Race, by Abbas-Mustan, was a complex and entertaining film. The audience was not prepared for the twists and turns in the narrative when they walked into the theatres. By the interval, our minds were blown and we did not know whose side to be on. Is Bipasha Basu guilty or is Katrina Kaif the mastermind? Akshaye Khanna or Saif Ali Khan – who should we believe? Race is a rare Bollywood movie that has more plot twists than it has songs. Then came its sequel, Race 2! Though story wise, I don’t think it was able to surpass its successor, but it sure packed twists just like the first one.
The collective gasps by the audience in the theatres were enough to drown the volume of the movie. Such was the shock value of the two films. Now, as we inch closer to the reboot/sequel in the franchise, headlined by Salman Khan and titled Race 3, we only expect the stakes to be higher. Well, here are my favourite twists from Race and Race 2!
Bipasha Basu is a drinking, smoking, manipulative golddigger in Race!
Race spends the first many minutes of the movie establishing how awesomely good Bipasha Basu’s Sonia is. Then you are punched in the gut when Akshaye Khanna’s Rajeev reveals her true identity and offers her money to become a part of the plan to murder Saif’s Ronny. She changes colour like a damn chameleon and switches sides by raising a toast. Sati Savitri image be damned!
Bipasha Basu triple crosses Saif Ali Khan in Race!
So, right after joining hands with Akshaye to execute his plan to kill Saif, she reveals everything to Saif. She then plans to kill Akshaye, joining hands with Saif. When the T minus zero arrives, she actually kills Saif, revealing herself to always have been Akshaye’s aide! WTF is happening!
Katrina Kaif is the real witch in Race!
All the while we are led to believe that Bipasha is the femme fatale in this Race and poor Katrina is just one opportunist who might walk away with all of Saif, her boss’ money. And then we learn SHE is Akshaye’s girlfriend and was always in on the plan. And that both Akshaye and Katrina plan to murder Bipasha…Ouch!
Jacqueline is Bipasha’s sister in Race 2
Bipasha is blown to pieces in the very first 10 minutes of Race 2. Then eventually we are introduced to the main villain, John Abraham’s girlfriend – Jacqueline Fernandez. When Saif corners her, she reveals she is Bipasha’s estranged sister and only wants to avenge her death. They join hands to bring down John Abraham and Deepika Padukone – the evil siblings!
Jacqueline is NOT Bipasha’s sister in Race 2
Soon, it is revealed that Jacqueline was only lying about being related to Bips to get close to Saif. Cruel!
Saif knew Jacqueline is NOT Bipasha’s sister
I am…I am not even going to explain that one! Just roll with it!
Deepika never poisoned Saif’s drink and she is NOT on John’s team!
How many lives does Saif has in the Race franchise exactly? Well, too many to count apparently. After he dies of apparent poisoning at the hands of the sinister duo, John and Deepika, it is revealed that it was all a sham by Deepika. And Saif is alive and comes right in time to save Deepika, who was about to be killed by John.