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Directed by | Pawan Kripalani |
Produced by |
Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor Amit Kapoor Sidhartha M. Jain |
Screenplay by | Pawan Kripalani Vaspar Dandiwala |
Story by | Pawan Kripalani |
Starring |
Rajkummar Rao Kainaz Motivala |
Music by | Shamir Tandon S D Burman Bappi Lahri Faizan Hussain, Agnel Roman |
Cinematography | Tribhuvan Babu |
Edited by | Pooja Ladha Surti |
Distributed by | ALT Entertainment Balaji Motion Pictures iRock Films |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹13 million (US$190,000) |
Box office | ₹90 million (US$1.3 million) |
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Soundtrack album | |
Released | 19 April 2011 |
Ragini MMS is a 2011 Indian found footage horror film directed by Pawan Kripalani and produced by Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It was released on 13 May 2011 (Friday the 13th). The film is inspired by the 2007 American supernatural horror film Paranormal Activity and is partly based on the real story of a girl from Delhi named Deepika.
Ragini (Kainaz Motivala) and Uday (Rajkummar Rao) go to a secluded house, set deep in a forest, for a weekend of fun. Upon arrival, Ragini and Uday discover worms in their bag of food; but neglect it. Uday has plans of recording a video of Ragini, without her knowledge, so that he can fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. However, they are interrupted by Ragini's friend, Piya and her boyfriend, Vishal. After a bash of music, dance and beer, Vishal asks Uday where the toilet is and after taking a dark way to the toilet, Vishal says that, on his way to the house, a local pan vendor told him the house belonged to a lady who was accused of being a witch by her family member, and subsequently killed by her family.
However, she returned as a vengeful ghost and murdered her entire family. After hearing Vishal, Uday goes downstairs. While returning to the hall, Vishal senses eeriness in the house and notices one room's door open and close on its own, so he enters in and the door gets locked from outside. After some time he enters into the house from the outside and blames Uday that he latched the door from the outside and says that he came by jumping through the window. Ragini finds one scratch mark on Vishal's neck and after an argument, Vishal and Piya leave the house confused. Uday then handcuffs Ragini to the bed. While they are kissing, the lights go out and Uday's neck is scratched by someone and he asks Ragini for his phone and he goes downstairs to bring his cell phone. While returning toward Ragini his hair is pulled by someone, and he finds himself bleeding from head. He calls his friend to see if he is playing a prank on him; after receiving a negative reply he realises that there is another presence in the house. Ragini then searches for the key to her cuffs and while searching Ragini spots a camera in the room and realises Uday's intentions. She is unable to do anything, as the key has gone missing, leaving her tied to the bed. As matters worsen, his phone battery becomes low so Uday tries to run away, leaving Ragini alone. The spirit does not let him escape however, and Uday returns upstairs, bruised. The ghost enters Uday's body and makes him commit suicide. Ragini struggles to unlock herself from the cuffs before sunrise. She finds the key under the bed, but fails to get it. The next night, the ghost attacks her again, but she manages to break free by cutting her hands with glass.