Movie Review: Raqeeb

Suspense thrillers are tough to make. And film-makers need to follow three golden rules to make a thriller work: Cast fine actors… The needle of suspicion should vacillate from one character to another, keeping the viewer guessing till the finale… The suspense should come as a surprise.

RAQEEB, directed by debutante Anurag Singh, holds your interest at crucial points. Even though the story bears a striking resemblance to two films -- Venus/Abbas-Mustan's HUMRAAZ [in turn inspired by A PERFECT MURDER] and Tips/Ken Ghosh's FIDA -- the film in actuality borrows from a different film altogether -- MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES [1979] --

"I don't like heights": Shahid Kapoor

“Vivah has been the kind of film that has grown with every passing week. I'm in awe of Mr Sooraj Barjatya for the kind of loyalty he has when it comes to his audience,” says chocolate delight Shahid Kapoor who is still basking in the glorious success of Rajshri's saccharine sweet film Vivah that continues to set box office records. “In times like today when films run in first four or five days and almost all the business is done, there comes a film like Vivah that has completed its silver jubilee and is still running in theatres. I consider myself very fortunate to be a part of such a project and to get an opportunity to work with somebody who is so good at what he does so early in my career,” Shahid added.

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Abhishek Bachchan as Rikki Thukral

Baadshah of Bhatinda, now Sultan of Southall... Rikki Thukral! Confront him and he pulls out his most lethal weapon... "I got class"... Can't mess with Rikki after that. Classy he is, in his own earthy way... Just watch him engineer a deal... selling pirated films, illegal antiques, rented property, second hand fridges... if need be even the Queen's crown... Rikki makes it look like a cakewalk with his canny cheekiness and charm. Rikki came to Southall with a dream... of acquiring windfall riches. He would do all it takes... The moment he met Huffy Bhai it was like love at first sight. It didn't matter that Huffy Bhai was from Karachi or that he would lift his kurta at the most inappropriate moment... they got on like a house on fire. Him and Huffy live life with the attitude and spunk that shouts out, "We're here now... and now that we're here, Southall is ours!" They stay themselves everywhere... and wherever they go, they set up an independent republic! They haven't got a permanent mailing address... and even if they did, nothing would ever get sent there... Always on the move, Rikki's clients' needs are such that he can't contain his business in an office...