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Raaz

  • 19811981
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  • 2h 12m
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5.2/10
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Raaz (1981)
  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
A woman traveling on a train witnesses a murder.A woman traveling on a train witnesses a murder.A woman traveling on a train witnesses a murder.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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  • Director
    • Harmesh Malhotra
  • Stars
    • Raj Babbar
    • Sulakshana Pandit
    • Brahm Bhardwaj
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  • Director
    • Harmesh Malhotra
  • Stars
    • Raj Babbar
    • Sulakshana Pandit
    • Brahm Bhardwaj
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    • 1User review
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    Raj Babbar
    Raj Babbar
    • Chandrapaal Singhas Chandrapaal Singh
    Sulakshana Pandit
    Sulakshana Pandit
    • Seemaas Seema
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    Brahm Bhardwaj
    • Judgeas Judge
    Helen
    Helen
    • Danceras Dancer
    Iftekhar
    Iftekhar
    • Mr. Sharmaas Mr. Sharma
    T.P. Jain
    T.P. Jain
    • Khushiramas Khushiram
    Jankidas
    Jankidas
    • Ticket Checkeras Ticket Checker
    Bharat Kapoor
    Bharat Kapoor
    • Kamalas Kamal
    Kader Khan
    Kader Khan
    • Inspector Khanas Inspector Khan
    Sujit Kumar
    Sujit Kumar
    • Sujeetas Sujeet
    Shreeram Lagoo
    Shreeram Lagoo
    • Handicapped Manas Handicapped Man
    Murad
    Murad
    • Chandrapaal's fatheras Chandrapaal's father
    Jagdish Raj
    Jagdish Raj
    • Lawyeras Lawyer
    Ram Sethi
    Ram Sethi
    • Kailashas Kailash
    • (as Ram P. Sethi)
    Sarika Thakur
    Sarika Thakur
    • Sunitaas Sunita
    • (as Sarika)
    Appi Umrani
    • Sher Singhas Sher Singh
    • Director
      • Harmesh Malhotra
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    • Trivia
      Railway Station in the film is named Bhavani Junction.Four years later a film was made in 1985 with the title Bhavani Junction.Staring Shashi Kapoor,Shatrughan Sinha,Zeenat Aman,Rati Agnihotri,Prem Chopra,Mazhar Khan and Mahesh Anand.

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    This Raaz is different, it's a traditional mystery
    Many movies have been made in Bollywood under the title Raaz (mystery). The movie buffs belonging to the current generation are well aware of the so-called horror franchise of the Bhatt Camp making movies under this title out of which the first one starring Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu which was released in 2002 is definitely a quality movie and it was a huge commercial hit. Prior to that two movies were made under the title Raaz. The first one was the debut movie of Rajesh Khanna and Babita. It was a suspense-thriller and released in 1967.Today I am reviewing the second one which is the least known movie among all those titled as Raaz. It was released in 1981 and it's a traditional suspense-thriller starring Raj Babbar and Sulakshana Pandit in lead roles.

    This Raaz or mystery starts with the scene of a railway station known as Bhavani Junction on which the heroine of the movie – Seema (Sulakshana Pandit) is waiting for her train to start her journey to an estate for the purpose of her employment in the household of Kunwar Chandrapaal Singh (Raj Babbar) as the governess of a little girl (Baby Geeta Khanna). One handicapped man who moves with the help of crutches (Dr. Shreeraam Laagoo) is also wandering on the station. The train comes and Seema boards it. In her compartment, she finds a strange fellow-passenger Sujeet (Sujeet Kumar) who tries to make advances to her but she keeps him at bay. Suddenly another stranger enters with a revolver in his hand and as the train passes through a dark tunnel, shoots Sujeet dead and then sits there itself (in the train compartment) relaxing. Badly frightened, Seema finds one more revolver lying on the floor of the compartment but the moment she grabs it, the killer strikes her hand and throws that revolver out of the window of the running train. When the train is about to reach some station, the killer exits and then only does she start shouting for the incident of the murder that has taken place in front of her eyes.

    After giving her statement to the police, Seema reaches her employer's house and then she comes face-to-face with a person who is none else than the killer of Sujeet. Now she is in deep trouble. She wants to run away from that house and that place but can't because her condition is more or less that of a house-arrest. Local cop Khan (Kaadar Khan) who is the investigating officer of Sujeet murder case, wants to take her full statement because he smells that she knows much more than she has told to the police but now she is under even higher pressure to keep her lips tight because her beloved niece (Baby Priya) who has been hitherto staying in the hostel, has been brought to the household of Kunwar Chandrapaal Singh. The handicapped stranger who moves with the help of crutches, is also found roaming about that household. When questioned about it, he terms himself as a novelist and his claim is unreliable because his activities are weird and suspicious. A greedy person(Bharat Kapoor) who happens to be the son of the partner of Kunwar's father, is also there in the scenario who keeps on extorting money from him.

    Gradually Seema comes close to Kunwar Chandrapaal Singh and then she becomes aware of his deceased wife (Saarika) and the misdeed and betrayal of Sujeet who once happened to be a fast friend of Kunwar. One day Khan arrests her under the charge of Sujeet's murder because of her finger-prints being found on the revolver thrown out of the train(found out by the police later) which coupled with the deductive reasoning applied by Khan, culminates into a conclusion drawn by him that she only is the murderess. At the time of her arrest, Kunwar is out of station. When he returns, he not only comes to know of her arrest but also the fact that she has confessed for Sujeet's murder. What happens thereafter takes the movie to its climax in which the complete suspense of Sujeet's murder is unravelled.

    Raaz starts in the fashion of a mystery or a thriller but gradually it turns into a family drama. There was scope of romance too in the story but director Harmesh Malhotra decided to keep the story sans any romance between the lead pair. Only the love track and the marital life of Kunwar Chandrapaal Singh and his deceased wife has been shown in brief which involves a song too. In the first half, the narrative covers the murder, then the fear and apprehensions of Seema who is the eye-witness to the murder and the drama taking place in the household of Kunwar. In the second half, the back story of Kunwar's love-life and marital life is shown alongwith Sujeet's betrayal and the events leading to his murder.

    The narrator has shown good imagination in the beginning itself when the TTE in the compartment is shown as reading a newspaper whose main headline is -'Murder in the Train'. Similarly, in the opening sequence when Seema is wary of her co-traveller Sujeet, she is shown as reading a Hindi novel titled as'Maut Ki Ghaati Mein' (in the valley of death) which is authored by Colonel Ranjeet (perhaps because the author's name is not visible with clarity).

    Sulakshana Pandit and Raj Babbar have done well as the principal characters of the story. Both the child-artistes - Baby Geeta Khanna and Baby Priya look quite innocent and they have also performed very well. All others are routine. Ram Sethi has done good comedy.

    Ravindra Jain's musical score alongwith his lyrics is strictly okay. Tum Jo Hamen Itni Pyari Lagti Ho is the best song of the album.

    This traditional mystery is a decent one time watch for the mystery fans as well as for the audience of family and social dramas.
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