Ragini MMS

Plot synopsis:
Ragini (Kainaz Motivala) and Uday (Rajkummar Rao) go to a secluded house, set deep in a forest, for a weekend of fun. Upon arrival, Ragini and Uday discover worms in their bag of food; but neglect it. Uday has plans of recording a video of Ragini, without her knowledge, so that he can fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. However, they are interrupted by Ragini's friend, Piya and her boyfriend, Vishal. After a bash of music, dance and beer, Vishal asks Uday where the toilet is and after taking a dark way to the toilet, Vishal says that, on his way to the house, a local pan vendor told him the house belonged to a lady who was accused of being a witch by her family member, and subsequently killed by her family.
However, she returned as a vengeful ghost and murdered her entire family. After hearing Vishal, Uday goes downstairs. While returning to the hall, Vishal senses eeriness in the house and notices one room's door open and close on its own, so he enters in and the door gets locked from outside. After some time he enters into the house from the outside and blames Uday that he latched the door from the outside and says that he came by jumping through the window. Ragini finds one scratch mark on Vishal's neck and after an argument, Vishal and Piya leave the house confused. Uday then handcuffs Ragini to the bed. While they are kissing, the lights go out and Uday's neck is scratched by someone and he asks Ragini for his phone and he goes downstairs to bring his cell phone. While returning toward Ragini his hair is pulled by someone, and he finds himself bleeding from head. He calls his friend to see if he is playing a prank on him; after receiving a negative reply he realises that there is another presence in the house. Ragini then searches for the key to her cuffs and while searching Ragini spots a camera in the room and realises Uday's intentions. She is unable to do anything, as the key has gone missing, leaving her tied to the bed. As matters worsen, his phone battery becomes low so Uday tries to run away, leaving Ragini alone. The spirit does not let him escape however, and Uday returns upstairs, bruised. The ghost enters Uday's body and makes him commit suicide. Ragini struggles to unlock herself from the cuffs before sunrise. She finds the key under the bed, but fails to get it. The next night, the ghost attacks her again, but she manages to break free by cutting her hands with glass.
Ragini escapes the house and runs away, screaming for help. When she sees a car, she chases it, but finds Vishal dead inside. After trying to start the car unsuccessfully, she hides in an old well where she finds Piya's body. The ghost then grabs her and brings her back to the haunted house. The ghost tells that she is not a witch and she did not kill her children. Neither will she leave her house, nor will she let others get out of there alive. Ragini slowly rises up in the air and is slapped and thrown around. The ghost then tries to make her commit suicide but Ragini is able to stop her and toss the weapon away. Ragini stays suspended against the wall all night. As the sun rises, she slips down to the ground, having survived and is free to escape. On-screen text reveals that after a few days, a local boy finds Ragini unconscious and takes her to the hospital. She had to go through intensive psychiatric treatment for 10 months, and then she agreed to tell her story.

Tags: paranormal

Review:
In short, not a bad deal.What jars are some of the horror sequences, the director's sudden realization that horror movies should have horrifying effects - and hence a surfeit of effects (sound and visual) at the end.
RAGINI MMS - Movie Review : Watch the original 'PARANORMAL ACTIVITY' instead of this cheap imitation..
As an out of the routine review of this latest inspired project from a reputed production house, I would like to proceed giving you an idea of how RAGINI MMS may have been conceived a few months back.A Queen producer of the small screen after moving into film production, tastes a marginal success in one of her low budget projects, called LSD – LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA, majorly shot on hand held camera.
Taking an idea from that, she thinks of making another movie on the similar lines to be made in a few months time.
Now, while her team is looking out for a plot to be selected, someone informs them about an Instant Hit movie in the West made on a shoe string budget with a horror plot called "PARANAORMAL ACTIVITY".
The next day itself everyone watches it, selects it and decides to write a more Indianised Script around the same theme of a haunted house and hidden cameras.But in a few days time, the team thinks that only horror element, without any other added gimmick as shown in the Original 'PA' may not work in India.
So taking a hint from their last successful project LSD, the writers decide on to bring in some Romance, Sex and Vulgarity into it which will make it more sensational and a news-making item at the time of its release.
As a result, a MMS scandal scoop is added into the film along with many long smooches and bed-room scenes to bring in more viewers into the theater.
