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Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II (2003) is a Hindi movie. Shashanka Ghosh has directed this movie. Arshad Warsi,Prashant Narayanan,Sandhya Mridul,Pratima Kazmi are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II (2003) is considered one of the best Comedy,Crime,Drama movie in India and around the world.
After being asked to leave by his Policewoman fiancee, Agni Sinha (Sandhya Mridul), Punit Sanyal (Arshad Warsi) is lying drunk on a street bench in Bombay, when he comes across a wounded man on the street, shot at by hoodlums owing allegiance to Gangleader, Gangu Tai (Pratima Kazmi). He decides to assist this male, Vishnu (Prashant Narayanan), owing allegiance to yet another crime boss, Ganpat Mohite (Anant Jog). Vishnu and Punit become close friends, though Punit is not asked to participate in any criminal activity. When Ganpat finds out that Punit's brother was a police informer, and his fiancee a policewoman, he instructs Vishnu to kill Punit, but Vishnu does not do so, and Ganpat issues instructions to have him killed also. In the meantime, Punit is abducted by Gangu Tai and held there. Gangu has taken a liking to Punit, as he reminds her of her son. When the police start an investigation against Gangu Tai, they assign Agni to go and arrest her, which she does. When Gangu is ...
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Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II (2003) Reviews
Bollywood is evolving
Bollywood is witnessing a transformation, maybe slow but yes its there. At least we have the new kids on the block who are seriously attempting to defy the Bollywood standard formula. And thanks to the media and internet such movies are being watched and appreciated. Not getting much into the storyline, the movie shows from two perspectives. One from the underworld (Prashant Narayan) and the other from advertising agency executive (Arshad Warsi). Arshad Warsi was good trying to balance his character of various shades. Prashant Narayan - I noticed him in Chhal and surely he is the one to lookout for. He is Naseer and Om Puri rolled into one. Sandhya Mridul was obviously trying to shrug off her goody-goody image from the TV serials and Saathiya. Sadly she couldn't carry the character of police officer too well. Even the character's name Agni was a bit too heavy for her personality. Suchitra Pillai as Shalu was good. Perhaps Sandhya and Suchitra could have swapped their roles for effectiveness. If the role of Gangutai could have been changed to a male don and performed by a seasoned actor like Sayaji Shinde, it would have carried a greater impact. It was a bit hard to digest a female Mumbai don, otherwise Pratima Kazmi's performance was first-rate. Mahima Chaudhry's track in a special appearance as herself is interlaced well into the story. Songs are quite noticeable. Noteworthy to mention are Allah Ke Bande (by Kailash Kher) and Sajna (by Shibani). To be frank, it was the former song which compelled me to watch the movie. As the credits rolls we see a special word of thanks to Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Ram Gopal Varma - our director Shashanka Ghosh's obvious inspiration for abstract direction styles. The humour keeps the pace of the movie going. Actually its dark comedy - if you happen to enjoy QT movies then you will definitely like it and feel pleased that Bollywood is evolving. This movie could be a good pedestal for the director and we sincerely hope that is roped into one of biggie production houses. Roll on Shashank - we are waiting.
A Not Normal but Immensely Entertaining Urban Film
'Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II' is one of the funniest dark comedies to come out of India in recent time. It's part spoofy, part pulp fiction, part bloodbath and part comically bizarre. It opens hilariously with the following line: "this is a mindless work of fiction, the characters happen to be fictional despite our sincere efforts. the locations however are real. the story has been plagiarised from several films". Then it is followed by an amusing item number that features Ganesh Acharya, some boys and girls and a piglet. Though I must say that 'Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II' is not a rip-off and it's clearly a work of inspiration. I also appreciated that the maker acknowledged their source of inspiration (something hardly any Hindi-film director does) that includes names like Kitano, Tarantino, Gopal Verma, Coen Brothers etc. We are introduced to several funny characters: the protagonist who is ironically a copywriter (Arshad Warsi), his no-nonsense copper wife (Sandhya Mridul), his gangster friend (Prashant), his 'Maa' (Pratima Kazmi, The Bazpur Boys and many others. Then there are numerous appearances by celebrities like Ranvir Shorey, Shibani Kashyap, Kailesh Kher and Mahima Chaudhry, most of them who play themselves (in a spoofy way). Arshad Warsi's wife Maria Goretti Warsi also performs sensually in an item number. The ensemble cast is impressively created as all the actors fit their parts like a glove. Arshad Warsi rocks! It's not an out and out comic role (the kind he's more known for) as the character does have multiple layers and the actor does an outstanding job. Sandhya Mridul is getting more versatile with each film and here as the tough cop but the vulnerable wife/girlfriend, she too holds her own. However, her character could have been a little further developed. Pratima Kazmi is back again in her not-to-be-messed-with kingpin (or queenpin) role, a part the audience certainly doesn't tire of watching her in and this time there's a touch of comedy which she effectively pulls off. Vishal Shekhar's soundtrack is overall very appealing to people who have eclectic taste in music (like me). It features singers whom we rarely get to hear in movies like Kailash Kher, Shibani Kashyap, Rabbi Shergill etc. Many of them feature in the background while a few are well put in the foreground of the story. My favorite songs are Kher's 'Allah Ke Bande' and Kashyap's 'Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa'. This is director and writer Shashanka Ghosh's achievement. She wonderfully brings it all together. As the tagline suggests: a not normal-urban film, it is indeed very 'not normal' but hugely entertaining, providing us many laugh out loud moments that might keep you laughing even after the end credits have rolled. :)
A rare Dark Comedy from Bollywood (Hindi)
An unconventional and surreal 'reaction to Bollywood' as the film calls itself, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai is an unconventionally comedic and serious movie with the main character who is a Ad writer in Bombay, with a cop girlfriend and a gangster best friend. The plot is decent, and so is the acting. The dialogues are quite amusing in a subtle and intelligent way, so rare for any bollywood flick. I expected to see an independent-style gangster production with profanity and more-than-needed violence, but it was definitely a pleasant surprise. Could have been better, but a good rent if you're sick of the the regular overdramatic/romantic/too serious crap that comes out.
