Benny And Babloo Movie Reviews

Madhur Bhandarkar's body of work boasts of two prominent films - CHANDNI BAR and PAGE 3. CHANDNI BAR was the first film that made the viewer peep into the lives of bar girls, while PAGE 3 exposed the shallow lives of the glam brigade. Director Yunus Sajawal combines CHANDNI BAR and PAGE 3 in BENNY AND BABLOO. The film looks at the lives of bar girls and concurrently, talks of the dual standards of the elite, who often masquerade as moral guardians of the society.

The world of Benny and Babloo is essentially a been-there, seen-all world where the moneyed are presented minus morals while the fringe folk are people who cling to their `izzat' (honour) and humanity, despite the struggle for survival. The film maker raises a paean for the bechari bar girls (Rukhsar and Co) who all have sob stories of their own. Someone's slaving for a sick dad, another for a brood of siblings or trying to cope with the woes of single motherhood

‘Benny And Babloo’ may be an issue-based film but will go unnoticed, due to poor promotion & because it doesn