Horror films in Bollywood are few and far in between but this decade most have worked at the box-office. Phoonk was RGV’s biggest success in a long time and ditto for Vikram Bhatt who was at an all time career low when 1920 released and did reasonably well, last year.
Raaz – The Mystery continues directed by Mohit Suri is not a sequel to Raaz, but a different story that belongs to the Raaz series. The comparisons are inevitable, as Raaz starring Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea is the biggest Bollywood hit ever in the horror genre.
So with expectations quite high, director Mohit Suri (Woh Lamhe, Zeher), Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman (son of Shekar Suman) promise to scare us with Raaz – The mystery continues. Do they succeed? Read the review..
For starters the story is filled with hair raising sequences, so if the horror genre is not something that you enjoy watching, give this a skip. The background music at times manages to scare the hell out of you. Movies like Phoonk and 1920 couldn’t scare me, but Raaz 2 at times did, especially some of the scenes involving Kangana! Talking of the scenes that cause quite a bit of Adrenaline Rush, there are two scenes that stand out. One at the New year party and the other involving Kangana, Emraan and the bulls!
Its one of those scripts which requires a director with skill and Mohit Suri has proved time and again that he is one of the most underrated directors in the industry. Apart from the last 30 mins of the film which isn’t very convincing, which is mainly due to flaws in the script, Mohit’s direction is top notch. Amongst the flaws, apart from the climax which doesn’t live upto expectations, the pace of Raaz 2 is quite slow.
The music like most Vishesh Films, is great. Soniyo is the best, followed by Tu Aaja Mere Maahi.
Performances are good. Adhyayan Suman on debut (by not taking the forgettable Haal-e-dil into consideration) is pretty good in the second half and has a good screen presence, huge scope for improvement though. But the film belongs to Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut. Both the seasoned actors are brilliantly expressive, a key to any good performance.
Overall, Raaz The Mystery Continues is a good horror film with good direction, fantastic performances and great music. Go with limited expectations and your sure to enjoy the film.
Rating: 
(Worth the price of your ticket.)
Other Notes – Raaz 2 or Raaz TMC should do well at the box-office as Chandni Chowk To China has had a big fall! The collections have completely crashed during the weekdays.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 pm
omg really goood and worth watching totally!!! LOVE YOU EMRAAAAAAAAN lolz saiet*
~aLiShAa~
nd omg my comment here is first yeaAAAAA lolz
January 24th, 2009 at 2:47 am
leys hope raaz 2 is a lot better than CCTC.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Raaz 2 is a good movie to watch…It has all the credentials for the audience to enjoy….I always watch Emran hashmi movies just coz he has his own style, he will never someone and most importantly all songs will be good in all his movies…….say it Aashiq banaya aapne,zehar,The killer,Aawarapan, Jannat to name a few…..
Movie is worth watching….and this is the first movie i guess where he did not kissed a girl!!! ;)
go n watch….
January 24th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Cant wait to see the movie raaz so excited
January 24th, 2009 at 7:24 am
to only Syed,…
U r really rite, in every movie starring Emraan all songs r worth to listen,..almost every one except Jawani Diwani, but still ok.
This review as well as after reading in Rediff I m in eager to watch it for sure with my best friends…Thanxs Indicine for ur review.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Great movie friends.
it will surely scare u but the story of this film in last 15 minutes is not heart touching.
as usual emraan hashmi’s all songs r worth to listen.
overall it’s a nice paisa vasool movie.
i will give it 3 and 1/2 star out of 5.
January 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I liked Raaz 1, and I will watch this one too in cinema.
January 25th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Raj: Again a fake comment.. I didn’t post any comment trying to communicate with you recently.. the last comment under name (Fathiya) isn’t mine.. crazy ppl are doing it!
Indicine Team: Please try to find out who’s posting some comments under my name. Thanks
January 25th, 2009 at 7:34 am
fathiya:by all of the comments you have posted i can tell you are a little miss missy miss that gets what ever they want i have been reading some of your comments and i know that you are exactly what i predicted.
