KARZZ - Himesh, Urmila & Danny's new era

“Karzzz” is apparently the same tale as the “Karz”. With Satish Kaushik behind the camera, Monty (a slimmer, capless, Himesh Reshammiya) is a rock star, who falls in love with Tina (Shweta Kumar) in South Africa, while she’s on an assignment from her catering college in Kenya. Monty has visions of a certain palace, past life and pretty chick Kamini (Urmila Matondkar). When he’s advised to take a month’s vacation, he picks Kenya so he can woo Tina while his mind recovers. Except that while in Kenya, he spots the palace, meets Kamini, who’s now a princess, and comes to terms with his past life. For, Monty is actually Ravi Verma (Dino Morea) from a previous life. Ravi is deceived and killed by Kamini. Mama Verma goes into shock, but not before swearing in front of goddess Kali that she won’t rest until her son returns.

“Karzzz” takes those very Bollywood themes of reincarnation and revenge, which are SO not now, but sticks to the formula and doesn’t veer too far from the theme. It is ridiculous and implausible, just as it was back then – in the 70s, 80s and even 90s (remember “Karan Arjun”?)

“Karzzz” will probably do very well. It’s clean family entertainment in the classic Bollywood sense. And in these hard times of rising inflation, tumbling economies and whatever else, “Karzzz” takes you back to those crazy, familiar times, when you knew what the end was and better yet, you knew what the journey would be like. As far as the actors go, it hurt to see veterans such as Danny Denzongapa reduced to the role of a filmaholic uncle, who dispenses advice through dialogues from popular movies. And it was dreadful to watch the hugely talented Rohini Hattangadi take on the modern avtar of a Nirupa Roy mother. Raj Babbar is Monty’s manager/adoptive father and downright awful as the turbaned character as was Gulshan Grover as a mute villain with a steel forearm.
I’m still trying to figure out why the ageing Urmila would opt to be a part of “Karzzz” and whether the ordinary Shweta Kumar (daughter of director Indra Kumar) has a future in Mumbai. As for the music, let’s just say it’s all Himesh. Vintage Himesh. Fans will love it, while the rest, will loathe it.
Director : Satish Kaushik
Producers : Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar
Banners : T-Series, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd
Presenter : Gulshan
Sreanplay & Dialogue Writer : Siraj Ahmed
Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist : Sameer
Playback Singers : Himesh Reshammiya, Tulsi Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Harshdeep Kaur, Shreya Ghosal
Cinematographer : Manoj Soni
Executive Producer : Ajay Kapoor
Shooting Locations : Kenya, Cape Town, South Africa, India
Music On : T-Series

Cast :Himesh Reshammiya as MontyUrmila Matondkar as KaminiShweta Kumar as TinaRaj Babbar as OberoiHimani Shivpuri as Oberoi’s wifeBakhtyr Irani as Dr. DayalDanny Denzongpa as KabiraGulshan Grover as Sir JudaRohini Hattangadi Dino Morea

Rating: ***