005, and received positive reviews from critics who praised the direction, screenplay, costumes, music, and lead performances. The film emerged as a major commercial success, grossing ₹904 million (US$11 million) worldwide, and became the second highest-grossing Indian film of the year. At the 51st Filmfare Awards, the film received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Abhishek Bachchan), Best Actress (Mukerji), and Best Supporting Actor (Amitabh Bachchan), winning three: 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 later remade in Telugu as Bhale Dongalu (2008). Its sequel, Bunty Aur Babli 2 was released theatrically on 19 November 2021. Mukerji reprised her role with Saif Ali Khan replacing Abhishek Bachchan. Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari Wagh joined as a new pair of con artists.