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EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: *
A boy from a family under debts, and a rich girl whose father
is friends with the villain -- "Karthick" has nothing new to offer.
The film has many predictable sequences common to hundreds of films made in
south Indian languages, including Kannada, and also in Hindi.
So many films have sequences of a rich and arrogant heroine coming to her
village by train, missing out being escorted by her own people, and taken by the
hero who had come to the same station to drop his mother. Such predictable
sequences are in plenty in "Karthick", named after its actor Karthick.
These sequences may not bring any smile to your face, but are sure to escalate
boredom. The villain and his son`s idea to usurp the rich business tycoon`s
property by indoctrination and creating a wrong impression about the hero is an
age-old story line.
If you think an actor learns from his mistakes and loop holes in his debut film
and shows some maturity in his next film, you may go wrong after seeing "Karthick".
It is Karthick`s second film. He is a Kannadiga hailing from Mumbai.
Frankly, his first film "Yuva" was much better than this bilge
directed by Sathish Shetty from Mumbai who claimed to have experience of working
in many Hindi films.
Shetty had written stories for Hindi films in the sixties and seventies enacted
by the likes of Shashi Kapoor, Biswajit and Joy Mukherjee.
At least some good comedy and romantic sequences could have provided some
relief, but the director surely lacks the creativity to include relief bound
situations in the script. As far as the fights are concerned, Karthick was
extremely good in "Yuva", but here he shows only sparks of brilliance
seen in "Yuva" where Cheetah Yagnesh Shetty was the fight
choreographer.
Karthick and his mother live near a small river bed in a well-furnished house (a
set created by the film`s art director) barely touched by any activity.
Karthick`s father, who is dead, had run up debts after leading a rich life. But
he and his mother want to keep away from the business that has ruined their
lives.
Karthick remembers his childhood friend Nisha (Archana) who has grown as an
arrogant daughter of a rich businessman Vijay Raj. Raj`s friend J.K. and his son
are trying to cheat him through their wicked ideas.
Karthick meets Nisha and they get into a good bonding after realising their
childhood relationship. But Raj opposes their courtship. J.K. and his son try to
create a wedge between the two families who were close to each other many years
ago. Raj agrees to marry off his daughter to J.K.`s son, but later realises his
folly when he overhears J.K.`s wicked plans.
Finally, Karthick fights J.K. and his son to free Raj and Nisha. He marries
Nisha in the end.
With such a predictable script, Shetty takes his film to a further low by his
unimaginative direction. The ordinary camera work and uninspiring music dampens
the film`s quality.
Karthick goes several steps down in his performance, which may be due to the
director`s incompetence. Even Archana, who was much better in her previous two
Kannada films "Circus" and "Lift Kodla", is miserable in
this film. Nothing much could be said about other artistes.
"Karthick" is a disaster from the word go. It may be good to avoid
this film in these days when the World Cup live coverage viewing comes as a
better alternative.