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Baradwaj Rangan

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Jun 5, 2005, 1:52:31 AM6/5/05
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Bunty aur Babli

Baradwaj Rangan

(C) The New Sunday Express - June 5, 2005

As 'Bunty aur Babli' opens, Amitabh Bachchan speaks of two Indias --
the small towns that folks like Rakesh (Abhishek Bachchan) and Vimmi
(Rani Mukerji) live in, and the big cities they dream of making a
livelihood in -- and it's soon clear that this split personality
isn't just in the country. It's in the second personas Rakesh and
Vimmi adopt -- that of Bunty and Babli -- and it's in the movie
itself, which seesaws between 'Chitchor' and 'Chacha Bhatija', part
laidback small-town charmer, part frantic Manmohan Desai caper.

A director attempting such a seemingly unholy narrative mix is either
very brave or very foolish -- but initially, Shaad Ali Sahgal just
seems very talented, with a real feel for the India of the Amol
Palekars and the Zarina Wahabs. He underscores family tension with a
heart-warming bit of background detail where a mother, hanging out
clothes to dry, hears her husband and son argue, and presses down so
hard that the clothesline collapses. Then, in Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's
delightfully earthy 'Chhote Chhote Shehron Se' number, Gulzar writes --
as only Gulzar can -- 'Oh zara rasta to do, thoda sa baadal chakhna
hai', about making way for Rakesh's sky-high ambitions, and the
decidedly earthbound visual shows him stuck on a bicycle, a herd of
goats blocking his path. This isn't just a contrast between dreams
and reality; it's a case study of how songs can be used to stress
themes in the script!

The dialogues are just right ("Chai banate ho?" Rakesh asks a boy
in a tea stall, who retorts, "Nahin. Pilata hoon."), the settings
are just right (a railway station feels so dingy, so... real) -- then,
suddenly, the movie veers into Manmohan Desai-land and becomes all
wrong. As small-town simpletons Rakesh-Vimmi become big-city swindlers
Bunty-Babli, it isn't just Rani who flounders, in manic situations
that Sridevi or Juhi Chawla would have polished off in their sleep.
(She's good with the drama, though.) Even the song picturisations
lose their charm -- the lovely 'Chup Chup Ke' is set amidst that oldest
of clichés, snow-capped peaks, and the dance-floor 'Nach Baliye' is a
bit of a horror, with Rani's unexpectedly jiggly midriff making her
look like a doll-sized Huma Khan.

Bunty and Babli are conmen (conpersons?), whose scams include the
selling of the Taj Mahal amidst a protest march where a placard reads,
'Main meri biwi se pareshaan hoon.' This sort of thing needs a
Desai-like conviction in the absurd, and Sahgal just doesn't have it.
He's great with the intimate stuff -- Rakesh-Vimmi's meeting while
waiting for a train, their realisation of being in love (when time
stops for them, but Mumbai doesn't stop moving around them),
Rakesh's quiet contentment upon seeing his name in the papers -- but
in the idiotic bits, there's no energy, no pace. For a movie about
con artists, the cons are the weakest parts.

Luckily, Amitabh Bachchan turns up as a cop after Bunty and Babli.
(Bachchan Jr. is very good, but Bachchan Sr. shows, in every imaginable
way, why he's Abhishek's 'baap'.) After a 'dhamaal' entry, lighting
his 'bidi' with a counterfeit note, he does a great drunk scene, he has
a hilarious slapstick encounter with Lilliput, and he sportingly
serenades a sensational Aishwarya Rai (doing her sauciest 'jhatkas'
since 'Ishq Kameena'). With the energy from that number, he almost
single-handedly gets the movie back on track, back to its small-town
roots -- so, looking back, it isn't surprising that 'Bunty aur Babli'
starts well, loses itself in the middle, and finally finds its way back
into our hearts. It's simply repaying the Big B's invaluable
contribution with a nod to his career trajectory.