January 25th, 2009 at 7:37 am
fathiya:after i read what you posted for me on cc2c review i red that you called me an idiot so i want to get it strait with you. cc2c was better and deal with it
January 25th, 2009 at 9:40 am
@fathiya…
CAn u pls get out of here stopping your stupid comments..? Dont u have any other business? U only like that stupid SRK Movies as a typical Hindi girl.Better dont waste others time ,so get the hell outa here…..
January 25th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I agree with Priya and Linjo ………….Fathiya have crap mind…..Now she might complian to this site against me but no matter CCTC was a fun films
January 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Indicine Team: The comment posted at 2.50am on this page is a fake one.. I didn’t post it, the last line says: (your are fit for CC2C type movies)
And Linjo, Priya, Sudeep: Don’t be very happy you young boys and girls of this new generation.. if u all will continue loving the worst of the worst movies which people would spit on them, such a trash like cc2c and only because Akshay Kumar is the hero of the movie.. then you’re ruining your bollywood for sure.. you ppl are like those who love the banana peal.. but don’t like the banana itself!
And why don’t u get out of this website, why don’t u stop posting and praising some crap movies just to encourage ppl watching it?! I won’t be surprised that you have been paid some money to do all this.. to promote for some kachra movies, just to win at the box office.
People out there: don’t believe these ppl and don’t waste your money watching a movie like cc2c.. you’d better save your money for a movie like Raaz2 or slumdog millionaire.. cc2c doesn’t deserve even 10 minutes of your timiing.. it’s not a fun at all.. it’s only a Tom & Jerry cartoon movie.
January 25th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Fathiya,
you are saying to people not to waste money on movies like CC2C…its not a Fun at all.
& same time u r saying its only a Tom & jerry Cartoon movie…Dont u know how much Fun have in Tom & jerry. ha ha ha
1st make up ur mind what u want to comment exactly.
Regarding Raaz-2 :- Guys, very good movie. Worth watching in Theatre.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:02 am
AJ: if u love the cartoon Tom & Jerry ( as Akshay Kumar does) therefore all his movies are inspired from Tom & Jerry catoons ( he mentioned this during an interview with him on NDTV, and I mentioned this under the movie review) others don’t enjoy cartoons.. cartoons are for kids.. and if your age is below 20, then no wonder why u love Tom & Jerry.. I used to love it too when I was very young but not anymore.
Ofcourse I’ve to advice ppl not to watch it, it’s not even worth to watch on a free dvd or online, if you don’t like some crap movies even if u get a free disk, you won’t watch it.. you’ll dump it in the trash.
And I’m saying what’s the truth and not lies!! the movie is bad.. the critics slammed it.. the distributers were crying.. the box office suffered.. and Akshay Kumar himself admitted that the movie is bad.. so how can u ppl say something opposite.. that it’s a good one?!!!!!!
January 26th, 2009 at 2:13 am
Indicine Team: Will you please try to stop this crazy guy or a crazy woman who got nothing to do on this website except posting comments under my name?!! ( they already did with other guys.. I think with Ahsan Khan and someone and created for them some problems) They are posting comments to Raj, under my name, as they know that we don’t communicate now or reply to each other.. so this means that they’re some old members here ( I can’t accuse anyone.. I might be wrong in my accusation) and Raj too believed that I posted the above comment! therefore he’s saying again bad words.
The comment at 6:13am is a fake one too.. which says in the last line, in block letters: HOW DARE YOU USE MY NAME…..
Please delete it, thanks..
