Karzzzzzz review
Yasser Usman ponders "why do I dislike Himesh" and gets answers aplenty
Ta ta tana tandoori nights...tandoori nights...tandoori nights... the 'Chicken Tikka Corner' guy  in my locality was playing this song when I asked him- "Why the hell are you playing this song so loudly?" He answered back with a question-
" Bhaiya aap ko kyon pasand nahi hai Himesh, dekhiye kitne dil se gata hai ( How can you not like Himesh, he puts his heart and soul into his songs) ?  I obviously didn't answer as I had no intention to hurt his feelings towards Himesh ( See I am very polite). So when I went to watch Karzzzz (with four Zs), his question was echoing in my mind (like the constantly occurring murder-sequence dream of Monty, the Himesh).
But yet again I failed to get an answer - Why do I dislike Himesh?
There is Himesh in every frame of this excruciatingly boring Karzzzz. He sings, he dances, he composes the music and whoa!!!! He acts too (hamming at its best). The fight sequence where Himesh jumps like Keanu Reeves of The Matrix is the biggest fight...na na the greatest comedy scene of all times. Believe me there was not even a single person in the theatre who didn't laugh at it. Watch it to experience it J
The name of the film could well be "His Highness Himesh". He tries really hard and his sincerity shows in every frame. But not always can sincerity and hard work be converted into good acting. He remains a good music composer and if I happen to meet him, I'll request him to concentrate on composing music (See I can be polite JÂ ) Acting surely is NOT his piece of dhokla.
Lets not discuss the story of this remake of Subhash Ghai's Karz; we know the film is about reincarnation. Even the dialogues are the same. This Karzzzz is a revelation in more than one ways-
Ø     Director Satish Kaushik is a gifted person. He has achieved an almost non-achievable feat. He had a readymade script, good screenplay, even the dialogues, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal's terrific background music to copy blatantly. Yet...yet my friends he actually succeeded in making this classic with four Zs. This is something to do with inborn talent.
Ø     This film proves that Tina Munim ( Ya Ya Mrs Ambani)  was actually a fabulous actress. No! she doesn't feature in this Karzzzz but when you see debutant Shweta Kumar playing Tina Munim's role, the only thought that comes to your mind is that Tina Munim should now get a lifetime achievement academy award for her brilliant acting .
Ø     It also proves that an actress Urmila Matondakar who actually started the Bollywood babe makeover act with the brilliant Rangeela,  just need one film like Karzzzz to ruin it all. Blood Red lipstick with Red gown...this is a re-incarnation we wish had never happened.
Ø     Danny Denzongpa playing Pran's role seems to have forgotten all his acting. The biggest question is why did he accept this role?
The strongest point of the film is Himesh Reshamiya's music. The songs are already topping the charts but seeing Himesh lip-synching on these songs and dancing horrendously takes all the fun. Once again- "Dear Himesh Sir please don't act" ( See I can be polite repeatedly JÂ ). The biggest challenge for the composer Himesh was to compose a song equivalent to the classic "Ek Haseena Thi" but he played safe by just copying the song and singing it himself ( Kishore Da we feel sorry for you). Not only the song he also used the brilliant Karz theme and used it blatantly throughout Karzzzz.
Back to the 'Chicken Tikka Corner' guy. There are millions like him who like Himesh the actor and the success of his debut "Aap Ka Suroor" proved it. Karzzzz may also do well in small centres like all Mithun films did in the 90s but to call it cinema and review them may not be a good idea.
So take this Karzzzz only if you are a hardcore Himesh fan otherwise just stay away.
P.S- Dear Himesh Sir I request you on behalf of all cinema lovers of the country...please...please...please do not act ever again. Sir You are a good composer, please concentrate on composing good music... ( yeah I am being polite again but enough is enough ;-)
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Watch Trailer:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3qzEXgYgOo[/youtube]





Comments( 10 )
i prbably wud've watched it had himesh
i prbably wud've watched it had himesh nt removed his cap during the filmfare awrads and reservd it for the theatres... well i guess himesh bhai wants to hv his cake... ooopps... dhokla and eat it too!
hope HR will listen ur suggestion of
hope HR will listen ur suggestion of not action again. but i guess even karzzzz will be a hit like aap ka suroor.