V

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"Baradwaj Rangan" <b_ra...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Bunty aur Babli

<snip>

The dialogues are just right ("Chai banate ho?" Rakesh asks a boy
in a tea stall, who retorts, "Nahin. Pilata hoon."), the settings
are just right (a railway station feels so dingy, so... real)

Thanks. Great review. I, as you might have noticed earlier, i loved the
movie. I specially loved the small town scenes, because i thought they were
done pretty well. Not quite often these days that you notice a movie ( or tv
serial) with ordinary people out there. I hate those soap operas on Indian
tvs, where every one is oh so rich, and lives in perfect houses, and wears
perfect jewellery all the time. About this railway station that feels so
real.. it was because it is a railway station. Lucknow station. That is
exactly what it looks like. Unfortunately. On a recent trip to Lucknow, I
had noticed that although they'd done that Platform 1 pretty well, the other
platforms, where the VIP trains arriving from Delhi did not stop were in a
rather shabby condition. They are also outside the real Kanpur station when
Bunty and Babli part in Kanpur.

Baradwaj Rangan

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Jun 6, 2005, 1:08:52 AM6/6/05
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I read that they shot in real locations, but in some movies, even with
real locations, everything's so brightly lit, it feels like a set
surrounded by reflectors. Like that last scene in DDLJ - yes, it took
place in daylight, but it just felt a bit unreal, with so few people
around, etc. Compared to that, in Bunty/Babli, this station was lit
just so, it felt dark and depressing -- corresponding to the moods of
the characters.

After so much work, I felt cheated that they just lost it in the city
portions. But a lot of people I spoke to later loved the cons, so hey...

yeskay

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Jun 6, 2005, 9:47:38 AM6/6/05
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Baradwaj Rangan wrote:
> it isn't just Rani who flounders, in manic situations
> that Sridevi or Juhi Chawla would have polished off in their sleep.

Polished off? I find both these senior citizens ham their way through
the char. Sridevi with her squeaky bits and Chawla with her irritating
giggle. Atleasdt Rani did not show any irritating habits/histrionics.
I guess we do have our favorites.

> (She's good with the drama, though.) Even the song picturisations
> lose their charm -- the lovely 'Chup Chup Ke' is set amidst that oldest
> of clichés, snow-capped peaks, and the dance-floor 'Nach Baliye' is a
> bit of a horror, with Rani's unexpectedly jiggly midriff making her
> look like a doll-sized Huma Khan.
>

lol. It was totally unnecessary. I think RM seems to have gone back to
her "Hello Brother" days.

> For a movie about
> con artists, the cons are the weakest parts.
>

Very true. All the getups are in the song, very few cons are in the plot
except for the Taj Mahal one.

> and finally finds its way back into our hearts.

How do they redeem it in the end? The ending was abrupt.

aliya...@yahoo.com

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Jun 6, 2005, 8:43:54 PM6/6/05
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Rani too often 'stretches' to be funny in the film, and rarely with
good results. Juhi Chawla is probably the best comic actress in India-
EVER. As per Sridevi, there's a reason she's so often compared to
Lucille Ball. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Rani is a competent and likeable actress, but comedy is not her forte.
I'm not into making absolute comparisons, but she should shy away from
roles that require 'spontanaiety'.

Abhishek is hardly better suited for comedy. Give me Aamir Khan any
ol' day!

V

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Jun 7, 2005, 3:19:15 PM6/7/05
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aliya...@yahoo.com wrote:

> Abhishek is hardly better suited for comedy. Give me Aamir Khan any
> ol' day!

So when is Aamir's comeback movie being released?

V S Rawat

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Jun 8, 2005, 12:33:50 AM6/8/05
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Rising - Mangal Pandey is being said to be
releasing on Aug 15.

--
Rawat

V

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Jun 8, 2005, 10:40:06 AM6/8/05
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I think you missed the sarcasm on the word "comeback".

