Raqeeb

A poor thriller that was extremely slow although it was 2 hours that should of been cut down to about 1.5 hour. The suspense in the first half was so predictable that you didn't even have to be of average intelligence to know who is bad and who is good. The story was OK about a guy Remo who is shy and his friend Siddharth constantly pesters him to socialise so that he can meet a few girls and fall in love. The direction was weak thanks to Anurag Singh (Sarcasm) and with rubbish casting, each actor was worse than the other. Rahul Khanna's only good film was Elaan and that was because of John Abraham & Arjun Rampal. The twists & turns in the second half slightly got rid of the boredom but it did not make the film any better. The music was interesting made by one of my favourite music composers Pritam; the best song is Dushmana during the opening credits but what is the use of good songs in a bad film, that too, if you have someone like Tanushree Dutta who dances with two left feet?

What can you say (or write) about the movie which starts with the leading actress oozing from the swimming pool, with the minimum clothes allowed Bollywood movies? Yup, thats what Raqeeb is all about, and thats what exactly Tanushree Dutta continues to do in rest of the movie. So if you are looking for that this is the movie you will like.

But not most people will like it. The movie is supposed to be a thriller, but in that way its a hyper thriller. The twists happened in the regular interval, and when you think there is nothing more, more twists happen. In all lot of twists happen. Three main actors and one leading actress, all are good at one time and bad at other times. The main problem is there are lots of turns and twists. Songs are not great. Actors are immatures. Nothing much to see.

A too much twisted and turned story + body of Tanushree Dutta + not so great actors = Raqeeb.

This movie is probably the best suspense thriller in bollywood with some conditions apply. If you watch the movie for the first time, you can't guess the the suspense. It is a very fast paced movie. It has a long story but runtime is only 2 hrs.

Pros: 1. Amazing suspense, a lot of twists till the end 2. Dialogues are praiseworthy and match the scenes. They add shock value to the upcoming twist. 3. Comedy by vivek shauq and Sharman Joshi 4. Every twist is explained properly when the suspense is revealed 5. Songs are nice

Cons: 1. There are 2-3 scenes that are added to make the suspense difficult to guess but they seem very illogical when the suspense is revealed. Those scenes should have been written well. One more character should have been added to those scenes 2. Some more flaws can be found in Tanushree Dutta's character (but they can be forgiven as they are not related to the actual suspense) 3. The performances are good but the actors are not crowd pullers

This movie pretends to be a gripping thriller with loads of wannabe-unpredictable and non-smart twists. Because Jimmy Shergill was in it and I liked most of his work, I thought this one would be worth my time but I was wrong and why the hell did he choose to play this remains a mystery to me. Anurag Singh's direction is amateurish and the screenplay is suited for the B-grade thrillers. I would like to ask Rahul Khanna that if he's only going to appear in about two Hindi films every 5 years, why pick the rotten apples from the trashcan? No doubt that the actor has talent, now only if he picked the right films. None of the performances are up to mark. This is the first Tanushree Dutta film, I've seen and she's quite a bad actress. Shergill is wasted and Joshi is bad. The twists and turns are so stupid and very predictable. The director actually thought he was making something smart! Maybe he should have his brain checked.

I just watched this due to I heard that Rahul Khanna plays the role of a security engineer in the movie. Nothing other reason(s) I can say for watching this movie. Well the movie is considered as a slow suspense thriller but it has many downfall plots and screenplays that blocked the movie from winning the audiences' hearts. There is a big question mark for Tanushree Dutt why she accepted this role when offered to her? After a smash hit of Aashiq Banaya Apne she doesn't seem to continue her sense of choosing roles. Jimmy Shergill did his role just as the script demands but still not satisfying enough. And the same goes to Sharman Joshi. Again, Rahul Khanna suits enough with his role in the movie but how long will he continue the one-sided role again and again, with the same body language he did before in Elaan. The director Anurag Singh has the director's sense but he should be little effective in making movies.