{"id":774,"date":"2006-06-21T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/06\/review-phir-hera-pheri-2.html"},"modified":"2013-09-10T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T21:06:13","slug":"review-phir-hera-pheri-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/06\/review-phir-hera-pheri-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Review : Phir Hera Pheri"},"content":{"rendered":"

[amazon_link id=”B000LP5F7W” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]\"Phir[\/amazon_link]
\nRating : Average (3\/5)
\nGenre : comedy
\nYear : 2006
\nRunning time : 2.3 hours
\nDirector : Neeraj Vora
\nCast : Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen, Johnny Lever, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phir Hera Pheri : Watchable fare !<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

I looked forward to this film, since it was a sequel to a pretty decent comedy. And then I do think Priyardarshan\u2019s films offer a respectable respite from the films that purport to be comedies. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m disappointed (Paresh Rawal is fabulous) although I did expect better. \u201cHera Pheri\u201d was definitely better than this film. PHP comes strung together on a very thin thread of believability, so leave your logical, inquiry seeking minds at home. And if you\u2019re expecting a finished, polished product think again \u2013 PHP is slap-dash, moving scene-to-scene with very little attempt at finesse.<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s the gist, I am too stricken with the Delhi heat (vacationing) to write more : there\u2019s the trio Babu Rao (Rawal), Shyam (Shetty) and Raju (Akshay Kumar) like there was the last time, you know. The last film ended with the buffoons being swamped in cold, hard cash. Thus they are firmly ensconced in a Rs. 50 lakh posh bungalow (complete with swimming pool) at the start of this film. However they scheme to get richer and invest all their savings and the house and borrowed cash in a chit fund scheme run by Anuradha (Bipasha Basu). The scheme turns out to be fraudulent, rendering the threesome penniless and forced to move to a chawl. The real trouble however starts when debtors come collecting for the borrowed cash, and things turn nasty. Do our favorite goofy characters carve a way through the mess ?<\/p>\n

OK, acting \u2013 Sunil Shetty is bad, bad, bad. Akshay Kumar displays comic timing while Rawal as I said before, is absolutely fab. The women (Sen, Basu) have very little to do except heave their bosoms when time permits, which is very often. Diya Mirza appears in an item number, and turns bosom-heaving into an art form. And what exactly does Bipasha Basu (not) eat \u2013 the woman has slimmed down like there\u2019s no tomorrow !<\/p>\n

The script defies logic and common sense and all else. Direction is perfunctory, basic enough to keep things in sync. \u2013 nothing to write home about. The songs are average \u2013 I don\u2019t remember any except one. The end turns Wodehousian with all the characters, bad and good, converging on circus grounds, and displaying amazing acrobatic skills. Add to that a man in a gorilla suit, and you get the picture.<\/p>\n

All that said, with all the trash out there, this film is still watchable. Only don\u2019t pin your hopes too high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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