Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II

<p>Puneet Sayal is a copywriter with a dream: to earn enough cash to dump his job and live peacefully in . Till the said dream materialises however, he’s living in with his girlfriend Agni. Things go asunder one day when he finds out his brother’s been shot dead — a brother he’s hardly acknowledged in the past. Agni finds out and, following an argument, throws him out of the house. Puneet goes on a drinking spree that leads him to a park bench where he witnesses someone being shot. He doesn’t know it yet, but this is the end of his life as he knows it. He saves the injured man — a gangster called Vishnu  — and the act lands him squarely in the middle of ‘s famed gang wars. The war between ganglords Ganpat and Gangu is a second thread in the film. Ganpat is the dominant kingpin, and Gangu is the perpetual second-in-place who’s never given up her dreams of displacing Ganpat as top don. Singers , and make a cameo in the film and sing their songs on-screen. and also make special appearances. The barista trio in the film comprises VJs and , and John Owen. Ronjita Kulkarni of wrote, “Debutant director Shashanka Ghosh deserves a lot of the credit. Besides great dialogues and subtle comedy (a rarity these days), Ghosh has made the story believable. It’s not the regular gangster flick. Nor is it another .” of praised the performances and music but criticised the tone of the film. Taran Adarsh of gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, “On the whole, WAISA BHI HOTA HAI: PART II is a good attempt from a first-timer, but the treatment of the film is such, it caters to a niche audience i.e the multiplex-going cinegoers.” won the award at the 2004 . The film was nominated for Best Performance in a Negative Role (Pratima Kazmi), Best Dialogues, Best Editing, Best Lyrics and Best Screenplay at the but failed to win any. The soundtrack features seven songs by composers including , , Saibal Basu and Abhinav Dhar and written by Sadaquat Hussain, , Abhinav Dhar and Virag. The soundtrack listing is given below.</p>