Raaz (2002 film)
| RAAZ | |
|---|---|
DVD Cover
|
|
| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by |
Mahesh Bhatt (Presenter) Mukesh Bhatt Kumar S. Taurani Ramesh S. Taurani |
| Written by | Mahesh Bhatt Girish Dhamija |
| Starring |
Bipasha Basu Dino Morea Malini Sharma Ashutosh Rana |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
| Cinematography | Praveen Bhatt |
| Edited by | Amit Saxena |
|
Production
company |
|
| Distributed by | Tips Music Films |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
152 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹37 crore (US$5.5 million) |
Raaz (English: Secret) is a 2002 Bollywood horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani. The film stars Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea as a couple who have moved to Ooty to save their failing marriage. However, what they find in their new home is more than they expected when a ghost starts haunting the place. The wife, Anjana suddenly finds that her husband is part of the ghostly conspiracy, which she must fix to escape. The film is an unofficial adaptation of What Lies Beneath.
It was the second highest grossing film of the year 2002 behind Devdas, and the first installment in the Raaz series. Bipasha Basu was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. Raaz also marked the debut of actress Malini Sharma. A sequel to the film was released in 2009, under the title of Raaz: The Mystery Continues and the third installment of the series titled Raaz 3 was released on 7 September 2012. A fourth film, Raaz Reboot, has been released recently on 16 September 2016.
The film starts with a group of college students enjoying a picnic in a beautiful forest in Ooty. One of the girls, Nisha (Mink Brar) in that group, dies after being attacked under mysterious circumstances outside a bungalow in front of the forest. She had attacked her boyfriend too, who, though injured, managed to live on. She was rushed to the hospital, where just before dying, her facial look and voice changed completely for a short while, thus confusing all the attending doctors. Professor Agni Swaroop (Ashutosh Rana), who is supposedly an expert in phenomena involving the unexplained and the supernatural is called by the police to look into the matter. Prof. Swaroop and the police visit the forest at the same place where Nisha was attacked and after investigating from Nisha's boyfriend, Prof. Swaroop declares that she was attacked by a spirit. He further reveals that this spirit has waked for some purpose and it will not stop until that purpose is fulfilled.
...
Wikipedia