Here?s my brief review (please don?t ask me to write the story)?
Like a true idiot I ran to the theatre to watch this film first day first show and like always I felt like I should have stayed at home.
The film is complete and utter wastage because it?s a duplicate of the English film ?The Gift?. Mahesh Manjrekar is a big fat liar because he claimed that ?Rakht? is ?an original? but this could be far from the truth. The English version is much better- the Indian version is just a cheap attempt to thrill.
The ONLY person in the film who shows any kind of character development is Bipasha- but not 100%. The rest of them are all half-baked and sketchy. Like most Indian films, things aren?t explained properly and characters just pop out for convenience. The motives of the characters aren?t even explained properly. Like why the heck does Suniel Shetty act the way he does??? Also, why is Dino Morea a wife beater??? He is supposed to be Neha?s husband but there is no interaction between them- apart from when he?s hitting her that is- they DON?T talk at all.
Other stupid characters include Sanjay Dutt- why does he kill Amrita and then go to see Bipasha when he knows that Bipasha can tell things just by looking at people. He also fancies Bipasha in the film- why??? Oh yeah and the stupidest bit- he is a school principal- what for???- this does not fit in with his characterisation at all.
Also, Abhishek?s presence in the film is ridiculous. He pops up right at the start just for that ?One Love? song (also an English copy) and at the end to profess his love to Bipasha. Bipasha never shows that she loves him so why the heck does she marry him at the end- or does she??? Just another stupid thing that was convenient for the director to project in his copied film.
I was really upset after seeing the movie but I knew that I had like ALWAYS been duped by the film trailers and promos. The only good thing about this film are the trailers- they cause you to sit up and get all excited. But please DON?T watch the movie because it is too painful to sit through. I know this sounds rude but it was a crappy film and it has been 100% copied.
Another thing which really annoyed me was that I watched this movie in the U.K. and I felt like songs and scenes had been deleted from the movie. The song ?Ishq Bedardi? was nowhere to be found. All the other songs are just there to fill in the time gaps. They are good songs but like always have been placed all wrong. Some scenes I feel have been censored because they are too gruesome to watch. But I don?t care for those scenes because they wouldn?t have saved the TRASHY film.
Bipasha is good in the film but sometimes it is confusing to watch her scenes because one cannot understand whether she is seeing the future or not. Dino Morea surprised me- he is usually wooden and looks like a dolphin but in this movie, he expresses his aggressive nature in a profound way. Neha Dhupia doesn?t get much scope.
Suniel Shetty is damn irritating- his dialogues are hard to digest because he plays this mentally wrecked character- it is NEVER properly explained why he kills his father- or does he??? Amrita Arora looks and acts like the perfect slut- she has a peppy dance number and will please the male audiences. I wasn?t at all pleased by her sensual antics with Sanjay Dutt though- really disgusting to watch a middle aged man and a really young girl getting steamy.
In conclusion, guys please stay at home and avoid this movie at all costs. I know it sounds nasty, but I hope this movie is a MEGA FLOP. I have talked about it in a brutally blunt way because that is the truth. Don?t be fooled by the glossy promos because it is nothing like how it is being made out.
If you are gonna watch it, see it for Bipasha because she is the only substantial character- and that too only 60% of the time. THIS FILM IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW RE-MAKING A HOLLYWOOD HORROR FILM INTO A BOLLYWOOD ONE CAN FALL FLAT IN THE DIRECTOR?S FACE- I REALLY HOPE THAT HAPPENS.