Karzzzzz Movie Review:
walked into “Karzzz” with prejudice. Personally, I’m not a fan of the Himesh Reshammiya brand of music. And honestly, I have no clue what the Himesh Reshammiya brand of movies entails. Nor for that matter, what the original “Karz” is like.
Having said that, I walked out of “Karzzz” with a sore bottom, but also an enhanced likeability for Himesh Reshammiya as an individual. No pretensions of intellectualism, no aspirations for yuppie immortality, it’s clear that Himesh wants to be loved by a certain segment of society and it’s clearer why he has the numerous fans that he does.
Himesh Reshammiya is a phenomenon. No matter what the high-brow bunch say, irrespective of the opinions of the Bollywood badshahs who live in a delusional universe of fake originality and superficial cool. Can he act? Can he sing? Can he rise to cinematic excellence? No, no and no. But, does it matter? Also, no.
Is he honest? Is he relatable? Is he sticking to safe territory? Yes, yes and yes. And that is why he will continue to appeal.
“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”?)
Truth be told, I hated it as a work of cinema. But, because cinema, and certainly reviewing cinema, is not just about one individual’s opinion, it has to consider the intended audience. “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.
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