Movie Review: Bheja Cry 2

Bheja Fry when it came had the advantage of being new. People and intelligent people (critics) started the dialogue of having low-budget-high-quality movies. Bheja Fry grossed marvellously at box office. Since then, there have been many successful products Phaas Gaye Re Obama, Tere Bin Laden, etc.

However, this one (sequel to Bheja Fry) is not like its predecessor.
Rating - 2.25/5

Story -
The original idiot (Bharat Bhushan, played by Vinay Pathak) is back as a tax officer, who wins a TV show and is awarded a cruise ticket. How can just winning the show please him? He wants pleasure (love) too he likes Minissha Lamba (TV exec). Also on the cruise liner, along with them; we have a Ajit Talwar (played by KK). He is a big business bro but fears from tax people for obvious reasons. He wants everything girl to be near him and tax officer to be away from him. He plans to topple the taxman off the ship into the ocean. But eventually ends up with him on an island to meet another two characters Amole Gupte (R Burman! No not R.D. Burman) and Suresh Menon (strict taxman). Rest continues

Cast
Vinay Pathak as the fatso goody irritating tax officer is a pleasure to watch. Not much to speak, just that he is too adorable. But he has to do diverse roles now else he will surely be stereotyped. A word of caution for him has already been mentioned in Chalo Dilli review (here).
KK Menon seeing him after a long time. The class in him is of a certain quality but the lines given to him does not match with his calibre. Better dialogues could have brought him more accolades.
Minissha Lamba not worth a Bheja Fry brand.
Amol Gupte is ok. But watch out for Suresh Menon. Like we saw Sudesh Lehri in Salman Khan starrer READY, here we have Suresh Menon in Bheja Fry 2. He is witty enough and scenes having his presence are hilarious. Professional artists have a different tough!

Bheja Fry 2 should have been written better. Also there is lack of good effective punches in this edition. The Movie says in its trailers the original idiot is back. Its a lie. The camaraderie which we saw in Bheja Fry 1 involving Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Ranbir Shorey, etc is missing in the sequel. Infact, sequel of a movie like Bheja Fry should not have a new cast at its core.

What works: Comic scenes in parts, Glimpses of quality of the star cast
What no: weak story and dialogues

SPEAKing PICtures verdict : It's Bheja Cry instead of Bheja Fry. Miss it