Karthik Calling Karthik Bollywood Movie Review
Karthik Calling Karthik does to the phone what 13 B did to the TV. Director Vijay Lalwani has compartmentalized Karthik Calling Karthik into a romantic thriller-first part being romantic and the second half thriller. The movie is good no doubt, but it could have still done be better.
Story of Karthik Calling Karthik: Karthik (Farhan Akhtar) is an emotionally disturbed person, weighed down heavily by the notion that he was responsible for having his brother killed when they were school going kids.
As an adult, he is not able to do a single thing right. Karthik invites the scorn of his boss, the contempt of his colleagues, cannot sleep properly and suffers from a very low self-esteem. He has a crush for Shonali, his office colleagues who hardly notices him. One day at his home, he breaks his phone in despair and then gets another one. The same night he decides to kill himself, when he gets a phone call from the phone. It is Karthik calling Karthik. The voice on the other end who identifies himself as Karthik tell him that he will help him get over his lack of confidence. The next day, there is a massive transformation in Karthik’s life as he gains the ability to say ‘no’ and speak up his mind to his boss (Ram Kapoor). He also manages to serenade and charm Shona who falls In love with him.
The caller warns Karthik not to disclose his presence in his life to other people but Karthik(Farhan) does mention in to Shonali(Deepika Padukone) who recommends him to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist who comes to Karthik’s home thinking that he is just schizophrenic gets a fright of her life when the phone actually rings and the caller on the other end identifies himself as Karthik. Shona tells him to stop entertaining his calls. The caller is irritated and tells Karthik that he is going to make his miserable for telling about him to others.
Technical details: Karthik Calling Karthik is inspired by Shatterday, the first segment of the New Twilight Zone series, starring Bruce Willis. (Find out the list of Bollywood plagiarized films). It is in the league of TV series like Mirror Image, Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room and the book The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham. Full credit to Director Vijay Lalwani to have come up with an interesting script that may be relatively new to Bollywood. Cinematography by Sanu Varghese
(the Khandala locale), Aarti Bajaj’s editing and Baylon Fonseca’s sound are good. Javed Akhtar comes up with some cute lines and the music by Shankar Mahadevan is melodious. They seem to have found their groove back with good music in My Name is Khan and Karthik Calling Karthik
Minus Points of Karthik Calling Karthik
1. Thoguh the place of the film is good on both the halves, the second half gets marred by unnecessary songs
2. The climax is tame and instead of a thrilling finale that we saw in a movie like 13B for instance, this once has a third person unveiling the suspense and the impact just goes away
3. Deepika Padukone’s character is not well defined. Though she is aware of the case and problem of her boyfriend Karthik, then how does she yell at him for calling her slut and prostitute. She definitely could have hazarded a guess that it is not her Karthik.
Best Scene of Karthik Calling Karthik
1. The romantically touching scene where Karthik tells Shonali about how he had put more than 1000 mails in draft, without even sending them to her
2. The scene in which Shonali is shit scared, but she tells Karthik to relax.. Thrilling and funny at the same time.
Performances in Karthik Calling Karthik
Farhan Akhtar performs wonderfully in the movie and he does complete justice to the confused soul of his character. Deepika Padukone finally seems to have improved. When she had once said that people had taken seriously as an actress in Love Aaj Kal, we couldn’t stop laughing but in KCH, she does show a lot of improvement. Deepika looks very endearing, not super-gorgerous but very much a today’s girl that you can relate easily to. Ram Kapoor and Shefali Shah are okay.
Conclusion:
Watch Karthik Calling Karthik; it is good for your one-time thrill!
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Posted by Starwin on 27th February, 2010
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