Plot So a sleazy Delhi type guy from the cast of Love Sex Dokha wants to shoot his girlfriend in a homemade sex tape. This is where the similarity to the actual Ragini case I guess ends. Instead of shooting it at his own space, he takes her to an abandoned but perfectly furnished bungalow. The bungalow apparently belongs to a friend of his and is fitted with a camera in pretty much every room. These cameras along with the dude's own hand-held camera are supposed to make up the movie frames of Ragini MMS.
Whenever needed the filmmaker conveniently shifts to some normal movie cameras as well which pretty much dilutes the whole idea of the hidden camera concept. Of course before the couple can begin to get horny the horror in the house begins to show to the viewers.
The film is over punctuated with sudden sound effects, whooshes sounds, heavy breathing, unlit screens, scary looking camera angles and of course glimpses of a traditional witch spewing Marathi to boot. As the couple begins their stuff the witch decides to teach them a lesson.
While the sudden movements and sudden glimpse of the supernatural do make u jump am not sure if they are the right kind of fodder for a true horror buff. On another hand the actions of the characters as usual make no sense. While Yadav is good as a sleazy 'thoku master' the girl Kainaz Motiwala is reduced to screaming in hot pants and a spaghetti top tied up to a bed.
The sleaze is considerable in the film but not quite campy enough to be enjoyable. The film borrows from a number of point of view films like Blair Witch project the apology to family and the running in the forest as well as the more recent REC the discovery of the room where the actual crime might have happened and of course Paranormal activity titled fallen cameras showing the horrifying proceedings So the question remains - is Ragini MMS scary enough? Well yes it is. The premise of shooting through digital cameras does create a strong sense of realism which is why so many horror films get made in this format.
The sound effects along with the demented and repetitive Chudail are definitely eerie. But the best character are the camera angles which leave just about enough nooks and crannies in each frame to give you a feeling of unease. In the end Ragini Mms could have been a landmark Indian horror film much like Ekta 's 'LSD' and 'Shor in the city' but its attempt to link the mms scandal to what is an out and out supernatural horror story ended up confusing the filmmaker.
Had it gone all out with a horror theme it would have been fun to figure out a number of horror movie questions - why Panditji sent them to the house, what was the crime committed, what happens to the bunch of boys who came out of nowhere to disappear in the same time.
But unfortunately someone in production did not want to let go of the MMS sleaze factor thinking that would sell the movie. Not to mention the blink and you missed it end notes which make no sense.
In the end there are too many loose ends and poorly sketched sub plots for the film to be recommended It is though - Recommended to people who get thrills out of jumping in their seats due to loud sounds and fans of MNS for the Marathi speaking chudail.
The Ragini B! But, Defiantly its not inspired from both of its Hollywood counterpart. Only the technique and presentation style is inspired, and Ragini MMS has its own real story and Desi flavor. While Ekta has proved that if you have a good story, you don't need A rated superstars. Actors and budding artiste can do the justice with a pure dedication.
Dibankar Banerjee's casting from LSD has proved it once. This spooky genre has not wasted time in explaining the story behind the haunted mansion or the love between the two quintessential Bombay lovers.
The best is left for its sheer imagination and that's bang-on the target. Its creepy when your girl-friend is Pink Handcuffed, and you are about to unzip the down, you get a hair-pull so strong that your skull bleeds and you forget the hard-on and fall straight in to the paranormal world of frenzy bites and creepy voices.
The senses are bound to loose. The most real shot was when you see a door open on its own you don't freeze in the demurral but run like a child screaming and shitting from the ass. That was hilariously spine chilling. The camera was loosing the resolution from time to time but the angles on which they were mounted gave a good Wide-Angle view of entire frame.
Eyeballs were looking for something paranormal throughout. The twists and timings of Ram Gopal Varma's Bhoot were missing in this clip, nevertheless, it was a good attempt.
Raj almost doing the same cast from LSD , mouthed the frustration in a very natural way. The explicit dialogues were neatly written to show him as insensitive and chauvinist. While Kainaz ruled the second half of the movie with her screams and pleads. The other songs were in background and competent enough to get mixed with a background score.
The Score was scary enough to run a sense of fear was was repeated so badly that it became evident about a paranormal presence. The screenplay and cinematography did justice to the subjectiveness of a voyeurism. Few ideas in this film are anything close to original. Then we have the serious problems of misogyny, sexual and physical abuse, and subjugation. All of these anti-woman, patriarchal atrocities are committed by the male lead charcter, Uday, who treats his girlfriend, Ragini, as if she were his personal slave.
When she is horny and wants to have sex, he shuts her down by pushing her off of him wherupon she flops violently onto the floor. Yet, when the roles are reversed shortly thereafter, Ragini says no multiple times and Uday flatly ignores her and overpowers her with his physical strength and size.
I strongly believe that a rape scene would have followed had the director not thought to put in a ghostly presence indicator at this point. In fact, there is at least one rape joke in the script when Pia handcuffs Vishal to the bedpost and does a sexy dance for him and she says, "I'm going to rape you, baby. Uday is an extremely unlikable prick from the moment he comes on screen until the epilogue. The audience is supposed to hate him. He pressures Ragini to do his bidding, whines and begs to get his way, acts like an entitled and selfish "jerk" most of the time, and alienates everyone around him.
