[3] The soundtrack of Bunty Aur Babli was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, with lyrics written by Gulzar and Blaaze together, and was released under the banner YRF Music.

It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its direction, novel story, screenplay, soundtrack, humor, costumes, styling and performances of the cast.

At the 51st Filmfare Awards, Bunty Aur Babli received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Abhishek Bachchan), Best Actress (Mukerji) and Best Supporting Actor (Amitabh Bachchan) and won – Best Music Director (Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy), Best Lyricist (Gulzar) and Best Female Playback Singer (Alisha Chinai), the latter two for the song "Kajra Re".

[4] A sequel under the title of Bunty Aur Babli 2, starring Mukerji, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Sharvari Wagh, was released theatrically on November 19, 2021, with Saif Ali Khan replacing Bachchan.

Vimmi Saluja is the daughter of a Punjabi family in another small village named Pankinagar; she spends her hours watching films and studying supermodels and dreams of becoming Miss India.

They support and encourage each other to achieve their dreams: Vimmi tries to enter the Miss India contest but gets thrown out after an argument when she refuses to sleep with someone to get a part.

While in custody, their heartfelt confessions and conversation soften the policeman's heart, and he lets them go, certain he had destroyed Bunty and Babli's careers as criminals.

Three years later, Dashrath rescues Bunty and Babli from their mundane domestic lives by offering them to work for the nation, thwarting the activities of other scammers.

"[8] Sukanya Verma of Rediff stated, "Aditya Chopra's story slices a bit of Bonnie and Clyde and a lot of Catch Me If You Can, soaks it in Indian essence and dishes out a delicious dessert," and further wrote that the movie "wouldn't be the same without Abhishek and Mukerji's enthusiastic performances.

"[10] Avijit Ghosh wrote in The Telegraph, "In essence, Bunty Aur Babli is an on-the-road flick about a boy and girl in search of fun and freedom rather than a story of two cons.

To capture the splintered yearnings of smalltown India which watches Aastha channel in the morning and FTV at night is a difficult and ambitious task.

[2] The glorification of crime in the movie inspired many people to emulate the glamorous couple, resulting in a trend of real-life Buntys and Bablis.

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 19,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's second highest-selling.

"[18] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama wrote, "Bunty Aur Babli does not contain your routine Yash Chopra genre of music that is choreographed around the meadows and Swiss alps.

"[20] In December 2019, Yash Raj Films announced a sequel, Bunty Aur Babli 2, to be directed by Varun V. Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra.

The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Siddhant Chaturvedi and debutante Sharvari Wagh as the leads,[36][37] and was scheduled to be released on 26 June 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.