RAABTA

RAABTA : is an Indian romantic thriller film directed and produced by Dinesh Vijan starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon and Jim Sarbh.

PLOT: Shiv (Singh Rajput) is a ladykiller.Shiv happens upon Saira's shop while on a date with a woman, but finds himself deeply attracted to Saira(Kriti).Shiv and Saira spend a lot of time together and grow very close.Zakir Merchant (Jim Sarbh) suddenly makes a grand entrance, gives his character a bit of mystery and does make the audience want to know the answers. Saira meets Zakir at a random party and instantly clicks with him. In the meantime Shiv is slated to depart for a banking conference in Vienna.Unable to break Saira from the bonds of love for Shiv, Zakir drugs her and kidnaps her, taking her to his private island. On returning, Shiv who has long since given up his ‘player’ image is heart broken when he realizes Saira is marrying Zakir. Unbeknownst to Shiv, Saira is being held against her wishes and tries to escape from the island, in the attempt to escape she falls into the sea. While drowning, Saira’s present life flashes before her eyes, just moments before visions of her past life take over, revealing who she really was 800 years ago.We’re then told that in a previous lifetime, Zakir and Saira were in love, until a savage warrior(Sushant) seduced her away but killed by Zakir on a night when a comet passes Earth, while Saira kills herself while attempting to rescue Shiv. Here Zakir is told of a prophecy and he too kills himself for her. Back to the present.Zakir has announced Saira to be his future wife in the papers, while she is still held as a hostage. Shiv now comes to her rescue and runs away with her. Will Zakir’s men track them down, will history repeat itself and Zakir kill Shiv again or will Shiv and Saira win this time… is the story of the film.

PERFORMANCES: Sushant Singh Rajput is a fine actor but lacks the casual charm required to make the self-important Shiv lovable. On the other hand, Kriti seems to play her role of being lost and confused perfectly. Speaking of Jim, the NEERJA actor who stunned us with his performance in his debut film is at a total loss in RAABTA. Compounding this further, his overacting as the eccentric Zakir is a let-down and Jim seems as a total miscast. Rajkumar Rao and Varun Sharma are sorely underutilized in this film.

MUSIC : is composed by Pritam. "Ik Vaari Aa","Raabta ","Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan","Main Tera Boyfriend" are very weel composition.

The music of RAABTA lives up to the huge expectations that one had from it

Though the movie is technically sound and looks great, it is missing the raw passion required to sell a love story. Especially one that’s been brewing for 800 years!Martin Preiss as the DoP does a good job with the sweeping visuals and stellar locations [Budapest] that are a perfect fit for the story.

Overall,Raabta is not worth watching.