Bunty and Babli are two young people who randomly meet each other after running away from their homes to chase their dream. After facing hurdles in their path they decide to take up conning and soon become the best con artists in the country. However, their success is threatened as a relentless cop is on their trail.
Acting
Rani Mukerji's unhinged Punjabi princess creation — career-defining chaos
Direction
Shaad Ali's candy-colored small-town fantasies before he lost the plot
Score
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy at peak 'Kajra Re' infectiousness
Director
Shaad Ali
Abhishek Bachchan
Rakesh Trivedi / Bunty
Rani Mukerji
Vimmi Saluja / Babli
Amitabh Bachchan
Dashrath Singh
Raj Babbar
T. T. Chandra P. Trivedi
Rameshwari Talluri
Mrs. Trivedi
Puneet Issar
Mr. Saluja
Kiran Juneja
Mrs. Saluja
Pratima Kazmi
Phool Sakhi
Prem Chopra
Sikh Truck Driver
Sanjay Mishra
Q. Q. Qureshi
Anupam Shyam
Raj Kapoor Tiwari
Brijendra Kala
Mehmood Bilal
Veerendra Saxena
Police Commissioner
Ranjeet Bedi
Showroom Manager
Ravi Baswani
Hotel Owner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Kajra Re' item number was originally written for a different film entirely, then repurposed when Shaad Ali heard it — it became the defining image of 2005 Bollywood.
The film quietly maps India's 2000s economic anxiety onto its con-artist heroes — their scams target the newly wealthy (fake gas stations, bogus companies) while they themselves can only dream of legitimate success.
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