Anand Tiwari

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Jun 9, 2005, 3:06:22 PM6/9/05
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The Lucknow railway station sequence was actually shot on Kanpur
railway station, platform #7. For one day, the unit was given the
platform and they changed the signboards on the platform to say
'Lucknow'. This was reported in several leading Hindi dailies "Dainik
Jagran" and "Amarujala". Apparently the unit did not get permission to
shoot at Charbagh Station in Lucknow. You are right about the sequence
outside Kanpur railway station. It was shot on the civil lines side
(platform #1). The commotion was so huge that a roof collapsed during
the shooting.

anand

V

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Jun 9, 2005, 3:14:29 PM6/9/05
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Thanks for the info. Actually at Lucknow,platform #7, or for that
matter any platform > 1 is equally dilapidated, which is what confused
me. The shot just before the Q Q Qureshi shot was the Charbagh shot
however, that I am positive.

Champak Bhumiya

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Jun 10, 2005, 10:30:40 PM6/10/05
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Hi
Anand,
Welcome back to ramli after so many years

Champak
PS: tenth anniversary of RAMLI coming up in 3 months. Boy, how time
flies!!

Anand Tiwari

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Jun 13, 2005, 2:01:17 PM6/13/05
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Thanks! It has really been a long time.

anand

Aditya Basrur

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Jun 14, 2005, 9:41:04 PM6/14/05
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yeskay wrote:

Finally caught this over the weekend. Enjoyed it a great deal.

> Baradwaj Rangan wrote:
> > it isn't just Rani who flounders, in manic situations
> > that Sridevi or Juhi Chawla would have polished off in their sleep.
>
> Polished off? I find both these senior citizens ham their way through
> the char. Sridevi with her squeaky bits and Chawla with her irritating
> giggle. Atleasdt Rani did not show any irritating habits/histrionics.
> I guess we do have our favorites.

I haven't yet seen Sridevi in a role that I like, and I've been trying
my damnedest to find one. In "Mr. India" she was extraordinarily
average. She looked decidedly overweight, her laughter was irritating
and her histrionics were hardly credible. In "Khuda Gawah", if
anything, she was worse. I couldn't get through Lamhe - the lack of
subtitles made it too hard. Like Hema Malini, I can't understand why
she's rated so highly.

I've only seen Juhi in QSQT and Jhankaar Beats. I liked the latter a
great deal. But really, she didn't make me laugh like Rani did in B&B.
I guess we do have our favourites.

> > (She's good with the drama, though.) Even the song picturisations
> > lose their charm -- the lovely 'Chup Chup Ke' is set amidst that oldest
> > of clichés, snow-capped peaks, and the dance-floor 'Nach Baliye' is a
> > bit of a horror, with Rani's unexpectedly jiggly midriff making her
> > look like a doll-sized Huma Khan.
> >
>
> lol. It was totally unnecessary. I think RM seems to have gone back to
> her "Hello Brother" days.

She shouldn't have been wearing hot pants either. Some of the poses are
hardly flattering, though. During "Kajra Re", Ash was made to sit on
the floor, midriff bare, and lean forward. Unless you have absolutely
no fat on your waist (a rarity amongst Indian actresses; maybe Katrina
is an exception), things start to jiggle.

I don't think Rani's gone back to Hello Brother or Bichhoo days. Her
face is still fairly slim. She's not the toned Naina of K3G, and she
ought to work on this, but she remains reasonably attractive.

> > For a movie about
> > con artists, the cons are the weakest parts.
> >
>
> Very true. All the getups are in the song, very few cons are in the plot
> except for the Taj Mahal one.
>
> > and finally finds its way back into our hearts.
>
> How do they redeem it in the end? The ending was abrupt.

Some people have suggested this is a take on "Bonnie and Clyde". I
disagree. It's more "Catch Me If You Can" (with a romantic twist) than
anything else. It would have been nice to see a bit more of the
subsequent plot, I agree.

In essence, it's a masala film. It doesn't pretend to be very deep, and
it isn't. But in some ways, I preferred it to a film like "Black"
(compared purely because two of the stars were the same) which seemed
like a direct lift and entirely out of place in 1930s India. It had a
natural quality which "Black" didn't. I didn't like the injokes, with
Amitabh saying Abhishek was like a son repeatedly, but otherwise a lot
of the gags seemed to work (even subtitled).

I took a non-Indian friend along and she enjoyed it greatly. Many
comedies don't translate, but this one apparently did.

