Karma: A Pakistani thriller that was 70% shot in a car

Since its inception, Pakistani cinema and film industry has been looking towards Bollywood to create its stories and characters and this is the reason why Pakistani films are still facing difficulty in creating a distinct identity.

In the 90s, Syed Noor had adapted some English films into Pakistani films with excellent results. His film ‘Sangam’ was inspired by ‘Crystal Heart’, ‘Aqabaon Ka Nishiman’ was inspired by Hollywood’s ‘Were Eagles Dear’. These films had a good impact at the box office.

In this context, the best thing about the Pakistani film ‘Karma’ is that the film is completely different from the traditional Pakistani films, it is introduced as a thriller, apart from dancing, singing, comedy, in which the story takes countless twists and turns. .

According to the director of the film, Kashan Adamani, this film is inspired by Queen Ten Tarantino’s style, which is a good news for Pakistani films, that they are now looking towards Hollywood instead of Bollywood.

‘Karma’ was spelled ‘K’ not ‘C’ in English as more than 70% of its shooting took place inside vehicles. Because of the name, scenes were also mirrored in the car that could have been in a house or room, but it had a distinct style in its place that felt nice and untouched on many occasions.

The biggest achievement of director Kashan Adamani and writer Fawad Hai is that the story of the film unfolds like an onion layer by layer and keeps on revealing new things till the end. The coherent story keeps the viewer engaged from the beginning to the end, each scene of the film is linked to the story which adds to its enjoyment.

But at the same time, the story of the film repeatedly looks into the past and connects it to the present which can confuse the viewer as the film thus requires full attention and even a single scene is meant to be missed. The story went. This is a Hollywood style, but only time will tell if the Pakistani film audience will like it.

The success of Karma does not rely on a particular formula or a single actor, although the film has a solid cast, including Jhale Sarhaddi, Naveen Waqar, Osama Tahir, Paras Masroor, while Adnan Siddiqui and Arjmand Rahim as There will be guest appearances.

Talking about the acting, Jhale Sarhadhi is playing the role of the leader of a criminal gang, accordingly, her style, dialogues and acting are interesting, she has also taken care of her attire which is suitable for the film.

Naveen Waqar started and ended the film in an interesting manner but at some points in between she looked a bit out of character.

The best performance in the film was given by Paras Masroor, his role gradually unfolded and finally felt like he was the main character.

Osama Tahir also acted well in the beginning but the scenes after he amputated the little finger of his left hand did not match him.

But overall one’s performance cannot be called bad. The film also stars British singer Lily Kesley, who plays Osama Tahir’s girlfriend in the film, and one of her songs, ‘Its You’, is part of the soundtrack.

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The film has been shot in Karachi while a few scenes have also been shot in London. According to Kashan Adamani, the film was produced at a cost of around Rs 3 crore and was completely shot in 24 days, of which only two days were spent in London.

The background music of the film is very good, the music in the action scenes and car chases is very lively which makes the cinema enjoyable.

The car chase and car burning scenes in the film are very well shot, at least it will bring a lot of innovation in Pakistani films.

The problem with the film is the heavy use of English, but given the scale of violence and gore shown, the language in the film is quite civilized, despite the fact that the film is rated for adults only. Certificate received.