Bunty Aur Babli 2 Movie Review: 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' Is Fairly Entertaining And Honest With The Brand Value But Falls Short To Its Predecessor

Bunty Aur Babli (2005) was a box office hit and has enjoyed super success over the years. The sequel for the con-comedy, Bunty Aur Babli 2, has come quite late but for good cause as it compiles some new elements with old formulas in entertaining manners. The comparison between these two is unavoidable but the fact that this film carries the brand and the characters forward is surely commendable. Lots of franchise films have gone with different characters and stories with the sequels so thank God that this one has remained faithful to its original source material. YRF's new formula of con-comedy is fairly entertaining, and with the face off between old Bunty And Babli and new Bunty And Babli, it becomes interesting too.Bunty and Babli are forced out of retirement after a spate of robberies with their trademark sigil start appearing across India. This Varun V. Sharma's script pits the old pair of Bunty and Babli against the new set of the con artist. The cat and mouse game begins and what follows later is all you have to experience yourself without any spoilers. To be frank, the formulas written in this film are old but this new idea of bringing four con-artists together is really interesting.The screenplay struggles in the first half but then it shifts gear in the second half. Dialogues are decent which follows a typical local humor along with fresh, youth oriented glamour. Bunty Aur Babli had a hit music album and some of the songs are still in our playlists. Compared to that, Bunty Aur Babli 2 music is underwhelming, but it's not a complete let down. Luv Ju is a sassy number, Tattoo Waaliye is a typical Punjabi-mix and the Title Song is listenable with that old nostalgic touch. So, overall it's a good mix of different music forms.Talking about performances, Bunty Aur Babli 2 is definitely lucky. Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji's chemistry is as natural as we see in any married couple. In the first half they are like typical town-people and then you find a big glamorous surprise in the second half. The new set of Bunty And Babli is equally good. Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari Wagh both get to perform lots of roles as con artists, actually more varieties compared to the senior pair. From accents to looks to postures to glamour, everything they do is convincing.Varun V. Sharma as a debutant looks promising but he could have done a lot better with the kind of brand he chose. Maybe that certain pressure makes it a little difficult for him and for us, but if you look at it as a comparison then things look a little uneasy. Nevertheless, he manages to recover from that average first half while delivering constant surprises in the second half. Overall, this Con-Comedy by YRF remains faithful to its brand Values and has its moments that can be enjoyed by family audiences.RATING - 3/5*