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{{Infobox film
| name = Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
| image = Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.jpg
| caption = Poster
| writer = Shashanka Ghosh Javed Ahmed [[Junaid Memon]]
| starring = [[Arshad Warsi]] [[Prashant Narayanan]] [[Sandhya Mridul]] [[Anant Jog]]
| director = [[Shashanka Ghosh]]
| producer = [[Rahul Misra]] [[Sameer Gupta]]
| distributor = [[Impact Films]]
| released = {{Film date|2003|11|14|df=y}}
| language = Hindi
| music = [[Vishal-Shekhar]] [[Shibani Kashyap]] Saibal Basu Abhinav Dhar
| cinematography = [[Andre Menezes]]
| editing = [[Neerav Ghosh]]
| runtime = 138 minutes
| country = India
}}

'''''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II''''' ({{trans|It Happens That Way Too, Part II}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film starring [[Arshad Warsi]]. [[Shashanka Ghosh]], the creative driver behind the launch of [[MTV]] and [[Channel V]] in India, marks his debut as a director with this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://waisabhihotahai.indiatimes.com/cast.htm|title=waisa bhi hota hai|website=waisabhihotahai.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Puneet Sayal is a copywriter with a dream: to earn enough cash to dump his job and live peacefully in [[Nainital]]. Till the said dream materialises however, he's living in [[Bombay]] 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 [[Bombay]]'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.

== Cast ==
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Puneet Sayal
* [[Prashant Narayanan]] as Vishnu
* [[Sandhya Mridul]] as Inspector Agni Sinha<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/15sand.htm|title='I can't see the same face every day'|website=rediff.com}}</ref>
* [[Anant Jog]] as Ganpat
* [[Pratima Kazmi]] as Gangu Tai
* [[Suchitra Pillai]] as Shalu
* [[Manini Mishra|Manini De]] as Sumi
* [[Skand Mishra]] as Chandu
* [[Kurush Deboo]] as Cyrus

Singers [[Kailash Kher]], [[Shibani Kashyap]] and [[Rabbi Shergill]] make a cameo in the film and sing their songs on-screen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://waisabhihotahai.indiatimes.com/music.htm|title=waisa bhi hota hai|website=waisabhihotahai.indiatimes.com}}</ref> [[Mahima Chaudhry]] and [[Maria Goretti (actress)|Maria Goretti]] also make special appearances. The barista trio in the film comprises [[Channel V]] VJs [[Ranvir Shorey]] and [[Shruti Seth]], and John Owen.

== Reception ==
The film received rave reviews from critics, but failed commercially.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/waisa-bhi-hota-hai-was-not-meant-for-all-warsi/articleshow/344795.cms|title=Waisa Bhi Hota Hai was not meant for all: Warsi - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Awards ==
[[Kailash Kher]] won the [[Star Screen Award Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]] award at the 2004 [[Star Screen Awards]]. The film was nominated for Best Performance in a Negative Role (Pratima Kazmi), Best Dialogues, Best Editing, Best Lyrics and Best Screenplay at the [[Star Screen Awards]] but failed to win any.{{CN|date=May 2021}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal-Shekhar]], [[Shibani Kashyap]], Saibal Basu, Abhinav Dhar
| cover =
| released = October 2003
| recorded = Unknown
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Zee Records
| producer =
}}

The soundtrack features seven songs by composers including [[Vishal-Shekhar]], [[Shibani Kashyap]], Saibal Basu and Abhinav Dhar and written by Sadaquat Hussain, [[Vishal Dadlani]], Abhinav Dhar and Virag. The soundtrack listing is given below.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetbollywood.com/Music/WaisaBhiHotaHai:PartII/|title=Planet-Bollywood - Music Review - Waisa Bhi Hota Hai: Part II|website=planetbollywood.com}}</ref>

# "Aao Aa Jao Aa Bhi Jao" ([[Sunidhi Chauhan]]) (Music: [[Vishal-Shekhar]]) – 4:48
# "Allah Ke Bande" ([[Kailash Kher]]) (Music: Vishal-Shekhar) – 4:06
# "Laundiya Ke Pallu Mein" ([[Rabbi Shergill]]) – 4:51
# "My Name Is Gurdeep" (Bali Brahmbhatt) – 3:53
# "Saajna Aa Bhi Ja" ([[Shibani Kashyap]]) – 4:26
# "Tum Bas Tum" ([[Shibani Kashyap]]) – 3:57
# "Prem Dunk" ([[Shibani Kashyap]]) – 3:40

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://waisabhihotahai.indiatimes.com/ Official Site]
* {{IMDb title|id=0387678|title=Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II}}
* {{Amg movie|305846|Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II}}

[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shashanka Ghosh]]

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