Karthik Calling Karthik

Karthik Calling Karthik
Movie · Bollywood · Thriller

Meet Karthik, an introvert by nature, and shy by choice. Karthik suffers from huge confidence issues and is miserable at his average job that yields less than average results. His boss treats him like dirt. Shonali, his colleague whom he secretly loves, doesn’t even know he exists. Karthik is a loser. He knows it, and accepts it. Karthik believes his life can’t get any worse and then suddenly one night, it happens; the phone rings. Karthik speaks to someone he never thought he would. He speaks to a man who also claims to be Karthik. The man on the phone says that he is here to change Karthik’s life. Karthik accepts this man in his life and soon he becomes Karthik's guide, his mentor, friend and guardian. And most importantly, he becomes the ticket to Shonali, the love of his life, and Karthik’s life changes in ways that he hadn’t imagined.

2010 · 2h 15m
Starring Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Shefali Shah
Director Vijay Lalwani

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  • Advocate Anjali Awasthi
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Cast & Crew

  • Farhan Akhtar
    Karthik Narayan
  • Deepika Padukone
    Shonali Mukherjee
  • S‌S
    Shefali Shah
    Dr. Kapadia
  • Vipin Sharma
    Landlord
  • V‌B
    Vivan Bhatena
    Ashish
  • Ram Kapoor
    Kamath Sir
  • T‌R
    Tarana Raja
    Neelu
  • V‌J
    Vinay Jain
    Siddharth
  • V‌L
    Vijay Lalwani
    Director
  • Farhan Akhtar
    Producer
  • Ritesh Sidhwani
    Producer

About

Karthik Calling Karthik

Bollywood

Meet Karthik, an introvert by nature, and shy by choice. Karthik suffers from huge confidence issues and is miserable at his average job that yields less than average results. His boss treats him like dirt. Shonali, his colleague whom he secretly loves, doesn’t even know he exists. Karthik is a loser. He knows it, and accepts it. Karthik believes his life can’t get any worse and then suddenly one night, it happens; the phone rings. Karthik speaks to someone he never thought he would. He speaks to a man who also claims to be Karthik. The man on the phone says that he is here to change Karthik’s life. Karthik accepts this man in his life and soon he becomes Karthik's guide, his mentor, friend and guardian. And most importantly, he becomes the ticket to Shonali, the love of his life, and Karthik’s life changes in ways that he hadn’t imagined.

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Studio
Eros International
Released
2010
Run Time
2 hr 15 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
India
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