Raaz 3

The Third Intallment in the Raaz Series, 'Raaz 3' is a Spooky & Entertaining Film, that is nicely written, fabulously directed & efficiently acted. Its surely among the better films of 2012!

'Raaz 3' tells the story of a film director, who must save his love from the black magic of a wicked woman who has become blind in love, lust and passion.

'Raaz 3' is about ambition, success, failure, love, hate & black magic. Maverick Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt directs this spooky fare fabulously. He handles the film sharply from start to end. Shagufta Rafique's Screenplay is a great mix of horror & entertainment. Cinematography by Pravin Bhatt is excellent. Editing is fair. Music by Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon & Rashid is decent.

Performance-Wise: Bipasha Basu is deliciously despicable & she's terrific. She steals every scene she's in & is the soul of the film. Emraan Hashmi gives a spirited performance, as always. Esha Gupta doesn't disappoint. Manish Chowdhary & Mohan Kapoor are perfect in supporting roles.

On the whole, 'Raaz 3' works big time. Recommended!

For Emraan lovers, there's plenty of what he does the best, this time he does it with two opposite actors in one single movie. However these acts are the only isolated events where Emraan maintains his sheen. Rest of the movie, he doesn't seem to put an effort to do more than being bossed around by two strong characters. Bipasha carries on with her typically conventional approach of acting, with plenty of leg room in her dresses wherever possible. Esha, being a new comer, has a few places where she seems to have been allowed to be herself and those are the only moments where she delivers. She has put extra conscious effort on shouting and cribbing scenes. Sorry but this is sales biz lady! if it doesn't show, its not called effort!

The viewer is assured that this is a horror movie by way of iconic sadistic horror vocals in feminine voice and in dark scenes it is the morphed sound of toads. And there are some scenes where you confuse Atma (Spirits) with Aliens, particularly where the Pret Atma (unholy spirit) enters the hospital room door in the form of a thick centipede and suddenly starts piling up upon itself into a human form. Another instance where the Atma sends virus into Sanjana's body through a centipede which crawls into her ear. Din't spirits use to enter human body just like that? since when did they start using transport? Thats unconventional horror!

The sets are sprawling rich. Music is bearable and slightly hummable too. While entering the hall, take tub full of pop-corns for munching in free time and do order a mid-movie snack.

7/10 I liked the movie, The story is somewhat like an actress who is losing her fame now wants to take revenge with a new shining actress using black magic. Bipasha was brilliant, Emraan was good too but over shadowed by Bipss and Esha Gupta was OK OK. Story was good, Though the amount of horror scenes were a little less than i expected, but still those scenes that the movie has were really good.... Especially the scene where esha is surrounded by cockroaches, and a scene where her maid kills her self, these all scenes are really good... Vikram Bhatt has mastered this genre... The movie is worth a watch and better for 3D.

Raaj 3 has nothing to offer to viewers who are looking for some descent horror stuff. The movie is similar to any spooky Hindi TV serial being aired now days with the exception of 2 love making scenes in the movie.

The movie fails primarily because the basic root on which the movie is based i.e Black Magic is not at all exploited in the movie and the viewers are left wondering as usage of a potion of water being depicted in the movie is black magic all about..The Ramsay's have shown the usage of black magic much better in their movies. Raaj 3 does not scare you a bit and gives you a feel of a TV serial. Also,this movie is a let down compared to bhatt's earlier ventures 1920, Shaapit or Haunted.

If we talk about acting Bipasha is the only saving grace, Imran is pathetic, Esha looks good, forget about acting.

Storyline is poor music is forgettable which usually is high point of bhatt movies. So guys watch at your own risk!

It definitely has to start with Bipasha Basu,the SHOW STEALER of the movie. Bipasha Basu is both hero and a villain in the movie.She left no stones unturned if you look into her acting talents. With portraying the struggle of an actor's life to attain fame and success,Bipasha is in her best shoes this time. She caught the character in a very apt and accurate manner.

With script being weightless and the horror scenes looking funny or to laugh at,the movie on a whole is not one to be scared of. Sanjana(Esha Gupta) is very average.Though looking beautiful in most of the scenes she has to work really hard on her acting and dancing skills. Emraan this time got to be in good terms with both the actresses(kissing scenes!!)definitely,he has done justice to his role but again Bips has overshadowed him in almost every term due her profound expression, psyche behavior and arrogance . Well plotted, really! The movie is an amalgam of vendetta, jealousy, conflict, drama and sexuality.With showcasing the staunch Indian beliefs about black magic and all again our young generation need logic behind everything which this movie lacks a lot.The so-called famous cockroach scene enacted by Esha did not have a goosebumps effect either.So watch it for fun,not to be scared.~ Sheetal Sharma for ratemovieshere.com