January 26th, 2009 at 7:50 am
I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I don’t know if its going to be as good or not, from the trailers it doesn’t look as scary as the first raaz, and I have watched the first one, and it was really scary, and I’m not sure what this one is going to be like with emraan hashmi and kangana, I don’t like either of them much in terms of acting but still I’ll go and see, I’m sure it should be good for time pass. I’ll let you all know later.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Linjo thank you for your comment because all of the things you said were true and fathiya i know what you will say. you will say some crap like mind your own business and stuff
January 27th, 2009 at 7:04 am
@fathiya
Oh Great fathiya… i didnt support cc2c .. And u said that ghajini will be big flop!! And what happened now its breaking all the collection records… U rthe one who supported the CRAP of the year RNBDJ.u dont know what a good movie is u will like it if tht stupid SRK is there…
@priya….
Cheers Buddy!.
January 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
hey indicine…gr8 review!!!eager 2 watch d film….
d same confusion prevails on dis page…hey indicine…fathiya surely is d coz of ur large earnings…for sure….irritating woman!!
January 27th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Linjo: I said that Ghaajini will be a big flop?!When?! I can’t remember.. and under which page?!
Mini: What the hell?!! u post comments one or 2 times in a month only.. and your comments are always short.. 2 sentences.. and in these 2 sentences.. you hv to mention my name!!! am I bothering u this way?!! Write some useful comments, in some details about the movies u watch, express yr opinion i/o pointing at me everytime.. obviously u are unable to write anything!
January 28th, 2009 at 3:23 am
wow linjo looks like that we are a team now and fathiya srk made like 20 flop movies and just because akshay’s director ruined the movie does not mean that it was his fault. and do not say anything about ghajini because in liss than 3 days ghajini sold over 600,000 copies. so ha and now that linjo and i are buddies now you will know how cc2c is better than rnbdj.
January 28th, 2009 at 3:27 am
cheers to you to
linjo
January 28th, 2009 at 3:32 am
i was talking to fathiya
January 28th, 2009 at 5:15 am
oh man i had a comment posted and they took off part of it now all it says is i was talking to fathiya. oh well i know linjo feels the same way about fathiya
January 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
hey fathiya…..nw u will tell me wen n hw many times i shud access net….i work n hav othr useful thngs to do den fighting around wid ppl!!!
we do post our views here bt u havt contradict dem all!!!
January 28th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
And Mini.. more to add to my previous reply: I always ignore your comments.. but you’re the one who irritates as u continue mentioning my name thru your lines whenever u post yr 2 line of comments ( apparently that u r short in everything, as your name indicates it (mini) and not maxi!! mini in your senetences, in your thinking and maybe in yr size too!! Just explain it.. in which way am I irritating you?! I’m the one who has to complain about it and not you!! You ‘re the irritating girl who never leaves me alone!! Is this website your home and I didn’t know that?! Let me know if I didn’t?!
January 28th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Okay i think Fathiya has started lieing also…U said that Ghajini is Kiddish and looks like a Cartoon,and will be a flop.Just read the previous Comments…U might not remember that as You are Writing essays praising some most stupid movies of decade like RBDJ.Okay Let me ask u one thing? Can u tell me 2 movies which u liked the most?Just to know..(Hope u wont say RBDJ and Om shanti Om) LOL!Okay then over to your comment about mini..I think two or 3 meaningful words are better than your stupid essays(No Logic at all)!
January 28th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Hey linjo
Ket me nswer that question for you. Fathiya has already said some of the movies which she liked.
(Hey Fathiya I hope you don’t mind me answering for you).
She said she likes, Jodhaa Akabar, Fashion, Aamir, Fashion, and of course rbdj (as you know) And guess what she said she even liked Singh is Kinng. I’m not sure if she said she liked Slumdog Millionaire? or if she’s seen it.
Now all of you stop asking her the same question over and over again, and if you will see most of the above movies mentioned except for rnbj DON’T HAVE SHARUKH IN THEM. Fathiya appreciated quality movies NOT JUST THE ONES WITH SHARUKH IN THEM!!! Aren’t you all reading her posts properly or are you all just reading what your eyes want to read.
