Hyderabad Blues 2 (2004)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Nagesh Kukunoor

Writer:

Nagesh Kukunoor (writer)

Release Date:

2 July 2004 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Rearranged marriage

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tisca Chopra	...	Menaka
Jyoti Dogra	...	Ashwini
Elahe Hiptoola	...	Seema
Vikram Inamdar	...	Sanjeev
Nagesh Kukunoor	...	Varun
Anoop Ratnaker Rao	...	Harish

Country:

India

Language:

English | Hindi | Telugu

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A

Company:

SIC Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows Hyderabad Blues (1998)

Great sequel

If you have enjoyed Hyderabad Blues and have developed a taste for "good" cross-over cinema then don't miss the opportunity to watch HB2-Rearranged Marriage. All the important characters re-visit with forward extension to their characters.

Storyline:: Hyderabad Blues.... happy ending. Cut to: Six years later. Varun (Nagesh Kukunoor) is happily married and running a successful call-centre business while his adorable wife Ashwini (Jyoti Dogra) is planning to start a clinic of her own. Sanjeev (Vikram Inamdar) and Seema (Elahe Hiptoola) have become proud parents of two which fuels fire to Ashwini for moving onto parenthood, while Varun detests the very thought. Varun recruits a new supervisor Menaka (Tisca Chopra). True to her name, Menaka carries husband-cum-boss stealing feat in her Curriculum Vitae, leading to chain of events challenging the very near seven-year-old-itch married life.

Notable tracks which you would enjoy are Seema's new business venture, seduction tips from aunty and Varun's parents - typical.

Heroines have been forte' of Kukunoor's movies - Juhi Chawla in 3-Deewarien, Perizaad Zorabian in Bollywood Calling, Nandita Das in Rockford, Rajshri Nair in Hyderabad Blues. This time its the turn of Tisca Chopra appealing enough to justify the vulnerability of Varun.

Jyoti Dogra portrays Ashwini who is no match to the original Rajshri Nair. The new Ashwini appears pale and lacks conviction. Elahe' get a meaty-pie as a compensation to her blink-and-miss role in 3-Deewarien.

The buzz word from Part I "Dil Pe Mat Le yaar" resurfaces here as a song - which even Menaka seems to be enjoy.

As in all his movies, Nagesh strictly ensured devoting substantial amount of time and effort on scripting. At times he has tried breaking the Bollywood norms. The minute details are portrayed effectively. The movie is loaded with witty one-liner which aptly fit into flow of the movie.

Go watch it - and if you don't enjoy then "Dil Pe Mat Le yaar"!

PS: I sincerely hope his style is not corrupted by big production houses. Otherwise Mukta Arts carries the reputation of too much interference viz. Mukul Anand in Trimurti. Already we have seen "Iqbal" changing to "Iqbal - The Rampur Express".