Aditya [ Parineeta and Paheli next. ] Basrur

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Aditya Basrur

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rkusnet wrote:
> "Aditya Basrur" <sandaa...@yahoo.com> wrote

>
> >I haven't yet seen Sridevi in a role that I like, and I've been trying
> >my damnedest to find one. In "Mr. India" she was extraordinarily
> >average.
>
> Sridevi in Chaalbaaz was very good. There was a tiny bit as a south
> indian she did in Roop Kee Rani Choron Ka Raja. I think she was
> imitating tamil character actress Manorama. Sridevi was very good
> in that. I can't imagine any other indian actress doing that piece
> so well. I don't think highly of Sridevi in Hindi films, but she was
> good in one or two movies.

OK, will try to watch them.

> I haven't seen B&B yet. I understand that it is a role which require
> the character to be of gay abandon. And from folks back home
> I heard she screwed it up big time. Rangan also seem to hint at that
> in his review.

I dunno. Maybe over the last few years we've come to expect a uniformly
high standard of Rani, and when she doesn't meet it we get
disappointed. (And maybe I should practice what I preach when it comes
to SRT.) I think she performed adequately, looked good, carried
dialogues reasonably well, and did what she could in the situations in
which she was meant to act.

> I keep seeing a song of her and Abishek from B&B in TV
> and she clearly looked out of place.

Which song? If it's "Nach Baliye", she shouldn't be in it at all,
especially not in those costumes (she even looks better in the
open-legged white skirt, but hot pants are a bad look for her). She
looks better in "Chup Chup Ke" and does better in "Dhadak Dhadak".

The main downside of the film IMHO is that all the cons are done via
songs, instead of properly making them part of the film itself. In
Catch Me If You Can, they played that part of the film up, and the
interplay between the characters looked after itself. This film does it
the other way around and without great success. I agree that Amitabh
made it a lot brighter. (I especially liked the train sequence and its
Sholay echoes.) Rani herself was ok, not fantastic.

Aditya

Vishal

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Jun 15, 2005, 9:40:47 AM6/15/05
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Aditya Basrur wrote:

> I've only seen Juhi in QSQT and Jhankaar Beats. I liked the latter a
> great deal.

Watch Hum Hain Rahi Pyar ke or One two ka four as rk said.

>
> Aditya [ Parineeta and Paheli next. ] Basrur

Careful. Paheli has Shahrukh.

lt

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"Vishal" <vr...@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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I have the following lined up for the weekend

Aadharshila (Naseer, Anita Kanwar)
Anupama
Adalat (Pradeep Kumar, Nargis)

and a couple more I plan to pick up today.

kamesh

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harsha...@gmail.com

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Last week-end I watched PARINEETA. I had an option to watch Mr & Mrs
Smith but preferred this one. The reason was simple. I'm a great fan of
Vidhu vinod Chopra. He has churned out masterpieces like 1942: A love
story, my all time favorite Parinda, Mission Kashmir and recent
blockbuster Munnabhai MBBS.


PARINEETA started with a strong note. Amitabh narrated the lifestyle
of Calcutta. PARINEETA has a backdrop of 1960s and the film wears a
sepia tone throughout. In one of the interviews, vidhu vinod chopra
said that 90% cast of the film was bengoli. Even the scenes which were
shot inside the closed room were shot in Calcutta! Believe me its very
authentic. When i was learning even management, my teacher used to say,
"God lies in details". Seems, vidhu is well aware of this fact. Great
care has been taken for detailing while shooting every single frame.
Cinematography is simply brilliant.

PARINEETA is a story of childhood friends. Circumstances create
misunderstandings between them but they happily unite in the end. As
simple as that. You might say, I've seen this kind of story for some
thousand times in Hindi cinema. You are right, but this film is
'different'. I mean it. The treatment is really very different.