Further, as in India it might be tough to terrify the viewers without any visible spirit (like in the original 'PA'), hence a vaguely visible spirit is also added into the movie, who speaks in a strange tone and also kills all the people visiting the haunted house in a bloody Ramsay manner.After having everything in place, while shooting the pre-climax sequences, both the director and the cinematographer suddenly remember another famous low budget HIT movie of the west called "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT" and get excited.
So keeping the same film in mind they shoot the wandering in the woods (bamboo trees kind of forest) sequences in the end with the night vision hand held camera quite similar to as seen in TBWP.OK, now the film is ready.and we need to promote it heavily.
And hence a perfect drama is staged to deliberately create another instant money-earner for the famous production house by fooling the audiences.But unfortunately, this time the whole process goes in vain since the end product turns out to be pretty confused, vulgar, funny and spooky all together taking the viewer no-where in its small yet over lengthy duration of around 100 minutes.
Later on though it manages to shake the viewer occasionally but on the whole, fails to give you a good entertaining time in the theater.The first time director, Pavan Kirpalani has got the talent but loses the track mainly on his editing table and could have easily made an impact with a heavily edited version of the movie, of around only 80-85 minutes.
In the first half it simply looks like a B grade sex movie desperately interested in exploiting the females on the screen.
Kainaz Motivala has a soothing presence and acts well.However, many of the viewers who haven't seen either PARANORMAL ACTIVITY or THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT may like it to some extent.
But for me, RAGINI MMS only remains a cheap kind of Indian imitation of the West, so I would rather suggest you to watch it's original if you really want to get spooked.And here are the two things I learned about Bollywood from RAGINI MMS : 1.
So with its heavy obsession with the length of the movie, the writers and the directors are forced to add extra sequences into their project to make it around 2 hours.And in both cases the victim remains the Project as well as its viewers..
Although not as impressive as the 'Blair Witch Project' or 'Paranormal Activity' (most of the horror elements have been borrowed from these movies), Ragini MMS still delivers 90 minutes of entertainment.
Don't watch this movie if you want to be on the edge of you seat because this movie is a little off that mark but it does give a good competition to the rest of the horror flicks in Hindi cinema.
i don't mind bollywood movies based on Hollywood inspirations but this movie lifts entire scenes, not just the story lines, from paranormal activity 1 & 2 + blair witch project....
right down to the white undershirt and shorts worn by the girl in paranormal activity.and oh yea, the score is from the fifth element -- the track "koolen." i'm not sure to what extent eric serra and producers of the English films can file a lawsuit against ekta kapoor but its something definitely to consider because this is just insane.
To begin with, I am a little disappointed with Ragini MMS in terms of originality.
The film has a little resemblance with paranormal activity (as it was seen in movie trailer).However makers have added the Desi spices to the movie by some Indianized dialogues (or say abuses) and strong story and sub-plots.The genre of the movie is a winner itself.The combination of sex and horror (which was used indirectly in Bhatt's movies is the stream line here).
Intentions of the film makers are very clear here.Just two elements horror and sex, no melodrama or Bollywood masala.Rajpal is very influential on screen.His screen presence and comic timing is bang on!Kainaz has improved a lot after her bubbly role in Wake Up Sid.Explicit scenes are done comfortably by the lead and their chemistry is extra ordinary.Story is straight without any twists and turns.Screenplay is tight and tangling.Dialouges are surprisingly fresh,witty and sultry.The dialogues (and slang) gives a good flavor to the horror movie.Background score is a mile stone for horror movies considering the fact that high pitched digital sound and scorching guitars are used for score in an Indian horror movie.Minus some originality and faulty editing, the movie is the scariest date movie of India till date..
Ragini MMS thrilled the hell out of me at every junction of its Paranormal Activity-type film-making.The lead actors are perfect but I don't think they go parallel to what I hear where the true events.
Although I don;t know the story, I guess she will be all right as the character Ragini because she's got what Kainaz has.
The plot promises itself to be a true story, where a girl was discovered unconscious after spending several days at a haunted house.A young man Uday (Rajkumar) brings his girlfriend Ragini (Kainaz) at an abandoned and fairly spooky mansion.
Finally the couple finds that they are left on their own to fend off the enraged witch, who would not stay calm unless her wrath is inflicted upon.There are some scenes that make you feel that you are on a trip to the country side and are spending a night or so in a haunted mansion.
The real-time camera work adds good punch of surrealism and originality.
If you are looking for an action-packed horror film (like most of the Ramsay hits), Ragini MMS isn't for you.
The fact that impressed me the most is that even though, primarily you get the feeling that it might be a movie with just sensual scenes and not so many significantly petrifying moments, it actually left its mark on me for the direction of the horrifying scenes and the quality of performances by the two actors.
But as the reel rolls & the movie unfolds, it turns into a nightmare for the two as they encounter a lot of paranormal activities happening around & realize that the house they are staying in is haunted.
I sincerely recommend this one to Vikram Bhatt and expect that he would probably learn a thing or two and would not dole out movies like Haunted 3D again.
And if he is too dim-witted to understand what a horror movie is then maybe it is time he hangs up his director shoes for the good of all humanity.
Applause to the whole team of Ragini MMS as they have surely provided a benchmark against which all future Bollywood horror movies must be evaluated..
After a long time, finally a Hindi horror movie that sends shock waves of fear while you watch it.
It has enough of spine-chilling moments to earn itself a viewing.'Ragini MMS' Synopsis: Out to relax & have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity.'Ragini MMS' is shot well, giving it a documentary type feeling.
At a crisp 90-Minutes, this horror flick leaves much an impact.Pawan Kripalani & Vaspar Dandiwala's Screenplay has a few loose ends, particularly in its first-hour, but goes full throttle in the second-hour.
On the whole, 'Ragini MMS' is a worthy horror flick..
It was only matter of time,before Bollywood get into the found footage genre.Ragini MMS (2011) Hindi movie, no need for any subs, as most of the times, they speak in English!Two couple who go to farmhouse and most of time, all they think of is having Sex.when get into the mood, there friends come, thing start to get scary.We see the ghost here and there, it is a shame , cause it take the tension away, however there were some scenes, that were actually surprising good.Near the end, after some descent scenes, it loses it tension again , which makes go down hill.This is actually Bollywood version Paranormal Activity4 out of 10 I think worth watching for least once!
"Ragini MMS" made on a shoe-string budget coupled with the efforts of PR machinery to manufacture topics at regular intervals leading to talk of the town, and eventually resulting in a steep ROI curve.
Fans of "Blair Witch Project" & "Paranomal Activity" would certainly not be impressed with a plot that has been tweaked to incorporate the voyeuristic element of MMS/ Big Boss thereby nearly missing being stamped as a plagiarised product.
for more movie Review like this page::::: https://www.facebook.com/MovieReviewByYunusIrshad.Ragini MMS (A)----------my Rating: 4.5/5 EXCELLENTVERY GOOD: * Background score * performances * Story (as it is inspired by true events) * Screenplay * Sex and Horror scenes with more thrills * Cinematography * Direction * Dialogues as it needed for a Horror flickVERY BAD: - SongsFINAL VERDICT: * It is a best Horror movie.....
I bet u that u will fear in dark and more sleepless nights.....Must watch in night to enjoy the flick.Out to relax and have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity..
I saw this movie at a theater near my house and let me tell you audience were not scared instead they were laughing.
The treatment of the film is copied from Hollywood flicks "Paranormal Activity" and "Blair Witch Project." I don't understand why Indian producers cannot hire writers who can write original stories and screenplays.
You all might have figured out by now that it is a copy of two Hollywood films, i.e., Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch Project.
The character of Uday is also not original it has been lifted from Love Sex Aur Dhokha.
As far as the horror element is concerned, well I was not scared and there were people around me in theater who were abusing the director for making a crappy film like this.
a decent Hindi horror movie after a long time.
After a long time a decent Hindi horror movie maybe after darr of RamGopal Varma before he turned himself into a factory.Premise is simple and though they say it to be inspired by real events this kind of story of a wronged soul communicating with innocent/scheming outsiders has been repeated umpteen number of times.
Acting by lead pair is too good ,though movie sags towards end but length has been kept proper and it ends before viewer will get bored.
While watching the latest horror film Ragini MMS I must have jumped out of my seat at least 38 times.
This pretty much sums up the movie.Plot So a sleazy Delhi type guy (from the cast of Love Sex Dokha) wants to shoot his girlfriend in a homemade sex tape.
