Raaz 3
Hindi
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Bipasha Basu
Certification:A
With a little bit of imagination and a small apology, Gulzar's immortal lyrics 'pyaar ko pyaar hi rehne do... from Khamoshi can be tweaked to 'Raaz ko raaz hi rehne do, koi naam na do....
Oh! Why did they have to reveal the Raaz? They should have let the mystery continue. On second thoughts, it is just as well that the Bhatts have made, hopefully, the last of the Raaz trilogy and are done with exploring their 'horror' genre - which is actually turning out to be comic for most viewers.
Usually it is fun to write a good review of a bad film. Raaz 3 doesn't even make that cut - Blame it on the audience reaction with whom I had the fortune of sitting and watching it. At least they ensured entertainment.
Scene one began with wolf whistles, screams (of the fun kind) and loads of noise. Adding to the confusion were latecomers who moved about in the darkened auditorium with uncertainty and inhibition, appearing to be characters from the 3D picture!
Things on screen, meanwhile, began going downhill and remained so till the end. Bipasha Basu or Shanaya is supposedly this very successful actress who, upstaged by Sanjana, (newcomer Esha Gupta in a very decent performance) decides to use her lover and protégé Emraan Hashmi (Aditya Arora) to get back at the latter by using black magic.
Even though one can see the effort Bips has put into her 'effortless' performance, it is Esha and Emraan's film by turns.
Emraan Hashmi's reputation apart, he is actually an actor out to prove himself in film after film. Here too he gives a rather controlled performance of a man out to save his beloved from his ex-lover turned vamp. But frankly, the effort comes undone courtesy Vikram Bhatt.
Suspense by definition is something that awaits a decision or an outcome. Raaz 3 fails at the outset because it is structured to reveal from scene one that Shanaya is the villain.
She reveals her motives to get at Sanjana. No matter what logic Shagufta Rafique - the film's scriptwriter, follows there can be no denying that there is no suspense in the plot.
The 3D moves are not scary, the action is laughable and the end predictable. Believe me, the only saving grace was the audience, which enjoyed the film - with smart oneliners and their own live action!
Hindi
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Bipasha Basu
Certification:A
With a little bit of imagination and a small apology, Gulzar's immortal lyrics 'pyaar ko pyaar hi rehne do... from Khamoshi can be tweaked to 'Raaz ko raaz hi rehne do, koi naam na do....
Oh! Why did they have to reveal the Raaz? They should have let the mystery continue. On second thoughts, it is just as well that the Bhatts have made, hopefully, the last of the Raaz trilogy and are done with exploring their 'horror' genre - which is actually turning out to be comic for most viewers.
Usually it is fun to write a good review of a bad film. Raaz 3 doesn't even make that cut - Blame it on the audience reaction with whom I had the fortune of sitting and watching it. At least they ensured entertainment.
Scene one began with wolf whistles, screams (of the fun kind) and loads of noise. Adding to the confusion were latecomers who moved about in the darkened auditorium with uncertainty and inhibition, appearing to be characters from the 3D picture!
Things on screen, meanwhile, began going downhill and remained so till the end. Bipasha Basu or Shanaya is supposedly this very successful actress who, upstaged by Sanjana, (newcomer Esha Gupta in a very decent performance) decides to use her lover and protégé Emraan Hashmi (Aditya Arora) to get back at the latter by using black magic.
Even though one can see the effort Bips has put into her 'effortless' performance, it is Esha and Emraan's film by turns.
Emraan Hashmi's reputation apart, he is actually an actor out to prove himself in film after film. Here too he gives a rather controlled performance of a man out to save his beloved from his ex-lover turned vamp. But frankly, the effort comes undone courtesy Vikram Bhatt.
Suspense by definition is something that awaits a decision or an outcome. Raaz 3 fails at the outset because it is structured to reveal from scene one that Shanaya is the villain.
She reveals her motives to get at Sanjana. No matter what logic Shagufta Rafique - the film's scriptwriter, follows there can be no denying that there is no suspense in the plot.
The 3D moves are not scary, the action is laughable and the end predictable. Believe me, the only saving grace was the audience, which enjoyed the film - with smart oneliners and their own live action!