Bheja Fry 2 is an Indian comedy Hindi movie which is the sequel to the 2007 low budget but successful film Bheja Fry.
The original idiot ‘Bharat Bhushan’ (Vinay Pathak) is back but unfortunately not with as big a bang as we were expecting after watching the first master piece of the franchise. So, Bheja Fry 2 is just a time pass which will make you wonder why sequels don’t work...
The pressure to keep up with expectations is quite evident in the way director Sagar Ballary treats the second edition. While his attempt to bring a fresh zing to the movie by replacing the old characters with new ones is worth appreciating but you’ll definitely miss the side-splitting verbal duel between Vinay Pathak and Rajat Kapoor from the debut magnum opus.
The first half of the movie goes in introducing the characters and building up the plot, which becomes quite taxing with very few instances of comic relief. The wait gets over only during the second half, which holds a little Bheja Fry kind masala, rendering the sequel unimpressive.
Though Bharat Bhushan has retained his trademark buffoonery and his funny nuances still graduate to irritating levels - then be it his copyrighted Ha Ha Ha or the mini disasters that don’t cease to follow him - but this time around fails to touch your heart and all his gags fall flat.
The story of Bheja Fry 2 not only takes Bharat Bhushan to a cruise and on a lonely island subsequently, where he is marooned with a shrewd businessman Ajit Talwar (Kay Kay Menon) but also gives him a love affair with Minissha Lamba, though one sided. Here, we would like to add that Minissha’s character could have evolved further.
Fortunately a Tax Inspector and unfortunately an aspiring singer, Bharat Bhushan wins a contest and victory takes him to a swanky cruise trip. Kay Kay Menon does his job well in playing sadistic Ajit Talwar, a parasite on his father-in-laws money, who either focuses on building up his empire or on sexy sirens and their skirts. Yes, he is a lecher, and plays it well too! He is evading income tax department and falls prey to Bhushan’s bakwaas, when adventures and misadventures take them to an island. Rest of the movie is about their fight to come out. Neither Ajit’s sarcasm nor Bhushan’s foolhardiness or forced situations create laughter. In fact, cheap (chadi-baniyan) jokes only spoil the fun.
At this point you cannot ignore the addition of another new character Raghu Burman played by Amol Gupte, whose gluttony to face the camera leaves us wondering why he is roped in...as the character does no good to the story line.
Among other actors Suresh Menon tags along with the story as M.T. Shekharan, a South Indian colleague and friend of Bhushan, who is on a mission to arrest Ajit for breaching tax laws. The North-South tiff between the two works as laughter capsule every time boredom seeps in.
Looks like director forgot to use Bheja in this one and banked too much upon the success of Bheja Fry, and a mediocre script. can be easily avoided and if at all you decide to watch be ready to get disappointed, as characters fail to tickle your funny bone till the end.
