FILM
PREVIEW: BUNTY AUR BABLI (2005)
CAST: ABHISHEK
BACHCHAN, RANI MUKERJI, AMITABH BACHCHAN, AISHWARYA RAI (special appearance)
DIRECTOR: SHAAD ALI SEHGAL
LYRICS: GULZAR
MUSIC: SHANKAR, EHSAAN, LOY
PRODUCER: ADITYA CHOPRA
Predicted
Radio Sargam Rating: 7/10
Bollywood’s
prestigious production company Yash Raj Films enjoyed a fantastic year
in 2004, thanks to the success of Hum Tum and Dhoom. Hopes are high
the blockbusters will continue to roll in 2005, starting with the release
of Bunty Aur Babli in May. As usual, Yash Raj have chosen www.RadioSargam.com
to present the first preview you will find online!
Bunty Aur
Babli is a fun-packed musical comedy directed by Shaad Ali Sehgal, who
reunites with his ‘Saathiya’ heroine Rani Mukherjee once again.
The film also stars Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan for the first time
together on the big screen, not to mention a special item number by
Aishwarya Rai… no wonder its one of the most awaited flicks of
the year!
SYNOPSIS:
Rakesh
(Abhishek Bachchan) is a lethargic young man, full of schemes, ideas
and restlessness. His small Uttar Pradesh town begins to feel a bit
small for his king size plans. He wants to become the richest man in
the world and enjoy all the luxuries in life! In other words, he wants
out!
In another
small town called Pankinagar lives Vimmi (Rani Mukherjee) whose also
facing the dilemmas of life. Does she follow the course every other
young marriageable girl does? Or does she carve new fate lines on her
soft as butter palms? In her mind she’s the foxiest thing to ever
have hit a ramp. She’s a sexy girl who the world can just admire
but never touch. She imagines herself as a future Miss India! She too
wants out!
Somewhere
along their individual journeys, Rakesh and Vimmi meet, flogged by circumstance
but unwilling to concede. In a moment of mistaken truth, “Bunty”
and “Babli” are born. And the world gets turned on its head!
And so
they pack their aspirations in worn out bags, whip a scarf of confidence
around their proud necks and set forth. On a journey across the length
and breadth of the country, spinning circles around the people they
meet.
We follow
the duo through caper after caper, in which they meet rajahs, powerbrokers,
shaadi bandwallahs, millionaires, investors, leaders, ministers, banjaras,
elephants, explorers, hoteliers, chai boys and one very, very upset
policeman!
The world
sits up and takes wide eyed notice of this pair. Together they are spiritual
gurus, bureaucrat and secretary, gangster and moll, business partners,
hen pecked husband and pregnant wife, lawyer and sexually harassed client,
vagabonds, caught-in-a-downpour lovers and lots, lots more. And they
seem to love every minute of it!
The film
is expected to release 27th May 2005.
Written
by Robeel Haq