Pulp Fiction in Mumbai?
Punit (Arshad Warsi) is a copywriter for an ad agency in Mumbai, has a falling out with his cop girlfriend Agni (Sandhya Mridul), ends up sleeping on the street and saves the life of an underworld bad guy Vishnu (Prashant Narayanan). A strange friendship develops between Punit and Vishnu that is hard for Vishnu's boss Ganpat and his arch nemesis Gangu-Tai to comprehend. A band of drinking Sikhs, Mahima Chaudhary (as herself), a newspaper reading trio, and several singers all play a part in the story, although some merely to confuse the deliberately zig zag narrative. Punit wants to get out of Mumbai and retire to Nainital. His dream becomes real in a most unusual way! The movie has excellent performances by Arshad and Prashant, the female Don is hilarious, Sandhya Mridul is good, the usual gang of goons do their job well, but for me the show stealers are the paggad wearing boys who shake it up in a night club! I wanted to get up and dance with them. The story is inspired by many a Tarantino, Coen Brothers film and happily gives them due credit! The music is excellent and gave rise to two great singing careers, Kailash Kher and Rabbi Shergill. The songs are lovely but I love that My name is .. Bhangra number, wacky and toe tapping good. The film is unusual, sustains interest throughout and is worth a watch.
Underrated film
When WBHH Part 2 released in 2003, Hindi Cinema was slowly entering the experimental phase but yet most weren't successes. WBHH came at a time when Arshad Warsi was forgotten by bwood after classic nonsense films like Mujhe Mere Biwi se Bachao(2001) and an appearance in Jaani Dushman(2002), Prashant Narayanan was a newcomer who received rave reviews in CHHAL(2003). The director wasn't well known all this affected it's BO but yet the film is superb and received great acclaim When you hear the name Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part 2 it sends confusing signals as to whether it's a sequel of another film but it isn't. In fact the film is divided into 3 parts within the film itself, Part 1 which lass for few mins, Part 2 which is the main story and the ending is Part 3 a novel idea no doubt.All three parts are connected The film does take some time to understand as it's a novel concept, The relationship between Prashant and Arshad is the best part, the entire gangster track is treated differently and is a treat to watch The film is a dark comedy which is treated superbly The film keeps you on the tenterhooks throughout almost, The Arshad - Sandhya track though could be given more importance and also some scenes do tend to look a bit unbelievable like Pratima Kazmi's arrest and also the end of Anant Jog's track could be better Some songs also throw a spanner like My Name is Punjabi The climax is superb and stands out Direction by Shashank Ghosh is superb Music by Vishal-Shekhar,Shibani Kashyap,Saibal Basu,Abhinav Dhar is superb The best track is Allah Ke Bandey and Sajna both songs became very famous and the former made Kailash Kher a huge celebrity Arshad Warsi does a superb job, playing a role which was very unique for him that time, he had played a buffoon in several films and received fair praise but his career was at the rock bottom due to bad choices, here he showed that he indeed had potential. Just a month later he got noticed much more in Munnabhai Mbbs Prashant Narayanan a superb talent after CHHAL yet again proved his supremacy and it's great that this underrated actor got a chance to shine, he handles his role brilliantly Pratima Kazmi is outstanding in her role Sandhya Mridul is fair in a smaller role, Anant Jog is good Suchitra Pillai,Manini De are both superb in their roles Ranveer Shorey and Shruti Seth are OK