Raaz 2 not connected with first one: director

January 21st, 2009

Jaipur: Raaz-The Mystery Continues does not have any connection with the previous Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea-starrer movie of the same name, says director Mohit Suri while promoting the film here today.

"I just want to clear the doubt that the film is not in continuity with the previous Raaz . The only common thing is that both the movies are based on supernatural theme," said Suri, who is presently promoting the film here along with actor Imran Hashmi.

Raaz-The Mystery Continues is set to be released this Friday.

"...though the name is similar with the previous one but Raaz was the only perfect title for my film," he said.

Claiming that the film was the most expensive horror movie in the Bollywood till date, Suri said "it challenges beliefs about the paranormal phenomena".

Talking about his role in the film, Imran said that he always dreamt of such kind of role and with the making of this film his dream was fulfilled.

Imran also said that he had no comparison with Sharukh, Salman and Ritik as every actor has his own identity.

Serial Kisser Emraan Hashmi romances with Soha in Tum Milein

January 15th, 2009

Jannat fame Kunal Deshmukh will have an unusual pair Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan in his forthcoming film. Titled as Tum Milein, is a love story. It has backdrop of Mumbai floods.

According to the director Kunal Deshmukh the story has been inspired by the floods happened on July 26, 2005. He says, “Yes my forthcoming film is based on Mumbai floods that affected life in Mumbai. I will be shooting it in Mumbai and Cape Town as these two main protagonists’ moves from Cape Town to Mumbai. We are planning to erect a huge set in Mumbai itself to shoot flood portions. Our first schedule will commence in mid-November in Cape Town.”

Speaking about this unusual casting he says, “Yeah. After Jannat once again I wanted to work with Emraan. He is very talented and dedicated actor. While Soha is very apt for this role as she is very close to her character. She was my first choice. Apart from all that Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan haven’t paired before so that’s USP of my film.” He signs off.

The way Mohit has handled ‘Raaz - TMC’ is superb: Emraan Hashmi

January 8th, 2009

Emraan Hashmi has great hopes from ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’. Not just the film brings him back with Mohit Suri after ‘Awarapan’, ‘Kalyug’ and ‘Woh Lamhe’, it also sees him in yet another Bhatt film where music always plays in integral part of the narrative.

After a hardcore drama ‘Jannat’, which proved to be a superhit at the box office and was also a huge musical success, Emraan Hashmi promises that his next ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’ will raise the bar for horror flicks. Not just would it give Indian audience something to see on the big screen that has never been witnessed before for a Bollywood flick, it would also scare the living daylights of all in the auditorium.

“Mohit Suri is someone who believes in making realistic and dramatic films. For the first time he has gone all out in making an out and out commercial horror film. This is one genre that he hasn’t been exposed before and this is why he has worked extra hard on the subject”, replies Emraan when questioned around Mohit’s progression from ‘Zeher’ to ‘Kalyug’ to ‘Woh Lamhe’ to ‘Awarapan’ and now ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’.

How exactly has Mohit moved on?

“Well, the sheer manner in which he has handled the subtext of ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’ is superb. He has only got better and better! The film has allowed him a lot of dramatic space and to add to that, due to his exposure to some classics from horror genre, he has played around with visuals and sound”, justifies Emraan.

Demonstrating his fondness for Mohit both as a friend and a professional, Emraan says, “The pace and the look of the film is extraordinary and he has grown over the past couple of years. I can say this because I have seen this right in front of my eyes since the days of ‘Zeher’.”

While Emraan is indeed excited about working in his first ever horror flick, he also mentions that the music of the film is better than the first in the series - ‘Raaz’! Whenever the name ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’, comparisons with ‘Raaz’ (that had some fantabulous score by Nadeem Shravan), are inevitable.

“That’s bound to happen and we were quite tense as well since the original music was so popular”, Emraan gets candid here, “Nadeem Sharvan had made history with ‘Raaz’ so we had to be on par with it at least, if not better than that.”

He has another point of view as well, “Moreover, the competition was not just with ‘Raaz’ but also number of my own films as well as Vishesh Films that have always boasted of great music. It’s a pretty decent list in fact and we all are very proud of it. Thankfully, each of the composers for ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’ has done a fabulous job with the film’s music.”

Tell him that songs like ‘Mahi Ve’ and ‘O Jaana’ are already shooting up the charts and Emraan says with a smile, “We waited for a long time to get the best tracks and their current popularity has proven once again that the score will live on for years!”

Emraan, Kangna, Adhyayan together for an electrifying music video

January 3, 2009

Trust Bhatts to not just keep churning hit music but also attach innovative music videos to some of their best tracks. In case of RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES, they have done it twice in a matter of just around 10 days with first 'Maahi Ve' and now 'O Jaana'. While the original version of 'Maahi Ve' was the first to hit the screens a few weeks back, its video starring Emraan Hashmi in center stage came very recently. Hardly has the euphoria on the rock version of 'Maahi Ve' settled down and Bhatts are ready to unveil another music video for 'O Jaana'.

This writer had an exclusive dekko at the song and it has to be admitted that music video for the remix version of 'O Jaana' is the classiest ever to have been churned out of Vishesh Films. The track has a New Age look and feel to it with the principal cast of the film - Emraan Hashmi, Kangna Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman - being a part of it. Also, while Emraan Hashmi (obviously) holds the center stage, Adhyayan and Kangna aren't left behind either and have a definite role to play in the video.

Emraan Hashmi does what he is best at and has been doing forever in each of his chartbuster songs for years while Adhyayan Suman too looks far more confident in his entire cool avtar. However, the stunner of the show is Kangna Ranaut who gets to lip synch the English portion of the song and looks like a true import from the West, what with her costumes, make up and the body language showcasing a different facet of her persona. In fact the next time she mentions that she is just a small town girl from the North side of the country, she would certainly be questioned by many since she hardly looks like an Indian in the first place in the song.

With electrifying laser work, special effects and CG on display, the music video is the kind that should play on in up-market discs and pubs due to the immense dance appeal that it carries. Moreover, the cutting edge edit patter in 'O Jaana' makes it a track that you want to revisit multiple number of times. Have a look!

Emraan Hashmi loves horror flicks more than romantic films

January 3rd, 2009

Known as serial kisser in Bollywood Emraan Hashmi has enjoyed his playboy image in most of his films. Except his last film Awarpan where he tried to be different but failed to attract his fans. Apparently the actor himself feels that his naughty streak was missing in the film. Now he promises to continue his much popular playboy image.

Emraan is looking forward to work on Mohit Suri’s Raaz 2. This sequel of Raaz will once again have Emraan and Kangana Ranaut together in main lead. This will be their second movie after Gangster.

Apprently Emraan who has tried different genres, reveals that he loves the Horror genre. Also feels that the horror genre has never been explored properly in Bollywood.

According to him Raaz 2 will be unlike other Bollywood horror flicks. “Bollywood’s scary movies have been all about loud sounds and hideous makeup but Raaz 2 is going to change the definition of horror films. The scenes in the film are scary as we are actually shooting in the creepiest of places.”

Being thrilled of shooting at such creepy places, Emraan reminisces “We have shot in a place called Panghar in Rajathan. We were told not to shoot there after sunset by the villagers. We were amazed to see that there was not a single government office in the area because it is said to be a haunted place. We have shot at such places to make the film authentic.”