Well i can say only one thing it is not
Well i can say only one thing it is not called review, its authors preconceived notion that is worthlessly articulated by him.
what the fuck he's doin in the film he
what the fuck he's doin in the film he should go bald the only thin he did was playin with urmila's boobs and the fucker bitch swetha doin there not doin a bit of exposure she s a slut and every one should fuck her and urmila's boobs show is is great near the play
Hi Yasser! You are not going to believe
Hi Yasser! You are not going to believe this but I just watched the original by Subash Ghai and even after all these years, I still enjoyed it and thought that everone - Simi, Tina Munim, Rishi Kapoor, Raj Kiran, Pran, etc, played their roles very well and just loved the songs. I haven't seen the movie yet and have read your review, which I think is well written.
I must adnmit that I do like some of Himesh's music but not all of it but have never liked his acting - so I agree with you and dread to think what this "Karzzz" is going to be like. But I will see it without bing biased and let you know what I think about it.
hi yaseer!!! really liked the
hi yaseer!!!
really liked the politeness with which you have conveyed the message of many geniune cinema lovers......... :grin:
Hi Yasser. I haven't seen this film
Hi Yasser.
I haven't seen this film but I am tonight. But earlier on today i was in a restaurant - Indian, in UK and I had heard the song and almost threw up my food by just bursting out laughing and as well as almost falling off fromy my chair. The manager must have realised why this had happened as he switched it off and I heard him say "bakwas gana hai yeh." Then he actually put on some songs from the original "Karz" beginning with "Dard e dil" and followed by "Om Shanti Om." This made my evening better but I also heard the manager tell the person who had put on the CD to either not play it again, or it would be thrown in the dustbin."
I will let you know what I think about this movie when I come back from the cinema tonight.
Ha Ha sure Pratik...but for heaven's
Ha Ha sure Pratik...but for heaven's sake please tell me why r u going to watch Karzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz? :shock:
waiting to hear about ur experience... :lol:
Hi Yasser. I just wanted to see what
Hi Yasser.
I just wanted to see what it was really like. The funny thing was that there were not many in the audience (not surprised, are you?) and when the song "tandoori night," everyone was laughing and I had to hold myself down to make sure that I didn't fall off by laughing so much.
This film was a total disappointment - Himesh, who is Gujarati as I am, unfortunately cannot just act as you have clearly mentioned. He cannot even use his face in an expressive manner at all. So, Yasser, if you ever get t the chance to talk to him, please pass the message - "don't act but concentrat on your compositions instead." I also found the song "Ek Haseena Thi" a big disappointment, which is unfortunate for the late Kishoreda ( I am big fan of his and loved all the songs in the original). I felt that he just didn't have the pitch for a song like this and also felt that this did not move the story along as it does in the original. But I am puting up a discussion point on this at the forums, under "Bollywood." I was also looking forward to a song similar to "Mein Sola baras ki" but what a disappointment. Regading dancing - forget it, not worth mentioning.
I felt very sorry for Shweta Kumar as I think that this not the right movie to launch her career. Because, again, this was a very powerful role and this, I felt was beyond her - at least for her debut film. But I wonder why on earth did Danny do the role that he did? He is more talented and has done some exceptionally pwerful roles and I don't think that Urmila Matondkar can match up to the way that Simi did but she did a good job of it.
I don't if you have seen "Om Shanti Om," Yasser? But if you look at the song at the beginning where a very young Rishi Kapoor is shown singing "Om Shanti Om" with the late Kishoreda's playback, the feeling, the atmosphere of the song, which was in the original, was electrifying because it made audience sing along and dance to the tunes of not just that but the others as well. And then in the original version of "Ek Haseena Thi," the pitch by Kishore Kumar was so powerful that it just caught your attention and felt like making you sing with it and not to emtnion the facial expressions used by Rishi Kapoor when he sees Simi, who also used facial expression and then Tina Munim (now Mrs Tina Anil Ambani) appearing in the scene and you know that some sort of sparks are going to fly around - just brilliant. But it does not exist in the re make.
Yasser I am puting a discussion poin on this movie in the forums under "Bollywood" and I hope you don't mind.
Yasser, I noticed that there were
Yasser,
I noticed that there were quite a few flaws in this film and there were some that were totally conspicuous. For example Cape Town, South Africa is a city but Kenya is mentioned as a town when in fact it is a country in East Africa. Kenya, where I originally am from, is famous for coffee and tea plantations but South Africa is famous for its Wine and yet some of the vineyards are said to be in Kenya in the story and as far as I am aware there hardly any vineyards in Kenya.
Another flaw was that every now and then the names Cape Town and Kenya were mentioned. The flying distance between the two is a good three to four hours. There's not much chance of a small aircraft flying for that long without refuelling in other countries such as Tanzania, Zambia, etc. Then in some scenes, vineyards are shown to be in Kenya and some in Cape Town. It just didn't make any sense!