January 29th, 2009 at 3:41 am
kiran why would you answer for her because it is her business and not yours. not to be mean or anything but how could you? just answer that.and spell your words right. linjo looks like they are in a team and we are too
January 29th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Oh.. pRiya.. u rocks buddy!!
@kiran…
My questtion is to fathiya and u r not supposed to answer that..!
January 29th, 2009 at 7:29 am
If you both can make a team then why not us? You both are sticking up for eachother so why can’t I do the same for fathiya, uh???
And by the way I know how to spell, its just really cold where I live, my hands were really cold so I sometimes accidently hit the wrong keys. Besides its not like I’m typing an essay or anything that I have to have perfect grammar here. Looks like people around here like to pick at the smallest things.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
well m short n sweet n dont like to irritate ppl wid stupid lectures….its ppl like u who r irritated by everybody ….indicine y dont u chuck dis old bore off!!!
raaz as xpected by ur review a gud movie…really scary in some scenes…bt kanganaz xpressions wer same …she act phycos in all films(jst like fathiya..lol)
emraan looks cool…..adhyan…i didnt notice him….overall gud movie!!!
priya n linjo :keep up d gud work..:-D))
January 29th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hello Kiran: No I don’t mind it at all and thanks for yr supporting.
They all know which movies I like and which I don’t.. they all know that I’m not biased here… even if I like Shahrukh so it doesn’t mean that I love all his movies.. they all know that I didn’t like Om Shanti Om for Shahrukh.. when I watch any movie, I judge the movie, the direction, production etc., but I never loved a crap because I loved the hero! that’s u ppl who r like this and not me!
Linjo: I don’t have the time to go to the page again and read what I wrote already.. yes I’ve predicted that the action in the movie is like Raajnikanth’s movies or some cartoons ( and it is) and the movie is just a masala one, got everything in it, and about the box office, I couldn’t predict anything. It’s a blockbuster yes.. I know that, even RBNDJ is a blockbuster too.. I saw Rabne 3 times in cinema but Ghajini one time only, every movie got it’s audience, TZP was a much better movie than Ghajini for Aamir Khan, that’s my opinion.. do u mind it too?! ( and u all know that I don’t care about the box office.. few crores Aamir’s movie Ghajini did more than Rabne.. it won’t change my mind about Rabne.. and Linjo.. you’re a stupid guy coz u value movies according to the box office collection only).
January 31st, 2009 at 12:30 am
Hey frnds we have to post comments about the picture Raaz-TMC and not to fight among yourselves…..
I watched raaz this wednesday n just liked it so much…………..
everything was in it which i was looking for…….
from horror to good music……..
and it even sent a good msg to us that no one is bad………
the most bad thing resides inside ourselves………..
It also showed us what illogical mythological and religious traits are carried out in India at holy places.
Yes it has that spirit element but still it is showed in such a good style that u will agree wid me…
and i liked its tagline d most
“Tum Ashudh Ho, Sadh Chuke Ho”
It has a very deep meaning………….
so all the people who have not watched Raaz….go and watch it………
it will really be the worth of the price of your ticket………….
January 31st, 2009 at 2:36 am
linjo thanks and you rock too.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Tuhi Mera Naam, I agree with u. This section is to write comments about raaz 2. Not to fight. Each and everyone of us have different taste and we all have the right to like any kind of films. Some like SRK,some like Amir, Some like Akshay and some like Hrithik and so on…. I think all of them are great people in this industry. All of them want us to see their movies and feel happy. Why are u guys fighting about it?
