Yeh jo world hai na, isme do kism ki films hoti hain - good aur verry good. Bunty aur Babli, unfortunately is merely good, not great. Given the colourful and kitschy publicity campaign, the rap song with Big B and the Bonnie and Clyde inspired premise you'd expect a fun and frothy film. Which it is - but only in parts.

Rakesh a.ka. Bunty from Fursatganj and Vimmi a.k.a Babli from Pankinagar are small town kids with bigtime dreams. While Bunty thinks he too can be a Tata-Birla or Ambani, Vimmi aspires to be a Miss India. They set out in search of fame and fortune, but end up having more fun playing 'con banega crorepati'. By the intermission, Bunty and Babli have fallen in love and marry.

And the plot gets thicker. Bunty and Babli pull of the mother of all cons with the 'sale of the Taj mahal'. Now, the bidi-smoking, chana-chewing policeman Dashrath Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is hot on their trail...

A more-than-necessary dose of melodrama, pyaar-mohabbat and naach-gaana slows down what could have been a memorable comic caper. The song sequence where Aishwarya Rai makes a special appearance really should be edited out!.

Abhishek plays Bunty with ease and attitude, while Rani is oh-so-Babli. The two actors share an amazing on-screen chemistry. Amitabh is hugely entertaining, and his scenes with Abhishek are a blast.

I only wish as much imagination had gone into setting up the cons as went into Babli's clothes (which are simply amazing). But you...

know what, the ending makes up for all the flaws. Zyaada sochiye mat, sirf mazaa lijiye!