These cameras along with the dude's own hand-held camera are supposed to make up the movie frames of Ragini MMS.
The film is over punctuated with sudden sound effects, whooshes sounds, heavy breathing, unlit screens, scary looking camera angles and of course glimpses of a traditional witch spewing Marathi to boot.
The film borrows from a number of point of view films like Blair Witch project (the apology to family and the running in the forest) as well as the more recent REC (the discovery of the room where the actual crime might have happened) and of course Paranormal activity (titled fallen cameras showing the horrifying proceedings)So the question remains - is Ragini MMS scary enough?
The premise of shooting through digital cameras does create a strong sense of realism which is why so many horror films get made in this format.
But the best character are the camera angles which leave just about enough nooks and crannies in each frame to give you a feeling of unease.In the end Ragini Mms could have been a landmark Indian horror film much like Ekta 's 'LSD' and 'Shor in the city' but its attempt to link the mms scandal to what is an out and out supernatural horror story ended up confusing the filmmaker.
Had it gone all out with a horror theme it would have been fun to figure out a number of horror movie questions - why Panditji sent them to the house, what was the crime committed, what happens to the bunch of boys who came out of nowhere to disappear in the same time.
why was the house fitted with cameras.But unfortunately someone in production did not want to let go of the MMS sleaze factor thinking that would sell the movie.
So the filmmaker gets to show the oh yes we believe that plaque "inspired by true events" and also gets to end the film, with a 'LSD' / 'Cloverfield' like epilogue which is supposed to make us emotional about the sleazy couple.
Special Mention : LSD fans can watch for a tribute where Yadav dances on Lucky Looka's "Tum gandi achi lagti ho!" – was the only time I smiled in the movie..
The Ragini B!tch MMS Project.
The Ragini B!tch MMS Project This raunchy date movie has turned the table into a voyeuristic horror genre on the likes of 'Blair Witch project' and fixed camera angle of 'Paranormal Activity'.
Only the technique and presentation style is inspired, and Ragini MMS has its own real story and Desi flavor.
The débutante director Pawan Kripalani has done justice to the digital real film camera by borrowing it from the producers of Love, Sex and Dhoka Ekta Kapoor.While Ekta has proved that if you have a good story, you don't need A rated superstars.
Dibankar Banerjee's casting from LSD has proved it once.This spooky genre has not wasted time in explaining the story behind the haunted mansion or the love between the two quintessential Bombay lovers.
In a country where movies like 1920, and Phoonk qualify as horror tales, you have to see the major step forward that this one makes.
The location chosen was good, especially the grove of trees that one has to cross to get to the house (Blair Witch Project).
I remember seeing the couple pass through it on their way in, at the beginning of the movie and it had struck me then that the last scene will most likely play out there (and it did).
Even the basic premise of the place being rigged with cameras and the whole movie being shown through their lenses (Paranormal Activity), gives it the more realistic and hands-on touch.
Another credit to the movie is that its parallel storyline, the one about the guy videotaping his sex sessions, was interesting enough to make you forget, at least for a few moments, that you are in to watch a horror movie.
For Bollywood horror movies, this does represent a level of maturity, hitherto mostly unseen.A special mention for the casting; the female lead plays her role well, depicting an innocent and trusting girl caught up in her boyfriend's malevolent schemes, and later running for her life from the ghost.
And for the ones into Hollywood horror movies like myself, watch it, but don't expect a single shock, or even a mild chill, and then sit down to write a review..
Blair Witch meets Paranormal Activity done badly with Indian actors..
At the house they stay at, there were many cameras, so much of the movie does not suffer from Uday's shaky hands.The MMS is for Multimedia Messaging Service, which allows for multimedia content to be sent over a variety of devices.
As in many USA/UK horror films of recent vintage, way too many frames of the movie are of rooms where nothing is moving; perhaps with sound, perhaps not.Uday handcuffs Ragini to a bed; they start intimate activities, but paranormal influences put them off before they get anywhere.
Ragini sees the cameras, and is displeased with Uday.A voice from somewhere repeats 'I am not a witch,' 'I did not kill my children,' and 'This is my house.'There is a long interval of Ragini, alone, suffering, trying to figure out how to get free of the cuffs and the bed.
Ragini finally gets loose about the time that two other people are about to open up the house.