Does anyone else wonder when Kangana Ranaut will do a non-suicidal, non-alcoholic or essentially a non-psycho role (case in point – Gangster, Woh Lamhe, Life in a Metro, Fashion) ?? Well if any of you do, then Raaz 2 is your answer – yes, she finally ditches her self-destructive personae and takes on a normal personality – albeit a frightened one. And well, she does try to take her life in this movie as well, but she is not to be blamed for that one …
Kangana Ranaut is Nandita, a top notch model (very Fashionesque) – who is trying to balance her professional and personal life – her boyfriend is Yash (Adhyayan Suman). He anchors a successful TV show called Andhavishwas, where he debunks superstitions and supernatural myths. However, the opening scene of the movie is set far away from them – in a small town in Himachal called Kalindi – where a frightened-out-of-his-wits foreigner runs inside a temple, only to find the priest mutilating himself to death, claiming the end is near …
The opening scene sets a very good precedent for what is to come - as the suspense is crisp throughout the first half – you are on the edge of your seat for most of it. The director almost announces his intentions with dark foreboding music, every time something evil happens - yet such is his mastery over the camera that we flinch every time something does happen. He shows good imagination, using regular urban locations for his scares, and keeping the gore to a minimum.
Kangana does both the frightened and the possessed scenes very well – but the same cant be said about (her real life boyfriend) Adhyayan Suman. He comes across as too raw - and cant dance to save his life. Emraan Hashmi plays Prithvi, a painter who can paint events of Nandita's life before they happen – and he helps her in finding out the truth. He sports an intense look in the movie – and almost adds to the scares of the first half …
If you have noticed the emphasis on the word first half until now, you know what to expect in the second half. The second half of the movie completely goes to the dogs once you know the identity of the spirit and its intentions. I cant reveal more than that, but for crying out loud, is that the best motive you could come up with, Mohit Suri ? Really ? The story has quite a few twists and turns in the second half, but they don’t do the movie much good. And a very BIG loophole is the scene at the beginning of the movie when Yash is recording on camera, a group of Aghoris doing their thing by a river bank. Once you watch the full movie, you will understand …
The songs are quite good but atleast a couple of them are not needed - they break the flow of the movie. But inspite of its shortcomings, Raaz 2 is still a good entertainer, just for the scares.
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