RAAZ 3 - Movie Review 2012 ~ OK Top Ten

Saturday, September 8, 2012

RAAZ 3 - Movie Review 2012

“RAAZ 3” is stupid but engaging!

It makes no sense most of the time, but still keeps you hooked despite its incoherence. However, only very few moments genuinely scare you. If only the concept was explained better and the sub plots tightly interwoven, it could’ve been a much better film.

The story revolves around Shanaya (Bipasha Basu), an actress at the height of her success. She’s offered the best roles and wins all the awards she’s nominated for. In addition, she also has a passionate affair with a director named Aditya (Emraan Hashmi). This all ends when a younger actress, Sanjana (Esha Gupta) makes her film debut. Suddenly, Shanaya seems forgotten and everybody only wants to work with Sanjana. Soon enough, Aditya also leaves Shanaya for Sanjana, and Shanaya sees her career fading away. She begins to turn to black magic and her only goal in life is to destroy Sanjana and get back the man she loves, Aditya.

As a story, the film showcases some of the lamest concepts, without really dwelling into the logic behind the same. This exactly is the biggest and the most common problem with most Indian Fantasy, Superhero and Horror films, they venture into the farthest end of the imaginative spectrum, without really laying the foundation in the minds of the audience. On comparison, you see a stark contrast in the similar genres depicted by Hollywood. They present the background cause and rationality in such an effective manner, that even the silliest of science fictions seem plausible. But here, ill-sketched characters turn up from nowhere and play some of the most significant parts. For instance, the film shows Bipasha being assisted by dark forces with the help of a spirit, that lives somewhere in an inhabited part of a city. There is no reason apparent for its existence (that too in a visible human form) and no cause for it to provide aid to Bipasha’s evil motives, but it still does. In its spirit form, it looks like a human structure formed out of the garbage in the municipal trash cans, infested by insects and worms, and surrounded by flies. Funniest part is that there is even a name given to this absurdly creepy spirit, “Tara Dutt”. There are so many other daft sequences, that after a time you resign to the standards served and simply stop taking them too seriously.

Despite all this, the film surely is a gripping drama. As was said earlier, you need to accept that there can be no logic or reason to whatever is happening and you simply need to sink into the mood of the film. There isn’t a dull moment ever, and with sudden brief bouts of shuddery instances, it’s an engrossing affair. The performances are competent, although there’s nothing serious that you can write about them.

All-in-all, it qualifies as a decent one time watch. Don’t go expecting anything more than that.

Rating: 2.5/5

Saturday, September 8, 2012