Karthik Calling Karthik

Karthik Calling Karthik
File:Karthik Calling Karthik pic.jpg Promotional poster for the film
Directed by	Vijay Lalwani
Written by	Vijay Lalwani
Produced by	Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar co producer = Amit Chandrra
Starring	Farhan Akhtar Deepika Padukone Ram Kapoor Shefali Shah
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Release date	February 26, 2010
Country	India
Languages	Hindi English

Karthik Calling Karthik is an upcoming Hindi film, written and directed by Vijay Lalwani and produced by Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani under the banner of Excel Entertainment. The film stars Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. Ram Kapoor and Shefali Shah play supporting roles in the film. The film has music given by the trio Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. It will reportedly be a psychological thriller.

Cast

• Farhan Akhtar ... Karthik Narayan
• Deepika Padukone ... Sonali Mukherjee
• Ram Kapoor ... Mr.Kamath
• Shefali Shah ... Mrs.Kapadia

Crew

• Director: Vijay Lalwani
• Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani
• Co Producer: Amit Chandrra
• Director of Photography: Sano Varghese
• Editor: Aarti Bajaj
• Writer: Vijay Lalwani
• Sound Design: Baylon Fonseca
• Costumes: Niharika Khan
• Hairstylist: Adhuna Akhtar
• Executive Producer: Miriam Joseph
• Line Producer: Stuti Ramachandra
• Casting: Nandini Shrikent
• Production Designer: Rachna and Murli
• Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Trivia

1. In an effort to create a more realistic performance for the movie by enriching his acting with the thoughts and emotions of his character, Farhan Akhtar had suddenly withdrawn into a shell, consciously trying to distance himself from the people around, during the course of the film's shooting. Since the part required him to be a lonely brooder Farhan (who is known to be utterly gregarious and accessible) switched off his phone and became almost inaccessible to the world outside. