This romantic mystery-drama -- centered on an office nerd whose life is transformed by a series of phone calls from, uh, himself -- is thinly plotted, but surfs on the likable chemistry between Akhtar and co-lead Deepika Padukone.
Karthik Calling Karthik
a call will change everything.
2010 · 2h 15m · N/A
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Vijay Lalwani
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Karthik Calling Karthik
Overview
A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from someone.
Director and cast
- Vijay Lalwani Director
- Farhan Akhtar as Karthik
- Deepika Padukone as Shonali Mukherjee
- Shefali Shah as Dr. Kapadia
- Ram Kapoor as Raj Kamath
- Vivan Bhatena as Ashish
- Vipin Sharma as Karthik's landlord
- Yatin Karyekar as Karthik's boss at Cochin
- Tarana Raja as Neelu Didi
- Vinay Jain Cast
- Siddhartha Gupta Cast
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