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Review : Raaz: The Mystery Continues
(Horror)
Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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Raaz: The Mystery Continues
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Adhyayan Suman, Kangna Ranaut
Director: Mohit Suri

An avenging activist ghost in an environmentally friendly film inspired by a Kabir doha.  This is surely a Bollywood first. 

Raaz: The Mystery Continues, directed by Mohit Suri, is about a fashion model, Nandita played by Kangna Ranaut, who enjoys a happy live-in relationship with a successful television journalist, Yash played by Adhayan Suman. 

Life seems hunky-dory until one fine day, when Nandita is pursued by an artist Prithivi, played by Emraan Hashmi.  Prithvi, for reasons, never explained, creates paintings that predict her future. 

I thought Prithivi, with unblinking eyes and monotone expression was scary enough but obviously Suri wasn't content.  The horrors pile up, mostly in a bathroom the size of a Mumbai apartment and before you can say Exorcist, Nandita is levitating and speaking in a man's voice.
 
Believe it or not, the mystery leads back to a small town named Kalindi, a well lifted straight from The Ring, which itself was a copy and a pesticide plant.  I understand that horror movies follow their own peculiar logic - the number one rule is that when something spooky happens, a character never bolts out of the door like any normal person would. Instead he walks directly into the path of danger.
 
But Raaz aspires to a new level of foolishness. So when a slashed, bleeding and recently airborne Nandita is sitting scared in a Church, Yash casually suggests that they get married. You see, he creates a show that exposes superstition and doesn't believe in higher powers. And he doesn't change his mind, even when a sickly grey hand lunges at him out of nowhere and leaves him bleeding. 
 
The first Raaz, which married the Hollywood film What Lies Beneath with the myth of Savitri who pursued Yamraj until her husband came back to life, had a cheesy appeal. This Raaz is a big bore.

The scares are tired and Suri doesn't know how to pace them out.  So, every minute, something awful is happening, from a bull attack to mutilation and murder.  Was I scared? Not once. This mystery was better left discontinued. 

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Posted by:  Amith Dsilva ]
Ohhhh..what to say...BHAT's are excellent in this type of movie's... all the cheers goes to bhat, Kangana and The Man Emraan Hashmi.. suri has done it good.. and also the editing is class...(i dont know the name ) Its really good..my friends told that this will not be good and u will waste ur money but...after watching we all realised that it was better and best than raaz part one..

Posted by:  Rahul Ganesh ]
ofcourse it was a copy of some good hollywood horror flicks,but it was adapted well also themovie was not scary but the story was potrayed to keep the audience engaged.Also the performance of Emraan and Kangna were good.

Posted by:  sippy ]
no issues in watching once...but raaz 1 was better in all senses...

Posted by:  Haresh Buxan ]
This is one franchise that wont die easy...already touted to be the first hit of the year this raaz may not have the same appeal as the previous one...but is even though emminently watchable...although hollywood horror buffs can see that every scary scene is a lift-off from some popular flick or the other,it still has a wide-appeal and definetely shakes you a bit...also this one has pretty good music which is a give-in for an emraan hashmi film.The performances mostly are average but mr.suman should just quit acting...overall a decent watch and fans of the franchise will be waiting for more...

Posted by:  Akhil ]
Emraan hashmi done a very good job....this movie is a hit

Posted by:  JAZZ ]
The first half of raaz is superb........... but the climax was very boring....overall itz a good movie

Posted by:  Hari Bhai ]
Bench mark of Flop!!!!

Posted by:  madhur ]
This sequel is too boring.It never really scares you.The story itself is a bit twisted.The viewer never understands why is Nandita attacked frequently by the ghost in strange situations.On the contrary there is nothing much to do with the main villain.Emraan's look was funky but one never understands whether a person has to paint completely to see the future without a prior image in his mind.The guest appearance was much awaited but even that couldn't help the movie.Its really strange that in a movie which claims to be one of the costliest thrillers in Bollywood, there are very few scenes where you see the ghost.It mostly dealt with Kangana getting scared.And I completely didn't understand why there was a "bull" fight in between.On the whole,the sequel doesn't match with the first part.Vikram Bhatt was highly successful in scaring the audience but Mohit doesn't seem to do so.And one who has seen Vikram's recent horror flick 1920 would never like to see a film like RAAZ.The only saving grace of the movie could be its music.

Posted by:  vikas bhatt dehradun ]
the first hit of the year...............everything is superb abt movie..........

Posted by:  sumitha ]
it was a good entertainer cum thriler.... queit different from bollywood masala movies... Kangana was good as always.. but Emran did a great job , a role different from his usual image... on the whole movie was good.. If u like thrills n horror stuf just go n watch it..........

Posted by:  Sumitra ]
Boring movie! A broodie. Only the music was good. Adhyayan is a total waste!!!!!!!! boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Posted by:  Tushar ]
Even though the movie had some typical horror movie scenes and some copied, it was very well presented. As for the copy of the scene from ring,I an sure very few in india have seen the ring before. As far as the performances go. Except for emran hashmi, every one else is average. He has improved and delivers lots of promise in future. Kangana has a long way to go. Well as for the final verdict: This movie sucessfully shuts the mouth of people who like to comment during the movie. I will say it is a good movie. Watch it.

Posted by:  shazia ]
best indian horror film iv ever seen,the scares and the story was mindblowing much better than what i expected,emraan luks great u wnt wana miss this

Posted by:  abhijit ]
imran has done a fabulous job in raaz2,and there is no doubt that he is a good actor.kangana look good in the movie......and Adhayan Suman.....is not bad at ........all.so i wiil rate it 3 star.must watch this movie...for some thrilling ....rocking

Posted by:  anand panda ]
horrible movie adhyayan he shud take acting lessons but kangana and emran has done a gud job movie is too bad.

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