Genre: Movies > Thriller

myPOPKORN's Review

Rating: 3 stars out of 5

There is nothing new about the story of Karma - Crime, Passion and Reincarnation. In fact, it could be a remake of Subhash Ghai's Karz with a few twists, and minus the songs.

Having said that, director Shahjahan has handled the subject in an interesting manner, interspersing the scenes with sync sound and hazy visions of the past which only add to the film's appeal. All in all a good job of presenting a clichéd subject which has probably been done to death in Hindi films.

Carlucci Weyant and Alma Saraci deliver good performances, as does Viyayendra Ghatge. However, Claudia Ciesla doesn't have much of a role, and has been obviously cast for the titillation factor.

The songs in the film are nothing to write home about. All in all a well made film. However, the relatively unknown star cast in the film might hamper its chances at the box office.

By Dominic Ferrao

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Movie Story

Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation is the story of an American who helps her Indian husband re-unite with his estranged father. However, in the process she discovers several secrets about herself.

Vikram or Vik (Carlucci Weyant), estranged and separated from his father, Ranvir (Vijayendra Ghatge), for the past 30 years, visits him in Ooty with his bride Anna (Alma Saraci) from New York at her insistence, but only for a day or two. The moment Anna alights from the train that brings them to the small town, she has visions of a murder that took place in the woods surrounding Vik's father's home 30 years ago.

With Vik having little love for his father, it is Anna, an orphan, who acts as the mediator between father and son. The father now wants Vik to stay back and take over his business. The hauntings now become more frequent and intense, making Anna sick to the point of her mental state of mind being questioned. Even though Anna had never set foot in Ooty, leave alone India before, she seems very familiar with the surroundings and even some people.

Anna begins to questions some people who then see her as a threat. The nightmares occur more frequently. At first Vik accuses Anna of having some ingrained psychological problems, which hurts Anna deeply - but when strange inexplicable events happen to Vik himself he apologizes to Anna.

Vik resolves to help Anna and when it is discovered that a murder had indeed taken place thirty years ago, together they try to solve the mystery. The spirit of Linda (Claudia Ciesla), raped and murdered thirty years ago, reincarnated as Anna, leads Anna and Vik to the discovery of the identity of the murderer.

Star Cast: Alma Saraci, Carlucci Weyant, Vijayendra Ghatge, Claudia Ciesla, Shanda Renee, DJ Perry, Smita Hai

Banner: Picture Perfect, Golden Ticket Films

Producer: Vivek Singhania, Sanjiv Potnis, Dhiraj Kotkar

Director: M R Shahjahan

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