It's back to the future

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="62.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:=""><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;photopop?msid=281061&type=0&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/cms.dll/thumb?height=147&width=147&photoID=281061" hspace="12"" /></a></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />MUMBAI: Every 10 years or so there comes a need to open windows, to let the stale out and the fresh in.<br /><br />Take <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mumbai Matinee</span>, for instance, about a 32-year-old man wanting to lose his virginity. Or <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">3 Deewaarein</span> or <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dhoop</span>. Even <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Boom</span>, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bhoot</span>, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Darna Mana Hai </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Pinjar</span> walked the ''different'' path. <br /><br />And formula flicks took a beating. </div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -3"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="34.7%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:=""><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script></span><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">RELATED STORIES</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" fbfbfb=""> <div class="Normal"><a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=279703">Shashanka Ghosh ‘branded’</a><br /><a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=279380">Sandhya turns cop in WBHH</a><br /><a href="http://photogallery.filmfare.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articlelist?msid=275443">Waisa Bhi Hota Hai photogallery</a></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><br />The taken-for-granted serenading of the love-interest, the beating up of baddies and the tear shed for a mother are passe.<br /><br />Now a unique production - of the ilk of the irreverent <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro</span> of the early 80s - is set to redefine the rules. <br /><br />Producer Samir Gupta''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Waisa Bhi Hota Hai - Part 2</span> (the title swings too, and this is NOT a sequel) takes on the civic administration, the police, press and corporates with black humour and quick-wit.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal">This revived genre of filmmaking springs from the director''s (<a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=279703">Shashanka Ghosh</a>) crazy creativity (comparisons to Quentin Tarantino''s madcap imagination wouldn''t be too odious), intelligence and an astute understanding of the darker realms of the mind. <br /><br />Starring Arshad Warsi, <a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=279380">Sandhya Mridul</a>, Prashant Narayan and Pratima Kazmi, it breaks almost every rule of the movie game. <br /><br />And the director seems to be enjoying it the most. "If a film like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron</span> was made 20 years from then, it would be something like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Waisa Bhi Hota Hai</span>," Ghosh says. <br /><br />"It''s a credible story of a normal guy who is not a fighter. The forces conspire around him, urging him to take the next steps. He gets what he wants, but not the way he wanted it. The film is truly, fully time-pass," he adds.<br /><br />Going by that logic, films like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dil Chahta Hai</span> would also be slotted along with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">WBHH</span>. <br /><br />Gupta adds, "I really hope this film revives the genre of subtle black comedy. And we''re hoping the public believes that Shah Rukh acted in Part 1, if there was one. Just kidding!"<br /><br />"Actually, you have to see the film to understand this. The truth is that there is no predecessor to this ''better half''," he says.<br /><br />And if the rules of Bollywood are tweaked for good, blame it on the pre-sequel. After all, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">aisa bhi hota hai</span>! <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Related link</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photogallery.filmfare.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articlelist?msid=275443">Waisa Bhi Hota Hai photogallery</a></div> </div>