Bin Bulaye Baraati
Bin Bulaye Baraati is a 2011 Indian dark comedy film written by Praful Parekh and M.Salim and directed by Chandrakant Singh. The stars Aftab Shivdasani, Priyanka Kothari, Rajpal Yadav, Om Puri, Sanjay Mishra, Shakti Kapoor and Vijay Raaz in lead roles, with Shweta Tiwari featured in a cameo appearance and Mallika Sherawat and Shweta Bhardwaj appearing in song numbers. The film was released in India on 17 June 2011 and received mixed reviews. Plot Criminals Hazari (Sanjay Mishra) and Murari (Rajpal Yadav) rob the Police Commissioner's home, and Chetta Singh (Vijay Raaz) steal the car belonging to the Commissioner's wife, Kusum (Rati Agnihotri). Meanwhile, AD (Aftab Shivdasani) elopes with Shreya (Priyanka Kothari), the niece of Police Sub-Inspector Pralay Pratap Singh (Om Puri). With each group is on the run for different reasons, they all end up in a vehicle stolen from crime boss Durjan Singh/Black Cobra (Gulshan Grover). In the vehicle is a suitcase filled with Durjan's loot. On the run from both gangsters and police, they group disguises themselves using fake police uniforms, and arrives in Madhavgarh village just in time to stop Loha Singh (Manoj Joshi) from committing a crime. Believing them to be real law officials, the town's residents host a congratulatory feast in their honor. The group settles in comfortably among their new-found friends, but the Black Cobra tracks them down and plots their capture and death. Cast Aftab Shivdasani as AD Priyanka Kothari as Shreya Shweta Tiwari as Rajjo/Rosie Rajpal Yadav as Murari Om Puri as Sub Inspector Pralay Pratap Singh Rati Agnihotri as Kusum / Kuki Shakti Kapoor as Ajay Prakash Gulshan Grover as Durjan Singh / Black Cobra Vijay Raaz as Chetta Singh Sanjay Mishra as Hazari Manoj Joshi as Loha Singh Mukesh Tiwari as Gajraj Hemant Pandey as Ranjeet Johnny Lever as Sajjan Singh / Badi Bi Dinesh Lamba as Havaldar Rocky Verma as Teeka Singh Neeraj Vora as Police Commissioner Shweta Keswani as ginni Razak Khan as Sajjan's Dance Teacher Mallika Sherawat as Shalu in a Special Appearance in Item song "Shalu Ke Thumke" Production It was announced February 2011 that Anand Raj Anand would be composing songs for the film. By March 2011 principle filming had commenced. In April 2011, it was released that actress Shweta Tiwari would have a lead role in the film, that she would replace Mallika Sherawat in singing some songs for the film, and that Sherawat would until be in the film, but as a dancer and not a singer. One of Tiwari's song pieces was shot a scene solo with the other actors not present, but the others were added to the scene in post-production. Soundtrack Reception Critical response The film received mixed response from critics. Mid-Day noted that "with a line-up of seasoned character actors known for their comic timings", the film could have been a "laugh ride", writing that the filmmaker's "felt their mere presence was enough to prop the film" allowing them to work with a "meandering script" that jumped "from