Karzzzz Movie Reviews

Alas! Karzzz dashes down your expectations flubbing on every aspect: performance as well narration. Even it happened to be an archetypical piece of work by Director Satish Kaushik, the film has nothing great to be appreciated about. Perhaps, you'll get miffed up equating both the versions and better don't strain yourselves clinging on with it.

Re-incarnation stories would sound better if filled with either cliff-hanging quotients or a transfixing screenplay. Well, Karzzz doesn't seem to be treading on any of these aspects and of course, it has no solid solution to the riddle of reincarnation other than vengeance.

The protagonist Monty (Himesh Reshamiya) is an extremely successful Rock Star based in South Africa. Indeed, phenomenally popular across the country, he is worshipped like an idol. In course of one of the many parties he attends, he meets Tina (Swetha), a final year catering student. For Monty, its love at first sight. But, Tina returns home immediately, after leaving Monty fretting. That's when things start to change.

During one of his rehearsals, Monty starts playing a tune and suddenly goes into a trance, with intense visual flashes - a mansion, a temple, a beautiful girl... Monty collapses unconscious.

On further probe, he finds out; the mansion belonged to a certain Ravi Verma (Dino Morea), who died in a tragic accident. Another flash back reveals that Monty was Ravi Verma in his previous life, married to a beautiful girl called Kamini (Urmila Matondkar). Monty now has the grave realization of having been reborn in his current persona. His beautiful love interest (Tina) is none other than Kamini's foster daughter. From here starts Monty's new journey.

A journey of enthralling vengeance, which he unleashes on Kamini. In close connivance with her wicked accomplice Sir Juda (Gulshan Grover), Kamini had murdered Ravi to take over his estate, leaving his family helpless after his death.

To repay the debt he owed them for all their suffering, Monty now brings his mother and sister out from the dark recesses of their life; he also reunites with Tina and culminates his incomplete love from a previous life.

Nearly, before three decades, the theme of rebirths would have fathomed to be something new. But, Satish Kaushik should have brimmed up with polished work and not just the replica. The entire hours of film right from the beginning till climax, everything seems to be clichéd inclusive of graveling characterizations and passing-scenes techniques of car-driving sequences that were more famous 80s.

On terms of performance, it's just Urmila Matondkar and Dany Denzongpa who keep churning best out of them. Be it the devilish kind of attitudes or appearing in bewitching looks, Urmila scores the best turning spotlights on her. Dany Denzongpa as a film-maniac adds more to humor part and pretty well on emotional lines too. In fact, Satish can be well-appreciated on depicting Danny's role for its one just convincing factor in the film. Himesh Reshamiya merely disappoints on performance with his inability of emoting to humor, action and sentimental situations. Just glimpse through the sequence where he catches hold of his past memories looking at his hillside bungalow, you are sure to break down with laughter. Swetha Kumar with good looks fails to impress with her performance. The most annoying part is Gulshan Grover being portrayed as mute-funny villain with his left arm equipped with instrument.

Lack of on-screen chemistry between Himesh and Swetha is furthermore scattering away everyone's attention. Lots of songs in the first half completely encumbrances the pace of screenplay and you never feel like getting into halls post-interval. Again, the portrayal of Rohini Hattangadi is nettlesome as she recognizes her re-incarnated son though there are no similarities between Himesh and Dino. The climax sequence is completely cockeyed where Urmila triggers out bullets on Himesh's legs and yet he looks cool. His gestures look like he hasn't been stuck by bullets, but stones. Dino Moreo does justice appearing on cameo role and ditto to Bakthiyaar Irani.

Musical score by Himesh Reshamiya are mesmerizing and Manoj Sani's capturing the best exotic locations of Cape Town and Kenya are spellbinding.

Nevertheless, moderate performance by entire star-casts, deplorable screenplay and poor direction marks Karzzzz as C-graded film€¦

Verdict: Better to avoid it

Rating : *