The girl who plays lead as Lolita, might walk away with best debutant
award this time. Vidya Balan has delivered a knockout performance. She
excels in every department and manages to look sexy in sari :-)
But its saif who stills the show. In his interview, vidhu said saif
wasn't his first choice. He explicitly asked for this role. Vidhu was
not sure if saif will be able to do it. But saif surely proved him
wrong. He has come out of his chocolaty-confused-girl crazy kinda boy
image and proved that he handle more mature roles. Sometimes, he
impresses even without saying a word. His silence is enough to make the
impact.
Another character who deserves a special mention is Sabyasachi
Chakraborty. He plays saif's father. He has delivered a surprise
performance as a strict businessman.
Sanjay dutt doesn't get much to do. But his screen presence is enough
to make you relate with the character.

PARINEETA is more like a poetry. Some might compare it with DEVDAS,
but this one is different. DEVDAS was passionate and was sad. This one
digs more into relationships. And every relationship has been handled
very well.
Don't carry the huge expectations while going for this movie. But don't
miss it. Its definitely worth watching. Its a good cinema and a visual
treat.


--Harshal Katre
http://harshal.myCrowSoft.com

harsha...@gmail.com

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Saturday morning turned out to be disastrous as we went to watch Bunty
Aur Babli . The movie was one of the dumbest movies I had ever seen. We
are overly excited to watch this movie because of Amitabh's special
get up. He played a cop in the movie. But he got much lesser screen
time and that too rather boring.
Abhishek Bachhan plays Bunty and Rani Mukharjee plays Babli in the
movie. Both belong to the small villages, and are day dreamers. One day
frustrated with their daily boring life they run away from their homes
and start cheating people to make money.
The screenplay was very unrealistic. Bunty aur Babli rob the mob like
our Sachin smashes fours & sixes off the Zimbabwe bowlers. Its like a
cakewalk for them. Its like you are playing a computer game and you
know all the cheat codes. Then you can go anywhere, shoot anyone, and
do anything without bothering about your health meter. Too dumb.
And then there are songs, songs and songs. They pop up anytime and
without any context. You can sing a song while running from the people
you have just cheated, you can sing a song while you are with police
officer and just anytime you want. Never mind the situations. Aishwarya
looked gorgeous in one of the item number and the Rap song of Amitabh
is saving grace.

Our Bunty aur Babli are so brave that they didn't hesitate while
selling the Taj Mahal to a foreigner, to steal Gold from a airplane
even when Babli is about to deliver a child. Wait.. I can't resist
myself from explaining the whole scene. It goes like this.. Babli is
pregnant but still she is on the Airport to steal some gold. She gives
a prank call to Airport officers informing them about a bomb. Now,
clever Amitabh calls back on her cell and follows the ring tone. Babli
is confused about what to do, her mobile is ringing, how to hide it?
Amitabh spots her in the crowd by hearing her ring tone. But Babli
finally escapes successfully. Chase doesn't end here. Babli starts
to feel the pain. So Bunty takes her to the hospital. Amitabh guesses
the situation and starts heading towards the hospital. But by the time
he reaches Bunty aur Babli are gone with their child!! Yes, you heard
it right, Bunty delivered a child and ran away with it.
For some enthusiastic film freaks, who want to know the name of child..
the name is Pappu.

So, this is it about the movie. The more I'll discuss about it, more
I'll start to feel dumb.
This time, Yash Raj films totally wasted a golden chance. The film got
the nice promotion (Bunty aur Babli played news readers on NDTV),
great start cast (Aishwarya also does a special dance number) and good
performances. But still it falls flat on face due to the lack of
soulful script. Its like you have all the aces while playing cards but
you still lose the game.
So dear folks, stay home, stay safe, save your money, save your time
and never ever even think of watching this movie. (You may recommend it
your enemies)

--Harshal Katre
http://harshal.myCrowSoft.com

Loony Tunes

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<harsha...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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It would be nice if you put spoiler alerts so the story is not given away
for people who havent seen the movie.
Your can post the review without giving away too much of the story (that too
scene by scene).

k

V S Rawat

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Jun 16, 2005, 10:25:59 AM6/16/05
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On 6/16/05 11:42 AM India Time, _harsh...@gmail.com_ wrote:

> Saturday morning turned out to be disastrous as we went to watch Bunty
> Aur Babli . The movie was one of the dumbest movies I had ever seen.

ha ha ha.

