Bheja Fry 2

After watching Bheja fry 1 I had high expectations for the sequel.Although it was a copy of a French movie,still it was a good one.However Bheja Fry 2 is a downer .Be prepared to douse your expectations in cold water.Firstly,its not exactly funny in the stricter sense of the term,may be once or twice it did bring a laugh or two.Otherwise its content may keep you mildly interested for a while.On the acting front Vinay Pathak is great as the bumbling,good hearted tax inspector.He is the only silver lining to this lackluster venture.May a good way to go and watch this movie would be to have very low expectations.You might as well enjoy it a little then.Otherwise don't waste your time and money.

I am disappointed with the sequel, much like I am with other sequels of terrific movies. This is a film which is nowhere near its prequel but is a decent comedy on its own.

Vinay Phatak slightly overacts out of his witty, jovial character. Shekhar Menon as his IT officer friend is good, just like Ranvir Shorey in the prequel. But the latter excels. Kay Kay Menon is fantastic as always, but the plot is cringe-worthy and it destroys all their performances. First half is bearable, but second half when is just an example of poor writing & screenplay.

Not much to talk about the film factors, Bheja Fry 2 is a one-time watch, if at all you should give it a chance. 5.6 out of 10. A failed sequel.

BOTTOM LINE: Bheja Fry was not original but is a classic. Bheja Fry 2 is suicide. Bheja Fry 3 may be better.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

Profanity/Sex/Foreplay: No | Nudity/Vulgarity: Very Mild | Violence: Mild | Gore: No | Smoking/Drugs: No | Alcohol: Strong

Well well well Bharat Bushan(Vinay Pathak)is back,and back with a bang .All of you must have seen the promos and you would have thought that the film is about Bharat Bhushan meeting the girl of his dreams,getting married etc etc...But trust me its not about that .In the movie,Bharat wins 25 lakh rupees and also gets a free stay of 2 nights and three days at a star cruse after winning a certain quiz show .Over there he is misunderstood as an income tax officer by a business tycoon named Ajit Talwar .Hilarity ensues when Ajit Talwar(Kay Kay Menon) tries to put an end to this supposed income tax officer .They get stranded on an island and embark on a small adventure of saving themselves .Now,you must be wondering "where's the chick?".Well,she's just one of the makers of the quiz show and her name is Ranjini(Minissha Lamba).Her role is minimal and quite insignificant .

Now,lets get to the performances .Vinay Pathak plays his role splendidly well and deserves all the plaudits which he is sure to receive .However,his role tends to drag and gradually gets boring and very irritating .Kay Kay Menon is very impressive and he this time he's the one who plays the victim of Bharat Bhushan's companionship .Amole Gupte,Minissha Lamba and Suresh Menon have minor but well played roles .

Overall,the film is a success .The end is quite touching just like the first movie .Apart from certain drawbacks and flaws I am impressed with the film .7 stars out of 10 from me .

We all remember the innocent fool superbly played by Vinay Pathak in "Bheja Fry". But the film was not an original concept as it was almost scene to scene lifted from the French comedy "Le Diner De Cons or The Dinner Game". Though it had some great performances from its entire cast but still its inspiration seems to be the main reason why the movie worked largely with the audience.

This was the first thought which came to my mind as I finished watching its sequel, with a simple reason that I didn't really feel entertained or having enjoyed my two hours spent with the same Vinay Pathak playing the lovable Hindi film songs fan and a Tax Inspector. The present original effort by its director Sagar Ballary comes out to be too timid and dwarf in front of the huge expectations raised by its title. In fact using the same title works against the movie this time as the viewer neither gets to see a little more foolishness in the Hit character of Vinay, nor there are enough entertaining sequences in the movie which can make you laugh or even smile. To be precise, there is nothing in its content justifying its title "Bheja Fry -2" other than the same actor repeating his role of Bharat Bhushan.

The film actually fails at many levels. It starts off as a story of a fake businessman Kay Kay and Vinay comes in a bit late and that too without any great gimmick planned by the director. The first half talks more about the business side of the characters and less of Vinay and his innocent foolishness. The entire sequence on the cruise could have been a laugh riot but falls flat in absence of any great comic writing. Post intermission as the focus shifts on Vinay and Kay Kay being left on a lonely island, boredom comes in and the narration becomes rather lengthy & uninteresting. Further the last moment introduction of Amol Gupte also fails to make any kind of impact on the audience.

Apart from its weak writing and unexciting direction the script also disappoints with its various characters. First of all the character of Suresh Menon replacing Ranvir Shorey in the original, doesn't work at all and one really misses Ranvir in the film most of the times. Suresh is no doubt good but without any great lines written for him in particular, he remains helpless. Secondly, Minnisha Lamba has nothing to do in the film other than taking care of its glamour part and she totally looks like a misfit. In fact there is not a single hilarious scene featuring Mininisha in the movie. Next, the side track of Kay Kay's troubled married life having Rukhsaar as his wife and Aditi Gowariker as his other interest simply wastes the presence of the ladies. And lastly I really found Amol Gupte playing the eccentric photographer living alone on the island and Virendra Saxena as the Chacha hugely disappointing.

However, Vinay Pathak as the famous fool once again delivers a quality performance which sadly doesn't get its much required back-up of an entertaining script. From his side he leaves no stones unturned to make it an enjoyable journey for the viewers. Kay Kay too, as his lonely companion on the island gives a fine performance but he really could have been a lot better with some more great one liners or dialogues. Thinking about the main plot of the movie, I strongly feel that had the director thought of a script revolving around the launch of A New Pop Album of Vinay Pathak by the music company of Kay Kay, then it could have been a different story altogether. But it seems that the writers suddenly forgot this enjoyable track after the first few reels and then simply went on to write on a different plot roaming around a deserted island. Also very surprisingly the song with which film's first look was introduced in the media, "Ishq Da Keeda" can be found no-where in the movie. Plus, another good song "Rahi Rahi" and its music video, is shown along the end credits of the film. And in my opinion that was really an absurd kind of promotional strategy adopted by its makers.

In all, Bheja Fry -2 more or less revolves around just Vinay and Kay Kay, which remains the weakest factor of the film. The script fails to involve all the other supporting characters in the script entertainingly and therefore it is not able to have a strong grip over its viewers. You can watch it if you are dying to see Vinay Pathak playing the famous fool once again but don't expect anything equivalent to what you have already seen in its original (but copied) first part.

Still it's undoubtedly a decent, clean & subtle comedy, better than many illogical Bazmee or Priyadarshan comic Hits.

Alright I have not seen 'Bheja Fry'. Now that's out of the way. 'Bheja Fry 2' is a disappointment. Sagar Ballary's movie is filled with inconsistencies, lack of direction, poor writing and editing and even forced humour in some parts. He should have focused less screen time on the sequences that take place before the businessman and income-tax officer get stranded. The most entertaining parts are the sequences between Kay Kay Menon and Vinay Pathak and this is primarily due to the two actors performances. Pathak has played similar characters in many films. Even in the more recent 'Chalo Dilli', his Manu Gupta has almost exactly the same personality as Bharat Bhushan. Menon is the one who stands out with his spontaneity (especially his reaction to Pathak's Bhushan's antics) and natural charm. They make the island sequence enjoyable up until the point of Amole Gupta's appearance. Gupta's character is out of place and his over-the-top acting only takes the film further down to the point of no redemption. Anyway, if it weren't for Menon and Pathak this would have been an entire waste.