And yes,about Raaz. It is a fantastic movie. I was looking forward for a good horror movie and I’m glad that I got to watch Raaz 2. But unfortunately here in Sri Lanka we don’t have a chance to watch it in big screen. So got the DVD and watched. Both Kangana and Emran did a good job. For me it is better that Raaz 1. Because this gives a good message to the society. Music is superb
MUST WATCH MOVIE. 4/5 stars
February 6th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Ok… People I dont know for what and why are you guys praising this movie Razz-2! First of all let me make it clear this is not a Horror movie at all… May be Script Writer / Director / Producer watched a collection of Hollywood horror flicks and decided next morning “voila! lets make a horror bollywood movie now..” May be they did not understand the hollywood horror movie plot itself from which they tried to pick Raaz-2… Direction looked completely lost in midway of the movie. For god sake how can you sleep in a horro movie watching it all alone? After RGV’s Phoonk one more horror movie hits the market Razz-2.. Now really audiance should be scared of trying any hindi horror.. So horrific movie and I am horrified with acting, script, Direcrtion except Songs.. Songs are good (Thank god something is good about this movie!)
Best acting in the movie is from Jakie Shroff for 15 mins.. Rest of the movie is crap… Dont waste your money for this dragging, slow paced never ending movie even for a DVD rent…
Recent past “1920″ stands out in hindi horror category.. No match and questions about it…
My rating 2/5
February 6th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
It doesn’t matter whether the story was inspired from any other movie or something like that………One goes to watch a movie with good story with good music and direction and not to figure out that this part is copied from there and this from there………
And even if it was inspired from some hollywood movies it has been adapted well.The most important thing is that the story is not just taken from here or there…Proper research is done before making that and you cant deny the credit that should be given to the movie crew………
You can ask what research and thats the pesticide waste getting mixed in rivers which is a truth and that illogical traits which has been shown are also a truth…….We should appreciate the movie for reminding us that such things are carried out in India and we should make efforts to remove them……
Direction was top-notch by Mohit Suri and you can again read the review…..Ya climax was not like that which was expected but its not the fault of director there…. He tried his best…
Animesh if u slept it doesnt meant that movie is a crap…….then you should complete your sleep before watching a movie my friend…….
If u agree with my comment then post a reply…………
if u dont agree then also u can….lolzzz
February 14th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
@Tuhi Mera Naam…
Well said… I can not agree with you more… But my friend do you know what does a Horror movie means??? A horror should give you the chill in your bones … but for sure this movie had nothing of that sort… If that was the case I do not understand why it was promoted as a Horror movie. People will of course go to watch the movie with some expectations and that is where I thought this movie failed very badly. If you go to watch a comedy movie and if it turns out to be a tragic then of course you will be disappointed. That is exactly what happened with me.
However even now I do not agree that this was well researched? I mean what was the role of Emraan in this? Just to fit him in this movie director thought let him be the son of the ghost…? The evil always screams of Tum Sadh chuke ho.. bla bla bla… for eternity… What was that for? Just one line dialogue before this the man was killed and that’s it…! Why did the ghost not pick his own son to discover what happened to him than creating a suspense drama instead… All this just to create a suspense which falls all apart at the end…
All I want to say this is NOT by any means a horror movie, nor suspense… Then what was it????
February 14th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
@Animesh
My frnd it seems u went with some huge expectations with this movie.But read the last two lines of the review-”Overall, Raaz The Mystery Continues is a good horror film with good direction, fantastic performances and great music. Go with limited expectations and your sure to enjoy the film.”
I went with limited expectations and enjoyed every bit of it but u had some more expectations from this movie, thats why u didnt liked it.
Well I dont think that Emraan’s role was fitted in the movie.He was the driving character of the story which took the story forward by his paintings which depicted the future.His acting was also good.It has been mentioned in review too.
And the line Tum Ashudh Ho is the punch line of the movie, which a viewer will remember while returning to home after watching the movie, and try to understand the meaning of the line frnd.Kabir’s doha, around which the film has been made is also true.So film teaches us also that there is no one bad in this world.The most bad element exists inside us only.
Anyways a thing cant be liked by everybody.I liked it and u not.
I hope now u agree…………..
February 14th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
@Tuhi Mera Naam
Fair enough… Not everyone will like this movie…
Those who say it was a good horror movie can please tell me which part of this “GOOD HORROR” movie was scary for you? :-D For me there was hardly any.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Raaz2 is great then any horror movies emraan done a excellent job