You should blame yourself. :) All those discussion on this
movie and you still went to see it "with hope".

You should replace Bruce Willis in Die Hard IV.

> We
> are overly excited to watch this movie because of Amitabh's special
> get up. He played a cop in the movie. But he got much lesser screen
> time and that too rather boring.

Actually, the basic concept of including him chasing
culprits was quite good. But he was not given enough
weitage and Bunty/Bubli were allowed a free run.

Compare this to Om Puri in Pyar to Honaa hi thaa(?),
that Kajol, Ajay Devgan one, or Amjad Khan in a Qurbani,
or some nana flicks where the Cop is always "almost"
going to nab the culprits.

If Amitabh had been that type of role, the movie
would have become much better.

It was further worsened by Amitabh, Aish dance and
drinks. That might have provided some treat for eyes
but that killed the image of Amitabh.

> Abhishek Bachhan plays Bunty and Rani Mukharjee plays Babli in the
> movie. Both belong to the small villages, and are day dreamers.

A day-dreamer does not do anything concrete. They had
capabilities and were ready to put efforts to bring their
dreams to reality. Thus, I would not call them day dreamers
as such. Wishfuls, maybe.

> One day
> frustrated with their daily boring life they run away from their homes

to give credit to the script, I would say that they first try
the straight path, but got cheated, then, at the end of the cliff,
they decide to cheat back. The problem comes: They keep on "cheating".


> and start cheating people to make money.
> The screenplay was very unrealistic. Bunty aur Babli rob the mob like
> our Sachin smashes fours & sixes off the Zimbabwe bowlers. Its like a
> cakewalk for them. Its like you are playing a computer game and you
> know all the cheat codes. Then you can go anywhere, shoot anyone, and
> do anything without bothering about your health meter. Too dumb.
> And then there are songs, songs and songs. They pop up anytime and
> without any context. You can sing a song while running from the people
> you have just cheated, you can sing a song while you are with police
> officer and just anytime you want. Never mind the situations. Aishwarya
> looked gorgeous in one of the item number and the Rap song of Amitabh
> is saving grace.
>
> Our Bunty aur Babli are so brave that they didn't hesitate while
> selling the Taj Mahal to a foreigner, to steal Gold from a airplane
> even when Babli is about to deliver a child. Wait.. I can't resist
> myself from explaining the whole scene. It goes like this.. Babli is
> pregnant but still she is on the Airport to steal some gold. She gives
> a prank call to Airport officers informing them about a bomb. Now,
> clever Amitabh calls back on her cell and follows the ring tone. Babli
> is confused about what to do, her mobile is ringing, how to hide it?
> Amitabh spots her in the crowd by hearing her ring tone. But Babli
> finally escapes successfully. Chase doesn't end here. Babli starts
> to feel the pain. So Bunty takes her to the hospital.

:) On the way, the leave their car, and wait on the road,
and a truck driver comes who delivers them to hospital.

And Amitabh was supposed to be chasing a step behind.

> Amitabh guesses
> the situation and starts heading towards the hospital. But by the time
> he reaches Bunty aur Babli are gone with their child!! Yes, you heard
> it right, Bunty delivered a child and ran away with it.

Beautifully explained. ;-P

I had shied away from asking why all the ladies remain in
hospital for three or four days after delivering.

> For some enthusiastic film freaks, who want to know the name of child..
> the name is Pappu.
>
> So, this is it about the movie. The more I'll discuss about it, more
> I'll start to feel dumb.
> This time, Yash Raj films totally wasted a golden chance. The film got
> the nice promotion (Bunty aur Babli played news readers on NDTV),
> great start cast (Aishwarya also does a special dance number) and good
> performances. But still it falls flat on face due to the lack of
> soulful script. Its like you have all the aces while playing cards but
> you still lose the game.
> So dear folks, stay home, stay safe, save your money, save your time
> and never ever even think of watching this movie. (You may recommend it
> your enemies)
>
>
>
> --Harshal Katre
> http://harshal.myCrowSoft.com
>

made Lovely reading.

thanks.
--
Rawat

Vishal

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V S Rawat wrote:
> On 6/16/05 11:42 AM India Time, _harsh...@gmail.com_ wrote:
>
> > Saturday morning turned out to be disastrous as we went to watch Bunty
> > Aur Babli . The movie was one of the dumbest movies I had ever seen.
>
> ha ha ha.

