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Rakht: A suspence thriller with supernatural tones
03rd Sept 2004 23.30 IST
By Nitika Desai

Mahesh Manjrekar's multi-starrer Rakht is a suspence thriller with supernatural tones. The movie is pillared with a motley starcast and has all the necesarry ingredients of a gripping Bollywood flick.

The strong point of Rakht is its gripping story, its realistic presentation by director Mahesh Manjrekar and its colorful cast ranging from Sanjay Dutt , Sunil Shetty , Bipasha Basu , Amrita Arora , Neha Dhupia , Dino Morea to camoes by Abhishek Bachchan and Yana Gupta .

The movie has Bipasha playing a Tarot card reader with an incredible abilty to predict future with her cards and forsee certain incidents much before they actually happen. Her clients include an abused wife (Neha Dhupia) seeking solution to her domestic problems, a school principal (Sanjay Dutt) looking for his missing fiancee (Amrita Arora), and a local mechanic (Sunil Shetty) who is an eccentric man because of his troubled childhood.

Rakht's strength lies in its progressive story that keeps engaging a viewer more and more as it moves towards a climax which, sorry to say, is a bit of a letdown. Besides this, Mahesh Manjrekar has made an overuse of background sounds and music, which, although skillfully composed by Sandeep Chowta, domiates the visuals at times rather than supporting it.

Convincing performances by Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu stand out among the fairly average acting by others. Sunil Shetty puts energy into some scenes with his presence, while Sanjay Dutt looks subdued.

On the whole, Rakht is a watchable flick with its shares of ups and downs. The movie's 'slow-than-usual' pace may not go well with certain viewers. Others will be impressed by the authencity with which Manjrekar creates an eerie and spooky ambience on the screen.