Their latest outing ��Raaz 3�۪, starring their blue eyed boy Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu and newcomer Esha Gupta embarked on a flying start at cinemas all across India where it opened this morning.Īccording to Box Office India, ‘Raaz 3’ took a good opening of around 50% at multiplexes and 65-70% in single screens on average. They say sex sells and Vishesh Films know this formula only too well. * In the course of a film that involves worms, flying cockroaches, beheading and cinema crew, so many people die that we can be reasonably sure there won’t be a sequel.Friday 07 September 2012 'Raaz 3' has opened well at the box office * You can break into any Bollywood star’s home, as long as she’s away shooting * Graveyards and mortuaries have only one thing in common - the people are dead. * Bribes will get you anywhere, especially if you’re a doctor. * If an unnatural death troubles you, make out with the first man you find. * When you’re jealous of a girl, fix her up with your boyfriend * If you witness an unnatural death, leave the scene screaming. * When you tell someone about your past, you must tear up pieces of paper. These are the lessons I gleaned from the film The Verdict: If you want to spend time on cheap scares, Google ‘Exorcist spot the difference game’ and save yourself the money you’d waste on 'Raaz 3'. Romantic songs burst out more unexpectedly than the horrific faces that populate the film.Įverything about the story is unbelievable, from a gravestone that reads ‘Caritopher Crusto’ to a dreamscape where graffiti going ‘Vote for Dipak’ is scribbled on a wall.
That is about all that the movie gets right. The story involves several scenes where Hindu idols are buried, and seeks to escape the ire of the fundamentalists by cutting the shots in the right places. Helping them along is one of the Undead, a creature called Tara Dutt whose cloying tirades complement his carnal lust. She also chooses to depend on the morally upright Aditya Arora (Emraan Hashmi) to do her dirty work. Shanaya Shekhar (Bipasha Basu), who seems to have more reasons to hate Sanjana Krishna (Esha Gupta) than the film has the time or inclination to explain, turns to the dark forces when God deserts her.
The imported Hollywood concepts - snow on a TV screen accompanied by a threatening voice, coulrophobia (that’s Google for ‘fear of clowns’), the chandelier scare from The Phantom of the Opera - fall flatter than anything else in a movie that brings us heroines in skimpy clothes, in all their 3D glory. In his latest offering, Vikram Bhatt collaborates with the other Bhatt khandaan to make an asinine film. Even the godawful graphics of the creature movies of the Eighties would scare me into having nightmares. No, not even the dub - an actual remake, where an ayah played a significant role. Hell, I was freaked out by the Tamil version of 'Omen'. I can’t look at kids or dolls for days after watching those B-grade movies involving ghosts that possess children and toys. Cast: Bipasha Basu, Emran Hashmi, Esha Gupta