Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run review: Known faces, familiar laughs
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run is a breezy extension of the popular sitcom, preserving its signature humour for loyal fans. While the horror-comedy twist feels unnecessary, solid performances from the lead cast and Ravi Kishan ensure a light-hearted, entertaining experience.
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run is exactly what its title promises and, importantly, what its loyal audience expects. The film is less an independent cinematic offering and more a feature-length extension of the hugely popular television show. It carries forward the same characters, the same rhythms of humour and the same worldview, without pretending to be anything else. For fans, that familiarity is the biggest selling point. For everyone else, the film makes no effort to convert you.
The story unfolds when Vibhuti Narayan Mishra, Manmohan Tiwari, Angoori Bhabhi and Anita Bhabhi find themselves tangled in a messy situation involving gangsters and a car that is humorously christened Bua Ji. Interestingly, the car is not just a prop but practically a character in the film. Bua Ji becomes the pivot around which chaos unfolds, disappears, reappears, and repeatedly lands the characters in trouble. From that point on, the narrative turns into a mad chase, with the protagonists constantly crossing paths with the gangsters in a series of hit-and-miss encounters. It’s a merry-go-round of confusion, misunderstandings, and narrowly avoided disasters.
Hindi cinema has not really explored the humorous on-the-run genre much in recent years. Post the 1990s, this space has largely been abandoned, and the film briefly taps into that old-school chaos-comedy energy. There are subtle throwbacks and familiar tropes, and while nothing here is particularly inventive, the commitment to madness adds to the overall fun.
The humour remains unmistakably Bhabi Ji. Sexualising the neighbour’s wife, double-meaning jokes and generous doses of toilet humour form the backbone of the comedy. Yet, it rarely feels crass or uncomfortable. The jokes might be obvious, but they are delivered with enough ease to make you smirk rather than cringe. At an almost empty theatre, six out of ten people were laughing and clapping openly — a reminder that there is still a sizeable audience that enjoys this brand of desi humour and does not necessarily measure comedy against international benchmarks.
The performances are predictably solid. Aasif Sheikh and Rohitashv Gour reprise their roles with complete ease. Years of playing Vibhuti and Manmohan have made these characters second nature to them, and their experience shows in their timing and body language. The women — Shubhangi Atre and Vidisha Srivastava — largely remain positioned as eye candy, but Shubhangi does get a couple of moments to showcase her emotional range. Both actresses also explore a slightly different genre when the film briefly veers into a horror-comedy zone.
That tonal shift, however, feels absolutely unnecessary. Even without the horror-comedy angle, the film would have reached a perfectly serviceable conclusion. The twist neither adds much nor takes away significantly, but it does feel like one extra idea too many.
Ravi Kishan is a welcome addition and easily one of the film’s highlights. His comic timing and dialogue delivery elevate several scenes. After Laapataa Ladies (2024), his UP dialect and characters have become a strong recall factor, and he uses that familiarity to his advantage here. Mukesh Tiwari, playing his younger brother, complements him well, and the sibling dynamic adds to the humour.
Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua) and Mushtaq Khan also get to join the madness and perform well in the little that’s written for them. The supporting characters, though, beyond a point, are largely ornamental. They don’t add much value individually, but the filmmakers justify their presence by bringing in familiar faces, Anokhelal (Saanand Verma) or Happu Singh (Yogesh Tripathi). It feels like a conscious choice, a nod of respect by the creators not just to the leads, but to the extended universe of the show and the audience that has grown attached to these characters over the years.
The film also sneaks in small observations, like male insecurity around baldness, using humour to touch upon confidence and self-worth. These moments are light but relatable.
What Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run does right is keep things simple. Expanding a sitcom into a feature film is tricky, but the makers manage to preserve the essence without overstretching the premise. That said, this is not a film that necessarily demands a big-screen experience. There is nothing particularly cinematic about it, and it would work just as comfortably on television.
Still, as a breezy, no-pressure comedy meant purely for laughs, it does its job. If you are in the mood to switch off, recognise familiar faces and chuckle at familiar jokes, this film delivers exactly that — nothing more, nothing less.