You seem pretty pleased to meet someone like you.

>
> You should blame yourself. :) All those discussion on this
> movie and you still went to see it "with hope".

You are very funny.

Bunty Aur Babli is good entertainment. Trying to read in between lines,
when none exist is stupid.

asi...@my-deja.com

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Jun 16, 2005, 3:26:00 PM6/16/05
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Juhi's One two ka four role was reprised by Kajol in KKKG. I love the
way Juhi parodies Narendar Chanchal's song by answering the phone with
"Hi hello chodo, Jai Mata Di bolo." I crack up everytime I think about
it. She was magnificent in that film.

Cheers
Arun

Gafoor

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Jun 17, 2005, 12:01:11 AM6/17/05
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V S Rawat wrote:
> On 6/16/05 11:42 AM India Time, _harsh...@gmail.com_ wrote:
>
>> Saturday morning turned out to be disastrous as we went to watch
>> Bunty Aur Babli . The movie was one of the dumbest movies I had ever
>> seen.
>
> ha ha ha.
>
> You should blame yourself. :) All those discussion on this
> movie and you still went to see it "with hope".
>
> You should replace Bruce Willis in Die Hard IV.

What does that mean?

V S Rawat

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Jun 17, 2005, 6:25:05 AM6/17/05
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On 6/17/05 12:48 AM India Time, _Vishal_ wrote:

>
> V S Rawat wrote:
>
>>On 6/16/05 11:42 AM India Time, _harsh...@gmail.com_ wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Saturday morning turned out to be disastrous as we went to watch Bunty
>>>Aur Babli . The movie was one of the dumbest movies I had ever seen.
>>
>>ha ha ha.
>
>
> You seem pretty pleased to meet someone like you.
>
>
>>You should blame yourself. :) All those discussion on this
>>movie and you still went to see it "with hope".
>
>
> You are very funny.

"It is my state of mind to conclude that what you
write was funny" would have been a proctive statement.
but, never mind.

> Bunty Aur Babli is good entertainment. Trying to read in between lines,
> when none exist is stupid.
>

Seems that you love to find supidity among others.
it makes your feel less stupid that others.

B&B was a movie which will pelt bad effect on
society.

D will have bad effect on society.

Satya and Company will NOT have bad effect on
society.

Entertainment is not a separated chamber of
the brain. On the other hand, entertainment
is the easiest way to get something into the
brain, and make one follow what is shown or told.

Movies like Chupke Chupke, Hera Pheri, Waqt, Hungama
were so openly on entertainment that no one would
give them a serious thought, and would not follow
what is said in them.

Whereas B&B and D are a viable proposition. It is
disturbing. The trend is shwoing so openeing here
at RAMLI that people are beginning to fight and
name calling when someone writes bad things about
movies. It maybe because those people have already
approved off the methods shown in these movies and
might not hesitate to follow it. Thus they take
any negative statement about these movies against
their own psyche and persona, which, sadly, it indeed is.
--
Rawat

Vishal

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Jun 17, 2005, 10:46:05 AM6/17/05
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V S Rawat wrote:

>
> B&B was a movie which will pelt bad effect on
> society.
>
> D will have bad effect on society.

I like to know about your views on Hollywood movies, and their effects
on American society.

And yes, you are very funny.

V S Rawat

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Jun 17, 2005, 1:13:01 PM6/17/05
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On 6/17/05 8:16 PM India Time, _Vishal_ wrote:

> V S Rawat wrote:
>
>
>>B&B was a movie which will pelt bad effect on
>>society.
>>
>>D will have bad effect on society.
>
>
> I like to know about your views on Hollywood movies, and their effects
> on American society.

that is offtopic for this ng. meet me on some other forum.

>
> And yes, you are very funny.
>

Your choice. being proactive is not mandatory.

I do not find you funny.
--
Rawat

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