Even cinematography and editing are uninspired. Instead, the film ends up rambling, choppy, loud and overly dramatic. but the result is as far from entertaining as it comes. He tries to pack in all the commercial Bollywood ingredients in to one film yet again, dividing up the film´s duration into comedy, action, romance, family drama, etc. By interval time, audiences are exhausted, but the script doesn´t relent the inane plot twists keep on along with them tons of boring, derivative action scenes that go on way too long.īaweja´s direction does nothing to uplift the script´s shortcomings there is nothing novel or even interesting about Baweja´s dry techniques that make the film engaging on any level.
But things get painfully uninteresting very quickly. The initial reels of melodrama are entertaining in that one can at least laugh at the silly story unfolding on screen. Almost every new twist and turn in the plot is completely predictable, mainly because we´ve seen these very story elements in films as recent as K3G, Devdas, Indian, Annarth, etc. The story, an unintentional comedy of sorts, plays out like a dictionary of Bollywood clichés. Obviously, Karz´s biggest problem is Anees Bazmee´s script. He then confronts his mother and begins to uncover the buried secrets of his family. Although he´s been virtually home-less all his life, he scoots over to the nearest piano and perfectly renders the lullaby his mom used to sing to him when he was a child. One fine day, Suraj finds his mother at a high-society gathering and he falls apart when he overhears her speaking to her friends about her "one-and-only" son Raj. Raj can´t take it anymore and reveals to Suraj the truth about why his parents abandoned him. Suraj begins actively antagonizing the couple and tries to tear them apart. Suraj sees Raj as a rich playboy, who will only keep Sapna around until he gets tired of her, and then move on to another pretty face. Suraj gets worried and angry when he realizes Raj´s girlfriend is none other than Sapna. Raj is the scion of a wealthy family but has renounced his home because his family wanted him to marry a woman he didn´t love. To complicate things, a friend of Suraj´s, Raj ( Suneil Shetty) turns out to be Sapna´s boyfriend. He befriends her, but the relationship refuses to take off from there. To begin with, he is tongue-tied when it comes to declaring his love for Sapna. Of course umpteen plot twists and obstacles await Suraj. And this inspires him to become a better person. Although Suraj´s character doesn´t really learn anything about Sapna´s personality, he falls madly in love with her. All this changes when he meets his dream girl, aptly named Sapna ( Shilpa Shetty). He is a hot-tempered, angry young man (surprise surprise) who drowns his woes in alcohol.
Suraj ( Sunny Deol) is abandoned by his mom at a young age and turns to an indulgent lifestyle for solace. So does the film manage the biggest surprise possible - and actually provide the quality-starved Indian film scene with worthwhile or even meaningful entertainment? Not quite. And this mish-mash is directed by Harry Baweja who usually signs Ajay Devgan for romantic flicks like Dilwale, Diljale, and Deewane. It has Shilpa Shetty taking a break from the expected ´ hatke´ sex-appeal roles to try her hand at emotional fare. It features two of Bollywood´s biggest action heroes, Sunny Deol and Suneil Shetty, in a family drama. Harry Baweja´s Karz - The Burden of Truth packs a number of surprises. Public Rating Average: 5.11 / 10 (rated by 410 viewers) Let us know what you think about this review Music Review
Reviewed by: Suraj Das - Rating: 4.0 / 10 Starring: Sunny Deol, Suneil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, Ashutosh Rana, Sayaji Shinde, Johnny Lever
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