Tomorrow sees the worldwide release of Pooja Bhatt's hotly anticipated erotic thriller, Jism 2, starring Sunny Leone. However, there is even more Jism related news to report, as the latest in the successful series of Raaz Hindi horror films is dues on September and the first trailer just became available online a few days ago. How does this relate to Jism? Well, the star of Raaz 3 is none other than Bipasha Basu, the original titular Jism (Body) from the 2003 film.
I haven't seen the Raaz films, but they are pretty damned popular, especially for horror films, which don't typically get strong box office response in India. Basu was part of the first Raaz film, and returns for this third installment. Her co-star, Emraan Hashmi, appears to be slumming it a bit after critically lauded roles in Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture and more recently Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai. Sadly, Raaz is more Hashmi's wheelhouse, however, I was hoping he'd continue his upward climb, but hey, a guy's gotta eat.
Raaz 3 is set in the cutthroat world of Indian entertainment stars, with a gruesome twist, here's the official synopsis from Fox Star India:
I haven't seen the Raaz films, but they are pretty damned popular, especially for horror films, which don't typically get strong box office response in India. Basu was part of the first Raaz film, and returns for this third installment. Her co-star, Emraan Hashmi, appears to be slumming it a bit after critically lauded roles in Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture and more recently Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai. Sadly, Raaz is more Hashmi's wheelhouse, however, I was hoping he'd continue his upward climb, but hey, a guy's gotta eat.
Raaz 3 is set in the cutthroat world of Indian entertainment stars, with a gruesome twist, here's the official synopsis from Fox Star India:
Set against the backdrop of the glitz, lights, glamour and back-stabbing cruelty of the entertainment world, a fading movie diva Shanaya (Bipasha Basu) turns to black magic to thwart an upstart young starlet Sanjana (Esha Gupta) on her way to usurp the position Shanaya once held. Sanjana ruthlessly turns against the girl, using her lover Aditya (Emraan Hashmi), a man who owes her his career, as a pawn. Things go awry when Aditya falls in love with Sanjana and vows to protect her against the evil that is consuming all of them.Sounds kind of like a Witchboard movie, but that seems right up the Bhatt's alley, so maybe they'll make something of it. In the meantime, check out the sexy, creepy trailer for Raaz 3, in theaters worldwide on September 7th.