Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu starrer ‘Raaz’ is still loved and remembered for the film’s plot, songs and the chemistry between the lead pair. While it continues to be memorable over the years, it was also a huge rage when it first released. In a recent interview, Dino has said that the film was more profitable at the box office than Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’. He added that while the Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai starrer was huge and made money, even the budget of the movie was huge. So, in terms of profit, ‘Raaz’ was a bigger hit.
He said during a chat with Pinkvilla, “Yes, that film was a big rage agar uss saal ko dekhiye uss saal vo bhi release hui Shah Rukh ki picture, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas but if you look at the numbers, humne apni picture mein kitna kharcha kiya aur kitna paisa kamaya (how much did we spend on our film and earned) or Devdas… Ours was the bigger, higher grossing film of that year. “
He added that people percieve Devdas to be a bigger film, “but if you look at kamaai aur kharcha (earnings and spending) Raaz was actually a very profitable film,” said Dino.
However, ‘Raaz’ got only two awards that year and ‘Devdas’ swept all awards. “Halanki humein do hi award mila aur gaane ke liye kuch nahin… uss film ke gaane sabse mashoor aur aaj bhi log sunte hain vo gaane ka ek award bhi nai mila (We got 2 awards but none for songs. That film had quite popular songs back then and even tod ay) Jo Bhi Kasmein, Aapke Pyaar Mein not even one award… nayi jodi mili Bipasha aur main award aur kuch naye best debut vagera but songs of Raaz didn’t get any award,” he recalled.
The actor has now expressed the desire to star in the sequel to ‘Raaz’. He also spoke about it to producer Mukesh Bhatt. “Maine baat bhi ki with Mukesh ji, the producer, why don’t we make a Raaz 2 from there living it from there jahan Bipasha aur meri kahaani shuru hoti hai uske baad kya hota hai (where mine and Bipasha’s story begins)… “
He further continued and shared the story idea he has, “I have an idea of a story toh agar we get the permission, and we get the rights to mere pass ek kahaani already hai taiyaar ki wahan se hum kaise aaj ki duniya mein aaj jo modern duniya mein vahan see aaj tak kaise yeh continue kar sakte hain(I have a story ready from there to the modern world how we can continue) that I would like to do.”