The film was released on 1 July 2011 to positive responses from critics praising Bachchan’s performance and Jagannadh’s dialogues and direction and became a boxoffice hit.

In comes Vijju, a hitman who refuses to acknowledge that he is ageing, returning to Mumbai after a long exile in Paris, France, in order to perform one last job.

Meanwhile, Vijju meets his estranged wife, Sita, but fails to patch up the relationship, while Karan finally succeeds in winning over Tanya and her conservative father.

After reciting a short story and explaining three morals, Vijju informs that Karan is alive and that the den is surrounded by police, accusing Tedha of being an undercover officer.

Finally he zeroed down on Hema Malini, Raveena Tandon and Charmy Kaur, an actress from South India who will be making her Bollywood debut in this movie.

[6][7] Following day, director Jagannadh apologised to the outfit stating that there were indeed few junior foreign artists in the shoot without proper documentation, and assured to be more vigilant in future.

Raja Sen of Rediff gave it four out of five stars and stated, "Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap is not a particularly well-crafted film, but none of that matters as Amitabh Bachchan makes it work.

"[10] Nikhat Kazmi from the Times of India gave a three and a half stars and stated, "Bbuddah... is a high dose entertainer when the veteran actor never stops amazing you with the range of his histrionics.

Despite his age, he grabs eyeballs with his action cuts, his comic cameos, his romantic ditties (with Hema), his libidinous encounters (with Raveena), his emotional bytes, his derring-do, and his over-the top sartorial sense.

"[13] Zee News also gave four stars and stated,"‘Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap' is a typical Bollywood masala flick with all the ingredients to make it a Box Office hit.

"[14] Sify gave a two and a half star rating and explained, "Big B's presence is so overwhelming he makes the character— a violent, unlikable one—into a somewhat charismatic one.

[21] BHTB Recovered all its production cost from theatrical revenues and additional non-theatrical earnings thus ensuring it to be a good profitable venture.