Karthik Calling Karthik

"Karthik Calling Karthik appears confused and half-baked, and it commits that deadly unforgivable cinematic sin -- it bores you!” This is what Rajeev Masand said in his blog www.rajeevmasand.com about the movie.

One fine Saturday, when hubby had a day off and my nanny was around too to take care of my two year old, I gobbled down my lunch in a jiffy and rushed to Fun Cinemas to watch this flick.

The high point for me wasFarhan Akhtar. Having loved his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai and a few years later being delightfully pleased with his acting skills and vocal cords in Rock On!! and Luck by Chance, there was no way a comment like “half baked” movie could stop me watching it!

Karthik – the demure office goer and a total wasted character, slogging day in and day out without getting due credits and who isn’t even noticed by attractive women folks though he has been working for the past few years reminded me of some people I have come across in my professional and personal life!

And one phone call changes how he perceives himself and his life. I agree to all the critics for saying that it could have been better with more suspense.

The office romance between Karthik and Shona was refreshing. A teetotaller dating somebody who has no qualms about smoking or showing her disgust when asked if she’d have “juice”. “With Vodka”, she adds and completes the sentence! And then Shona realizes that he doesn’t drink to which Karthik very sportingly asks her would she take undue advantage of him if he’d drink!

Their coffee date was utterly romantic, a motorcycle ride complete with a hip flask, cups and saucers, sugar and even table mats. And as they sipped their coffees Shona almost cribs about the dearth of decent guys around and poor Karthik tries to tell her through facial gestures that there is one sitting just right next to her. In the process when he tries clearing his throat, she offers him some water!

About Karthik’s schizophrenia, I wish it was more intense and gripping.

The part where he leaves his job and Mumbai and shifts his base to some remote place in Kerala I feel made the movie lose it track.

Just a wish – hope it continued in the lines of movies like A beautiful mind (which is again one of the best movies I’ve seen till date) or maybe Johnny Depp’s The Secret Window.

But then we are a bunch of movie goers who are so much fed with masala ... running around trees... and lager than life stories that a simple Karthik who needs help would actually look silly and un-heroic... so there we are... 

But nevertheless the movie was an enjoyable one time watch....