Karam (film)

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Karam
Karam-poster-Ver1.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanjay F. Gupta
Screenplay by Suparn Verma
Story bySuparn Verma
Produced by Pammi Baweja
Starring John Abraham
Priyanka Chopra
Bharat Dabholkar
Cinematography Narendra Khanna
Edited byMerzin Tavaria
Music bySongs:
Vishal–Shekhar
Pankaj Awasthi
Score
Amar Mohile
Distributed by Baweja Movies
Release date
  • 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11)
Running time
117 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹5.75 crore [2]
Box office₹7.76 crore [2]

Karam (transl.Blessing) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film [3] [4] [5] directed by cinematographer Sanjay F. Gupta, in his directorial debut. Starring John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra and Bharat Dabholkar, the film follows John, a professional assassin who ends up unintentionally killing an innocent family during a mission and becomes traumatized, eventually tendering his resignation. This does not go down well with his boss, who kidnaps John's wife and holds her hostage. In order to win back her freedom, John must complete one last job: killing some of the city's top men within a limited period of time. The film co-stars Vishwajeet Pradhan, Shiney Ahuja, Murli Sharma, Rajesh Khera and Aanjjan Srivastav.

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Having directed several music videos, Gupta decided to direct the film after being impressed with the script written by Suparn Verma. Confirming that it was not inspired by any Hong Kong film, Gupta decided to do his own take on it despite feeling the script was not novel. With a strong feeling that John Abraham suited the role from the beginning, Gupta cast him as the lead alongside Priyanka Chopra, and named the protagonist after Abraham. [6] Producer Harry Baweja revealed the film was based on a true story and shot entirely in Mumbai. [3]

Karam was released theatrically on 11 March 2005, opening to mixed reviews from critics and audiences. [6] It was a commercial failure both domestically and in the overseas. [7] [8] In 2011 during an interview for his film Force , John Abraham revealed a number of people came up and told him Karam was their favorite film. [9]

Plot

The film begins with Shalini Wargas narrating how much she loved John Wargas despite knowing he was a contract killer and how things might have been different had he not picked up a gun. The film goes into flashback mode, and John Wargas is shown to be an assassin working for a mobster named Captain. Accompanied by two friends Kaif and Bull, he is assigned a hit, which he carries out, but also ends up killing an entire family, who arrives untimely to the house from where the hit was planned. Apart from the adults, one of their daughters gets shot unintentionally by John. He gets traumatized, and despite his friends telling him to move on, he becomes guilt-ridden and explains everything to Shalini, with whom he plans to escape away. The city's toughest cop, Wagh, starts investigating the murder and, in the process, comes close to the surviving daughter of the deceased family.

Meanwhile, Captain is attacked by the rival don, Yunus, and as a result decides to teach the city a lesson by killing the city's top industrialist, top film producer, the cop backing Yunus and Yunus himself; so that everyone else falls in line and no one dreams of becoming another Yunus. He decides that John must carry out this plan of his. To achieve this, he takes Shalini hostage. John is given 36 hours to kill the five targets on the hit list. John re-unites with his friends but struggles to carry out the hits initially due to still being traumatized. He, however, manages to kill the targets one by one, while his wife tries to escape in order to stop him from killing. Kaif, however, gets killed by Wagh after John manages to kill a few more targets. Shalini slashes her wrist and is admitted to a hospital, where she realizes she's pregnant and manages to escape. She manages to contact John, who arrives to pick her up, only to find himself trapped when she gets taken hostage once again. Realizing that he has been double-crossed, John shoots Bull in front of Captain, who reminds him of the remaining time he has.

John meets Wagh and asks for his help in exchange for providing all evidence against Captain, to which Wagh agrees. Along with sub-inspector Naik, he arrives on the spot and, after a gunfight, manages to free Shalini. John, on the other hand, meets Yunus and his friend, DCP Patil. He blackmails Patil into bringing him Shalini, which he does. However, John kills both Yunus and Patil, escaping with Shalini. A chase ensues, resulting in a rough fight between John and Captain. John manages to kill Captain and his team, but when one of his surviving members tries to shoot, John shoots him, and himself gets shot unintentionally by Naik, the same way John mistakenly shot the young girl. He breathes his last near Shalini, who gets shattered by his death.

The film ends with the story returning to the present time, where Shalini is happily playing with two kids: her son and the daughter of the family John killed, whom she adopted.

Cast

Soundtrack

Karam
Soundtrack album by
Vishal–Shekhar
Released
11 February 2005 (2005-02-11)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Vishal–Shekhar
Vishal–Shekhar chronology
Shabd
(2005)		Karam
(2005)		 Home Delivery
(2005)

The music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar and Pankaj Awasthi. The lyrics were penned by Vishal Dadlani, Irshad Kamil, Dev Kohli, Pankaj Awasthi, Amit Mishra and Harshdeep. [10] The title song of this movie "Tera Hi Karam" was sung by Pankaj Awasthi in a unique Sufi style and the song "Tinka Tinka" were appreciated by the critics.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ishq Nachaya Kare" Vishal Dadlani Vishal–Shekhar Sunidhi Chauhan  
2."Koi Aisa Alam"Dev KohliVishal–Shekhar Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer  
3."Le Jaa"Pankaj Awasthi, Amit MishraBalkrishna SharmaHarshdeep, Vishal Dadlani  
4."Tera Hi Karam"Pankaj AwasthiPankaj AwasthiPankaj Awasthi 
5."Tinka Tinka" Irshad Kamil Vishal–Shekhar Alisha Chinai  
6."Ishq Nachaya Kare" (Instrumental) Vishal–Shekhar  
7."Tinka Tinka" (Instrumental) Vishal–Shekhar  

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  2. 1 2 "Karam – Movie". Box Office India.
  3. 1 2 "On the sets of Priyanka Chopra's Karam!". Rediff.com . The film, despite being an action thriller, has got a number of emotional scenes.
  4. ↑ "Karam (2005) - Sanjay . Gupta". AllMovie.
  5. ↑ "Karam (2005)". FilmAffinity .
  6. 1 2 "Priyanka's finger was chopped off: Sanjay F. Gupta". SantaBanta.com. Retrieved 14 March 2005.
  7. ↑ "Exploring the box office journey of Priyanka Chopra – Part 2". Bollywood Hungama . 22 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Business Takes A Dip!". Bollywood Hungama . 16 March 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2005.
  9. ↑ ""I'd like to see John Abraham do a lot of action movies" – John Abraham". Bollywood Hungama . 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011. You won't believe but many people have come up to me and said that Karam was their favourite film. How strange is that?
  10. ↑ Tuteja, Joginder (14 February 2005). "Karam: Music Review". IndiaFm. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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