Starting off on an entirely new note, Raaz 2 deals with the paranormal and age-old superstitions using a few standard Bollywood formulas to weave an interesting story.
What's it about: Starting off on an entirely new note, Raaz 2 deals with the paranormal and age-old superstitions using a few standard Bollywood formulas to weave an interesting story.
Nandita (Kangana) and Yash (Adhyayan) are in love. After moving into a new apartment, Nandita has a brief encounter with a strange guy (Emraan) who doesn't stop staring at her.
He's Prithvi, a painter who somehow ends up painting visions of different incidents in Nandita's future, most of them dark and gory. After she sees them, those images start translating into reality and an unknown entity possesses her. Yash confronts Prithvi and tells him to back off, but the latter decides to stay and help Nandita through her ordeal.u00a0
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What's hot: From the very first frame, Mohit Suri engages you by creating the perfect atmosphere for this genre. Like every horror movie, the first 20 minutes are crucial in telling if the journey will be worthwhile, and Suri knowing this, traps you with an intriguing opening scene.
Since the crux of the movie isn't really horror but romance, the background score manages to scare as well as sound melodious. The dialogues are crisp and sensible, not stretching into monologues that bore you. Once it's established that Nandita is possessed, the story starts playing on other sub-plots and creating avenues to engage you on other fronts.
It's a performance-oriented film with Kangana taking the lead. There are scenes where she conveys her trauma and anguish simply through expressions and body language. Emraan plays to the gallery in a role that requires depth and charisma. Adhyayan impresses in the second half. He gets some of the best lines and scenes to perform. 'Maahi' and 'Soniyo' are hummable and take the plot ahead.
What's not: Despite a convincing start and an interesting premise, Raaz 2 goes downhill in the second half. There are moments when the director seems desperate to raise a scare. Using sound and the age-old jack-in-the-box effect, Suri disappoints you with lack of ingenuity.
Then there are numerous lifts from Hollywood scare fests like The Ring (scene with the animals attacking, the well, Kangana in her bath tub), Final Destination (Emraan sees a bus attacking Kangana) and The Devil's Advocate (Kangana baring incisions on her body in a church).
It's an adult film in every sense. Kangana uses every abuse in her dictionary in a scene (she goes all the way!); unnecessary and OTT. We know she's possessed so why get her to say lewd Hindi gaalis. Not to forget her loud and totally messed up make-up in the first half which makes her look bloated!
What to do: Though it doesn't hold a candle to its predecessor, the film manages to scare in the first half only to disappoint you towards the end.
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