Review: It’s been more than 15 years since their last thief and Rakesh (Saif Ali Khan) and Vimmi Trivedi (Rani Mukerji), once known as Bunty Aur Babli, now live in Fursatganj, a small town in Uttar Pradesh. living life. Rakesh is a railway ticket collector and Vimmi is a middle-class housewife. Performing in loud and colorful clothes during festivals and occasions in Railway Colony, is the only excitement in their otherwise routine life. But that’s all about to change as Kunal (Siddhant Chaturvedi) and Sonia (Sharvori Wagh) – two young engineering pass outs now represent Bunty and Babli – deceive people using the all-too-familiar calling cards of ‘B&Bs’. are. For Inspector Jatayu Singh (Pankaj Tripathi), the now ‘retired’ Bunty and Babli are the keys to completing their mission of catching new traitors.
It’s a plot designed to capitalize on the popularity of its original and take the story forward for a sequel. However, debutant director and screenwriter Varun V. Sharma struggles to bring them all together. The film’s narrative basically focuses on force-fitting the references that should have come about organically. There are some innovative cons and recognizable disguises, but the overall execution is so meager that nothing or anyone is capable of being taken seriously. The first half is mostly spent setting the stage for the final conflict and the story doesn’t really move at a solid pace. In the second half, the plot thickens, but the story’s lack of logic and conviction and its story doesn’t make us feel strongly for any of the characters.
A few seasoned artists and a stellar cast of promising newcomers are let down by weak and sloppy writing. Still, it’s a pleasure to see Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji together, who go on top with their acts but it’s fun. Despite playing a middle-aged couple dealing with regular domestic issues, both the actors showed acrimonious chemistry. Saif as the goofy and obedient Rakesh Trivedi is quite endearing, while Rani’s comic timing is a saving grace, even if she is saddled with a stereotypically loud character and very few funny lines or scenes. In fact, it’s very low on organic humor for a comedy, with only a handful of jokes that really take off. Siddhant Chaturvedi plays her role well and Sharvari Wagh is very confident for her debut film. They look good together. However, there is no backstory or solid construction of his characters to engage the audience with him. Pankaj Tripathi’s quirk of humor in the rural tone is good but we have seen it many times that there is no innovation in it. The soundtrack doesn’t have any memorable songs like the original, but thankfully there are only a few of them in the film.
Overall, ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’ had an exciting premise to revive the two iconic characters, but the sequel feels quite chubby compared to its original.
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