Dino
Morea-Bipasha
Basu's
Raaz
clocks
20
years
today
(February
1).
In
his
latest
interaction
with
Hindustan
Times,
Dino
opened
up
on
how
his
off
screen
romance
with
his
then-girlfriend
Bipasha
helped
them
on
screen.
The
actor
told
Hindustan
Times,
"For
Bipasha
it
was
her
second
film
after
Ajnabee
(2001).
It
was
my
second
film
too
after
Pyaar
Mein
Kabhi
Kabhi
(2000).
Bipasha
and
I
were
together
at
that
time,
so
we
already
had
some
sort
of
chemistry.
We
had
done
a
music
video
as
well
together
Sauda
Khara
Khara
which
was
Sukhbir's
song.
People
had
seen
a
bit
of
us
but
when
people
saw
the
chemistry
on
the
big
screen,
they
immediately
fell
in
love
with
us,
our
chemistry.
We
won
a
'nayi
jodi
award'
also."
Dino
said
that
working
with
Bipasha
on
Raaz
was
a
'fantastic'
experience
adding
that
when
you
know
the
person
and
have
already
have
a
romance
going
on
off-screen,
it
makes
shooting
and
bringing
that
chemistry
on
screen
easier.
When
Raaz
released
in
theatres,
many
people
had
called
it
a
rip-off
of
the
Hollywood
film,
What
Lies
Beneath.
Reacting
to
it,
Morea
admitted
that
while
there
were
some
references
taken
from
the
Harrison
Ford-Michelle
Pfeiffer
film,
it
wasn't
an
official
remake.
Dino
told
the
tabloid
that
he
had
already
watched
What
Lies
Beneath
long
before
signing
Raaz
and
knew
that
it
was
similar
in
terms
of
the
story
premise
and
the
infidelity
part.
He
said
that
after
reading
the
script,
he
wanted
to
bring
his
own
perspective.
On
being
asked
if
he
was
apprehensive
about
signing
a
horror
film
when
that
genre
was
reduced
to
B-grade
films
and
sleaze
associated
with
the
80s
and
90s,
the
actor
said,
"No.
At
that
point
I
was
getting
to
work
with
the
Bhatt's,
who
had
given
some
fantastic
films.
At
that
time
working
with
them
was
an
honour
for
me
and
getting
my
second
opportunity
in
a
big
film.
When
Vikram
Bhatt
(director),
narrated
the
story
and
I
found
it
to
be
very
interesting
that
they
decided
to
make
a
supernatural
film
with
love
angle
and
the
topic
of
infidelity."
Raaz
which
released
in
2002
was
a
commercial
success
at
the
box
office.