Nagesh Kukunoor was a name nobody had heard a decade ago. 'Hyderabad Blues' came along and changed something in Bollywood that people always thought was 'parallel cinema'. Singlehandedly Nagesh Kukunoor made this 'parallel cinema' merge with the mainstream with his subsequent offerings like 'Bollywood Calling', 'Teen Deewarein', 'Rockford'. 'Iqbal' and 'Dor'.

Comedy has always been a part of Nagesh's cinema. He has not consciously used a seperate track for comedy except for Shreyas' role in 'Dor'. Even in 'Hyderabad Blues' the comedy was sewn within the situations of his usually strong storylines. 'Bollywood Calling' was entirely tongue-in-cheek. This time round he has gone ahead and entered the genre of the season - comedy with 'Bombay to Bangkok'. Will it work? Let's wait and watch.

With Shreyas Talpade - of 'Iqbal' fame back with Nagesh again, I am sure this is going to be another showcase of his unmistakable talent. Even in 'Om Shanti Om' as the hero's best friend, he did reasonably well. And his imitations of various actors in 'Dor' was a crowd puller! Actually, after his powerful performance in 'Iqbal' we almost thought he was truly deaf and dumb. He had a refreshing change in 'Dor'. I am sure Nagesh would have used his talent well in 'B2B' as well.

With almost all others cast as new members this is something I am really looking forward to. Nagesh is a master of comedy and I hope he does well in this one as well. All the best to him, Shreyas and the whole team of B2B!