Bunty Aur Babli 2 Movie Review: More cons than pros

STORY: The notorious con couple Bunty and Babli resolve to be again within the enterprise to thwart the makes an attempt of a younger couple and produce them to justice, as they’re swindling folks of their identify. However will the originals be capable to outsmart the brand new scamsters on the block?

REVIEW: It’s been over 15 years since their final con and Rakesh (Saif Ali Khan) and Vimmi Trivedi (Rani Mukerji), as soon as generally known as Bunty aur Babli at the moment are residing a daily small-town life in Phursatganj Uttar Pradesh. Rakesh is a railway ticket collector and Vimmi is a screechy middle-class housewife. Performing in loud and vibrant garments throughout festivities and events of their railway colony, is the one pleasure of their in any other case routine life. However all of it’s about to alter as Kunal (Siddhant Chaturvedi) and Sonia (Sharvari Wagh) – two younger engineering move outs at the moment are scamming folks, utilizing the all too acquainted calling card of ‘B&B’ that represents Bunty aur Babli. For inspector Jatayu Singh (Pankaj Tripathi), the now ‘retired’ Bunty and Babli are the important thing to conducting his mission of nabbing the brand new fraudsters.

It’s a plot that’s tailored for a sequel to money in on the recognition of its authentic and take the story ahead. Nonetheless, debutant director and screenplay author Varun V. Sharma struggles to seamlessly carry all of it collectively. The movie’s narrative focuses method too laborious on force-fitting the references from the unique that ought to have come organically. There are a few revolutionary cons and unrecognisable disguises, however the total execution is much too juvenile to have the ability to take something or anybody severely. The primary half is spent largely in organising the stage for the final word battle and the story doesn’t actually transfer at a strong tempo. Within the second half, the plot thickens however the lack of logic and conviction within the story and its telling doesn’t make us really feel strongly for any of the characters.

A stellar solid of some seasoned artists and promising newcomers is let down by weak and sloppy writing. Nonetheless, it’s a delight to look at Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji collectively, who go over-the-top with their acts however it’s enjoyable. The 2 actors present crackling chemistry regardless of enjoying a middle-aged couple coping with common home points. Saif is sort of lovable because the goofy and obedient Rakesh Trivedi whereas Rani’s comedian timing is a saving grace even when she is saddled with a stereotypical loud character and only a few genuinely humorous traces or scenes. Actually, for a comedy this one’s very low on natural humour with only a handful of gags that truly land. Siddhant Chaturvedi performs his half effectively and Sharvari Wagh could be very assured for her first movie. They appear good collectively. Nonetheless, their characters haven’t any backstory or a convincing build-up to make the viewers join with them. Pankaj Tripathi’s act of infusing humour in a rural accent is sweet however we’ve seen it method too many occasions to seek out any novelty in it. The soundtrack doesn’t have any memorable songs like the unique however fortunately there are just a few of them within the movie.

All in all, ‘Bunty aur Babli 2’ had an thrilling premise to revive the 2 iconic characters, however this sequel looks like fairly a con-job compared with its authentic.

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