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] --
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