Bollywood
Karzzz - Review
Written by Ruchi Kumar    PDF Print E-mail
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

Don’t watch this unless you want to have nightmares from this lifetime to another.

 

Grade: D



Karzzz

 

Indian Release Date: 17/10/08

CBFC Classification (Should have been banned):  U/A

Running Length (Wasted!): 2 Hours 30 Minutes

 

Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar, Shweta Kumar, Dino Morea, Bhaktyaar Irani, Gulshan Grover, Danny Denzongpa.

Director (On Auto-Pilot!): Satish Kaushik

Original Music (Torture!): Himesh Reshammiya

 

 

When I first heard about the remake of a cult movie such as Karz (1980), I thought to myself, “You can’t go wrong with something like that.” Later when I saw the trailers of Kar'zzz', I thought, “Well, it might not be that bad.” But, my dear friends with all the optimism in my Herculean heart I couldn't help saying - STOP!

 

Something that has worked wonders in cinema for one era may not entice another era as much, but when you top it with really bad dialogues, over the top acting, a ‘Mozart’ian villain and ten songs with spine chilling lyrics, what you get is something you can very much sleep through.

 

To say I didn't enjoy the movie would be unfair. It is interesting to notice the attention that has been made to maintain the details from the original movie with just little fine-tunes keeping in mind the decade that it has been re-made in(not to mention the legendary song - Ek Hasina, has not been touched by a lyric).

 

The movie begins with Dino Morea playing Ravi Verma, the son of a late rich man, who has just won a case against a very filmy villain with musical keyboard for a hand, called Sir Juda. An excited Ravi Verma along with his newly espoused bride, Kamini (Urmila Matondkar) head home to his family in Cape Town on their own little jet plane which has just one parachute. The plane, wary to the knowledge of Ravi Verma, has been vitiated by his wife who jumps off the crashing plane with the one parachute and a lifetime access to his bank account. Ravi Verma on the other hand fatally crashes with his plane next to a ‘Kali Maa ka Mandir’, leaving behind his mother cursing ‘Kali Maa’ and his sister distraught.

 

We are then rolled 25 years into the future, with Ravi Verma reincarnated as super star singer, Monty played by Himesh Reshamiya. Monty is this abandoned & unloved person, depressed with his celebrity status (It is after all very sad to die one day as Dino and be born another as Himesh). After a fainting spell during one of his performances he is suggested to go for a vacation to Kenya (by his irritatingly wannabe friend, played by Bakhtyaar Irani). Here I would like to mention about Himesh' love interest in the movie, Shweta Whatshername - An easily forgettable character, played by an easily forgettable actor. So the movie then proceeds with a painfully boring love ballad between the two, with lines that will make you whine. This till Himesh is introduced to Tina's caretaker Princess Kamini who is none other than his old-school wife who killed him in the life before. It is then he is hit with complete realization of his past life history, details so accurate to the eating habits of his wife, their intimate life and of course, the location of his property papers. He then with the help of Kabir Chacha, (Danny Denzongpa) and his long lost but newly found mother & sister plans revenge against Princess Kamini and her honcho, Sir Juda. The story is well known to those who have seen the original & numerous other reincarnation flicks.

 

I’m not even going to bother telling you all the gory details about how idiotic the movie & the characters that populate it are. People shoot pistols while flying a plane, talk by musical notes, play electric guitars without plugging them in & sing impromptu songs with lyrics like ‘Tandoori Nights’, actually they might be geniuses I’m not aware of with so much mental & physical talent. Talking of talent the most irritating & talent-less act in the entire movie is by Bhaktyaar Irani as Monty’s friend who through out acts like a little rabbit on drugs & even tries to pull off a Cyrus Broacha in one scene towards the end. He should probably stick to yelling at his wife on reality T.V. dance shows. The only ones to rise above this pile of crap is Danny Denzongpa as the Hindi-movie-lines spewing encyclopedia Kabir Chacha & Dino Morea in his brief but well acted role.

 

All in all, with the most mediocre performances, ten songs which drag the movie to hell & back and unbearable dialogues, I wouldn’t recommend this movie unless you are a Dino Morea fan or you want to show your support to Himesh Reshammiya & want him to make Aap Ka Suroor 2!!! (Ahhhhhhhh nooooooo!!!! faints)

 

 

Final Verdict: Don’t watch this unless you want to have nightmares from this lifetime to another.

 

Grade: D

 

 

 

 


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Kanti Sharma  - Does the review say anything ??     |2008-10-19 06:56:15
I must be mistaken for trying to find any meaning in this review, I should have
realized after reading through the first few lines that this is not a review but
just a bash Himesh
Gargee  - The review does say a lot.   |2008-10-19 07:20:39
Yes the review does say a lot, if you were not so blinded by your love for Himesh you would probably understand & not simply call it
himesh bashing. You are reading a review for a Himesh movie that is a
remake of a movie which isn't gr8 in the first place. It's not some oscar
worthy material that you wud look for something in the movie. If you
are that dumb then you shouldn't be reading the review in the first place,
just go and enjoy the movie.
I think the review is gr8 & puts across perfectly what a piece
of trash the movie is without sounding like a dissection report.
Rashi   |2008-10-19 07:26:09
you made up your mind that it would be a Himsh bashing review long before you
even read it. read it properly & you would realise even though little crude it
is actually all about the movie.
Manit   |2008-10-20 07:44:00
^ Agreed
Andrea   |2008-10-21 05:32:11
In terms of 'Himesh Bashing' we here at Moviesum write reviews of the films
based on our personal opinions, taking into account the acting, direction, story
and general overall quality of the movie.

If one of our reviewers feels that an
actor hasn't done a good job they will always say so, it's their opinion and as
a reviewer they're meant to give their opinion not simply go with whatever the
masses think.

Himesh fans will love this movie because they love Himesh, anyone
watching it without that initial bias who actually looks at the quality of the
acting, story etc will...

Well I think we can figure it out for ourselves.
Hitesh   |2008-10-28 04:09:32
Himesh!!!! someone please tell him to sail in one boat.
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