Film

Raaz

Name: Raaz
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2002
Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Rana, Malini Sharma, Shruti Ulfat

Other titles called Raaz: the 1967 film.

Raaz is a Bollywood supernatural thriller about a marriage on the rocks that collides with an angry ghost in a mountain bungalow. It's slick, propulsive, and shameless about mixing Gothic horror with intimate drama—designed for audiences who want atmosphere, jump scares, and the emotional weight of a relationship breaking down all at once.

TMDb rating

2.9

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