Benny and Babloo

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Benny and Babloo
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Directed byYunus Sajawal
Written byStory and Screenplay:
Yunus Sajawal
Dialogues:
Farhad-Sajid
Produced byUmesh Chouhan & Bablu Uddin
Starring Kay Kay Menon
Rajpal Yadav
Riya Sen
Shweta Tiwari
Rukhsar Rehman
Anita Hassanandani
Richa Chadda
Maushumi Udeshi
Hiten Paintal
Aashif Sheikh
Music byAmjad Nadeem
Release date
  • 1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Benny and Babloo is a 2010 Bollywood satirical comedy film, produced by Umesh Chouhan and directed by noted screenwriter Yunus Sajawal. The film was released in October 2010 under the Chamunda Films banner. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Riya Sen, Shweta Tiwari, Rukhsar Rehman, Anita Hassanandani, Richa Chadda, Maushumi Udeshi, Hiten Paintal and Aasif Sheikh in prominent roles. [1]

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Plot

Smitten by the glamor of Mumbai, two friends, Benny and Babloo, land up in distinctly different jobs: Benny as the bellboy of a five-star hotel, and Babloo as a waiter in a ladies' service bar.

Benny believes his job is better than Babloo's and repeatedly ridicules him. Benny's pride fades away as they both realize that, although their jobs may look different viewed from the outside, they're quite similar seen from the inside.

Benny witnesses several criminal activities at the hotel, from drug abuse to political scandals, while Babloo sees the human side of the ladies' bar. In the end, the truth stares them in the face: five-star hotels are the moral juniors to ladies' bars.

Cast

Music

  1. "Jabse Dil Diya Hai" - Himani Kapoor, Sukhwinder Singh
  2. "Dolly" - Kalpana Patowary, Master Saleem

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "BENNY AND BABLOO may not be path breaking or innovative as such, but it keeps you hooked in most parts, especially the finale." [2] Renuka Rao of Daily News and Analysis wrote, "All in all, the film is an average attempt at highlighting a well-known social issue. It is not good enough to charm you." [3]

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References

  1. Mukherjee, Roshni. "I don't want to get typecast: Richa". Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2023 via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  2. Adarsh, Taran (1 October 2010). "Benny and Babloo Review". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. Rao, Renuka (1 October 2010). "Quick Review: Benny and Babloo is a sardonic comedy". Daily News and Analysis . Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.