In fact, Ragini calls Uday a jerk to his face at least twice and one of those times, he slaps her in the face twice and tells her to shut up and be quiet. There is little redeemable about this film except Ragini's salvation from Uday's clutches. The myriad stale tropes and endless repetition of the same lines and motifs, especially the ghost's dialogue, bored me to tears and I actually fell asleep halfway through, then went back and watched what I had missed.
Do not waste your time on this steaming pile of landfill fodder. After a long time a decent Hindi horror movie maybe after darr of RamGopal Varma before he turned himself into a factory. This makes the story very realistic. Acting by lead pair is too good ,though movie sags towards end but length has been kept proper and it ends before viewer will get bored. Good movie. The film has a little resemblance with paranormal activity as it was seen in movie trailer.
However makers have added the Desi spices to the movie by some Indianized dialogues or say abuses and strong story and sub-plots. The genre of the movie is a winner itself. The combination of sex and horror which was used indirectly in Bhatt's movies is the stream line here. Intentions of the film makers are very clear here. Just two elements horror and sex, no melodrama or Bollywood masala. Rajpal is very influential on screen.
His screen presence and comic timing is bang on! Kainaz has improved a lot after her bubbly role in Wake Up Sid. Explicit scenes are done comfortably by the lead and their chemistry is extra ordinary. Story is straight without any twists and turns.
Screenplay is tight and tangling. Dialouges are surprisingly fresh,witty and sultry. The dialogues and slang gives a good flavor to the horror movie. Background score is a mile stone for horror movies considering the fact that high pitched digital sound and scorching guitars are used for score in an Indian horror movie.
Minus some originality and faulty editing, the movie is the scariest date movie of India till date. Einsicht 8 June For me, Ragini MMS delivered far more than what it promised.
The class and the execution of the horror sequences were far more intriguing that I had ever imagined. The fact that impressed me the most is that even though, primarily you get the feeling that it might be a movie with just sensual scenes and not so many significantly petrifying moments, it actually left its mark on me for the direction of the horrifying scenes and the quality of performances by the two actors. The movie revolves around a couple who set out to the outskirts of Mumbai for a weekend getaway.
Probably, as the movie was shot as if in real life, you connect to the horrendous events and the situations fashioned more closely and feel to be a part of the whole idea even more.
The movie does give the inkling that it has been inspired by Paranormal Activity but apart from being shot as if in real life, the movie is fresh and presents unnerving scenes and goosebumps all the way. Raj Kumar Yadav is definitely here to stay and Kainaz Motiwala was impeccable in justifying her character.
I sincerely recommend this one to Vikram Bhatt and expect that he would probably learn a thing or two and would not dole out movies like Haunted 3D again. And if he is too dim-witted to understand what a horror movie is then maybe it is time he hangs up his director shoes for the good of all humanity.
Applause to the whole team of Ragini MMS as they have surely provided a benchmark against which all future Bollywood horror movies must be evaluated. In a country where movies like , and Phoonk qualify as horror tales, you have to see the major step forward that this one makes. The location chosen was good, especially the grove of trees that one has to cross to get to the house Blair Witch Project.
I remember seeing the couple pass through it on their way in, at the beginning of the movie and it had struck me then that the last scene will most likely play out there and it did. Apart from that, the director has got a lot of techniques right; the inclusion, and focus on, mirrors, using night-vision and switching it off at all the right places. Even the basic premise of the place being rigged with cameras and the whole movie being shown through their lenses Paranormal Activity , gives it the more realistic and hands-on touch.
My only complaint to the director is why not let that authenticity prevail? Why put in those shrieking and high-pitched background noises every time the ghost makes an appearance, speaking of which, why show the ghost so early in the movie, or even at all? Storyline Edit. Ragini MMS is a sensuous paranormal film, shot as if in real time! The quintessential couple, Ragini and Uday, set out to have a dirty weekend at a friend's farmhouse on the outskirts of Mumbai.
The weekend getaway quickly changes gears as they find themselves in a house that has been rigged with cameras in Bigg Boss style. The cameras that were meant to capture love-making are witness to something that is beyond the realm of human understanding Within the confines of this house, Ragini and Uday are now at the mercy of an unexplainable paranormal force.
With sundown approaching, what will the new entrants of the house do? Positively, among the most keenly awaited films of the season, Ragini MMS, a hybrid of fact and fiction, is thrilling voyeurism from the producers of Love Sex Aur Dhokha. The scariest date movie, buffering in Theatres on Friday the 13th May! They don't know it yet. Drama Horror Mystery Thriller. Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia The movie faced a lot of criticism initially. However, it went on to become a smashing hit, with its music being a rage as well.
Goofs During the sequence when Ragini and Uday realize that Priya and her boyfriend are at door, a mobile phone is seen on the bed. But when Priya and her boyfriend come to bedroom the phone is no more visible. User reviews 24 Review. Top review. For me, Ragini MMS delivered far more than what it promised. The class and the execution of the horror sequences were far more intriguing that I had ever imagined.
The fact that impressed me the most is that even though, primarily you get the feeling that it might be a movie with just sensual scenes and not so many significantly petrifying moments, it actually left its mark on me for the direction of the horrifying scenes and the quality of performances by the two actors. The movie revolves around a couple who set out to the outskirts of Mumbai for a weekend getaway. Probably, as the movie was shot as if in real life, you connect to the horrendous events and the situations fashioned more closely and feel to be a part of the whole idea even more.
The movie does give the inkling that it has been inspired by Paranormal Activity but apart from being shot as if in real life, the movie is fresh and presents unnerving scenes and goosebumps all the way.
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