Karz: The Burden of Truth

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Karz: The Burden of Truth
Karz The Burden of Truth.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Harry Baweja
Screenplay by Anees Bazmee
Story byAtul Sharma
Produced byKaushal Godha
Starring Sunny Deol
Sunil Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
CinematographyYogesh Jani
Edited byKuldeep Mehan
Music by Sanjeev Darshan
Production
companies
Aashna Arts
Jyoti Pictures
Distributed byEros
Release date
  • 6 December 2002 (2002-12-06)
[1]
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget11 crore [2]
Box office15.57 crore [2]

Karz: The Burden of Truth is a 2002 Indian Hindi action drama film directed by Harry Baweja and produced by Kaushal Godha. The film features Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty as main characters. [3]

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Plot

Police Inspector Suraj is an orphan, who was rejected by his biological mother, for reason(s) unknown. Suraj has grown up questioning as to how any mother could reject her own child. He meets with Raja, and after a few misunderstandings, both become fast friends. Raja introduces him to his mom, Savitri, who welcomes and accepts him. Suraj loves Sapna, and hopes to marry her someday. Unfortunately, he finds out that Raja also loves Sapna, and decides to step away, and takes to alcohol. When Savitri's mom meets prominent politician, Yuvraj, she recognizes him as a wanted criminal, Thakur, but Yuvraj denies being Thakur nor having any connection with Thakur. This leads Suraj to wonder as to what prompted Savitri to point a finger at Yuvraj. His investigation will lead him to his birth mother, as well as his biological father, and he will come to know why his mother rejected him.

Cast

Music

Karz: The Burden of Truth
Soundtrack album by
Released9 November 2002
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series

The music of the film is composed by Sanjeev Darshan and lyrics are penned by Sameer. [4]

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Aashiqui Ban Ke" Adnan Sami, Kavita Krishnamurthy
2"Jhoom Jhoom Na" Sukhwinder Singh, Hema Sardesai
3"Mohabbat Hui Hai" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4"Meri Mehbooba Hai Tu" Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya
5"Shaam Bhi Khoob Hai" Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
6"So Gayi Hai Zameen - Female" Anuradha Paudwal
7"So Gayi Hai Zameen - Male" Kumar Sanu

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, KARZ-THE BURDEN OF TRUTH is a typical masala fare that relies too heavily on the tried and tested stuff, thus limiting its appeal. The Idd holidays may prove beneficial to an extent, but a long run is ruled out.″ [5] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com wrote ″This 17-reel painfully (pun intended) lengthy film leaves you with stiff limbs and sore eyes. In a nutshell, Karz: The Burden of Truth stands true to its title.″ [6]

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