Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from someone.

Director:

Vijay Lalwani

Writer:

Vijay Lalwani (story, screenplay & dialogue)

Stars:

Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor

12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Farhan Akhtar	...	Karthik Narayan
Deepika Padukone	...	Shonali Mukherjee
Ram Kapoor	...	Kamath
Vivan Bhatena	...	Ashish
Vipin Sharma	...	Landlord
Yatin Karyekar	...	(as Yateen Karyekar)
Shefali Shetty	...	Dr. Shweta Kapadia (as Shifaali Shah)
Siddhartha Gupta	...	Young Karthik
Swapnel Desai	...	Young Kumar
Kanchan Pagare	...	Peon at ACL Office
Haansaa	...	Secretary at ACL Office
Abhay Joshi	...	Phone salesman Mumbai
Prachi	...	Karthik's mother
Zafar	...	Karthik's father
Brijendra Kala	...	Telephone exchange clerk (as Brijinder Kala)

Storyline

Born in Delhi, but now living in Mumbai, Karthik Narayan is a much abused employee with ACL Construction, secretly in love with leggy Architect, Shonali Mukherjee, who has been going steady with yet another co-worker, Ashish. After purchasing a new telephone, Karthik gets a call from a male voice that resembles his, who instructs him to follow directions; tell no one about this phone call, and he will achieve success. He follows these instructions, is soon promoted, as well as befriends Shonali, and continues following instructions from this caller. After Shonali makes it clear that she loves him, he breaks his promise, and is urged to seek counseling by her. He reluctantly does so with a Pyschiatrist, Dr. Shweta Kapadia, who hopes to cure him by visiting him early morning in his flat - not realizing the shock and trauma that await the duo.

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Plot Keywords:

imagination | urban setting | cabin | disco | cochin india | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

26 February 2010 (India)

Also Known As:

K.C.K.

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$179,643 (USA) (26 February 2010)

Gross:

$286,409 (USA) (5 March 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International, Excel Entertainment, Magic Beans

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an effort to create a more realistic performance for the movie by enriching his acting with the thoughts and emotions of his character, Farhan Akhtar had suddenly withdrawn into a shell, consciously trying to distance himself from the people around, during the course of the film's shooting. Since the part required him to be a lonely brooder Farhan (who is known to be utterly gregarious and accessible) switched off his phone and became almost inaccessible to the world outside. Friends found Farhan's behavior strange since usually he is so reachable and cheerful. For his role, Farhan said "It was the nature of the character I was playing. He's a guy lost in his world. So I was making an effort to isolate myself. Lately I've just been switching off from the world for the sake of my character.If you want to call it method acting, so be it."

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Goofs

When "Karthik" buys the telephone for the first time, the vendor tells him it's a new Japanese model. The box has Korean written on it (above "Kyungmin Corded Phone") and then the English translation underneath. This is seen more clearly when he buys the same phone towards the end of the movie.

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Connections

References Samasthakeralam P.O. (2009)

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Soundtracks

Uff Teri Adaa
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan and Alyssa Mendonsa
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Good movie

A kind of movie that keeps you glued to the seats, and keeps u wondering for what would happen next.

Nice movie, excellent direction and portrayal of angle's. Definitely have to appreciate the director and team for a good movie far from typical bollywood crap item songs, crap scenes, etc.

If u really enjoy movies that would thrill you, it is indeed a must watch. It is a movie that you have to watch frame by frame.i guess people who didn't like it skipped scenes hopping to see some action and fights. I guess.

Hats off team