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run theatrically released on February 6, 2026.
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run is exactly what its title promises and, importantly, what its loyal audience expects. The film is less an independent cinematic offering and more a feature-length extension of the hugely popular television show. It carries forward the same characters, the same rhythms of humour and the same worldview, without pretending to be anything else. For fans, that familiarity is the biggest selling point. For everyone else, the film makes no effort to convert you.
The story unfolds when Vibhuti Narayan Mishra, Manmohan Tiwari, Angoori Bhabhi and Anita Bhabhi find themselves tangled in a messy situation involving gangsters and a car that is humorously christened Bua Ji. Interestingly, the car is not just a prop but practically a character in the film. Bua Ji becomes the pivot around which chaos unfolds, disappears, reappears, and repeatedly lands the characters in trouble. From that point on, the narrative turns into a mad chase, with the protagonists constantly crossing paths with the gangsters in a series of hit-and-miss encounters. It’s a merry-go-round of confusion, misunderstandings, and narrowly avoided disasters.
Hindi cinema has not really explored the humorous on-the-run genre much in recent years. Post the 1990s, this space has largely been abandoned, and the film briefly taps into that old-school chaos-comedy energy. There are subtle throwbacks and familiar tropes, and while nothing here is particularly inventive, the commitment to madness adds to the overall fun.
The humour remains unmistakably Bhabi Ji. Sexualising the neighbour’s wife, double-meaning jokes and generous doses of toilet humour form the backbone of the comedy. Yet, it rarely feels crass or uncomfortable. The jokes might be obvious, but they are delivered with enough ease to make you smirk rather than cringe. At an almost empty theatre, six out of ten people were laughing and clapping openly — a reminder that there is still a sizeable audience that enjoys this brand of desi humour and does not necessarily measure comedy against international benchmarks.
The performances are predictably solid. Aasif Sheikh and Rohitashv Gour reprise their roles with complete ease. Years of playing Vibhuti and Manmohan have made these characters second nature to them, and their experience shows in their timing and body language. The women — Shubhangi Atre and Vidisha Srivastava — largely remain positioned as eye candy, but Shubhangi does get a couple of moments to showcase her emotional range. Both actresses also explore a slightly different genre when the film briefly veers into a horror-comedy zone.
That tonal shift, however, feels absolutely unnecessary. Even without the horror-comedy angle, the film would have reached a perfectly serviceable conclusion. The twist neither adds much nor takes away significantly, but it does feel like one extra idea too many.
Ravi Kishan is a welcome addition and easily one of the film’s highlights. His comic timing and dialogue delivery elevate several scenes. After Laapataa Ladies (2024), his UP dialect and characters have become a strong recall factor, and he uses that familiarity to his advantage here. Mukesh Tiwari, playing his younger brother, complements him well, and the sibling dynamic adds to the humour.
Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua) and Mushtaq Khan also get to join the madness and perform well in the little that’s written for them. The supporting characters, though, beyond a point, are largely ornamental. They don’t add much value individually, but the filmmakers justify their presence by bringing in familiar faces, Anokhelal (Saanand Verma) or Happu Singh (Yogesh Tripathi). It feels like a conscious choice, a nod of respect by the creators not just to the leads, but to the extended universe of the show and the audience that has grown attached to these characters over the years.
The film also sneaks in small observations, like male insecurity around baldness, using humour to touch upon confidence and self-worth. These moments are light but relatable.
What Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run does right is keep things simple. Expanding a sitcom into a feature film is tricky, but the makers manage to preserve the essence without overstretching the premise. That said, this is not a film that necessarily demands a big-screen experience. There is nothing particularly cinematic about it, and it would work just as comfortably on television.
Still, as a breezy, no-pressure comedy meant purely for laughs, it does its job. If you are in the mood to switch off, recognise familiar faces and chuckle at familiar jokes, this film delivers exactly that — nothing more, nothing less.
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun on the Run theatrically released on February 6, 2026.