WATCH IT IF.... Review on Rakht

“BIPASHA BASU WAS AT HER SEXIEST BEST IN RAAZ,A VIKRAM BHATT DIRECTED SUPERNATURAL THRILLER.IN RAKHT,SHE IS AT HER SUBSTANTIAL BEST.

SUPERNATURAL,PARANORMIC THRILLERS HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT’S WAY WITH THE AUDIENCES,BUT THE TREATMENT HAS TO BE NOVEL.RAKHT FALLS FLAT IN THE LATTER PART.THE TREATMENT IS NOT UPTO THE MARK.THOUGH ENGAGING AND NAIL-BITING IN PARTS,BUT THE MAJOR PART OF THIS HALF-BAKED EERIE THRILLER DOES NOT GIVE A SHIVER AND MAKE THE AUDIENCE GRAB THE POPCORN IN STUNNING FEAR.

ANYWAYS,BIPASHA BASU,A WIDOW IS A TAROT CARD READER WHO HAS THIS ABILITY TO FORESEE FUTURE OCCURENCES.SHE TAKES IT AS A MEANS TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER DOTING EIGHT OLD SON.SUNJAY DUTT IS A SCHOOL HEAD WHO IS ENGAGED TO HIS FIANCEE AMRITA ARORA.DINO MOREA PLAYS A RUGGED HUSBAND WHO MAKES HER WIFE NEHA DHUPIA ALWAYS LIVE IN FEAR.SUNEIL SHETTY PLAYS THE ROLE ON AN ECCENTRIC CAR MECHANIC WHO HAS A NOT-SO-PROMISING PAST.HIMANSHU MALIK PLAYS A LAWYER WHO HAS A SECRET TO HID.WEL,THAT’S IT AS FAR AS THE CHARECTARS ARE CONCERNED.

SO WHERE DOES RAKHT TAKE OFF AS A SUPERNATURAL? ONE DAY,NATASHA[AMRITA ARORA] VANISHES AND RAHUL[SUNJAY DUTT] COMES TO BIPS TON UNRAVEL HER NEURONS IN ORDER TO FIND HIS LOVER.OTHERS COME WITH THEIR PROBLEMS TOO INCLUDING NEHA DHUPIA WHO FINDS SOLACE FROM HER ILL-MANNERED HUSBAND.ANYWAYS,COMING BACK TO THE MAIN PROBLEM ABOUT WHERE NATASHA IS,ALIVE OR DEAD.THE SECRET IN REVEALED.BUT YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR NEARLY 2 AND A HALF HOURS TO KNOW THE DARK SECRET.THIS IS ALL ABOUT RAKHT,WHICH IS A MULTI-STARRER PRODUCTION.

SO,WHAT IS THE TRADEMARK OF RAKHT?

IT IS SURELY A NOVEL SUBJECT,NOT EXPLORED PREVIOUSLY BY ANY FILMMAKER[FREE PUBLICITY FOR DIGAMBARAS AND PITAMBARAS WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS PROFESSION IN THEIR REAL LIFE].THE PERFORMANCES AND THE DIFFERENT CHARECTARISATIONS KEEP TICKING RAKHT AS A FILM.BIPASHA BASU HAS PLAYED HER PART WELL AS A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE,DINO MOREA AND SUNEIL SHETTY EXCEL IN THEIR ECCENTRIC BIT,SUNJAY DUTT WASTED IN A MINUSCULE ROLE,AMRITA ARORA,THE STAR OF THE SHOW WITH HER BABY BABY LOOKS AND A DEADLY FIGURE[MALLIKA,BEWARE!],ABHISHEK HOT IN THE ONE LOVE NUMBER,YANA GUPTA SIZZLING IN THE OH!WHAT A BABE NUMBER,THAT’S ABOUT IT.OH!I FORGOT ABOUT HIMANSHU AND NEHA WHO ARE GOOD IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMEOS AS WELL.

ON THE WHOLE,RAKHT IS MIND-BLOWING IN PARTS.BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FILM HAS MORE FRILLS THAN THRILLS.”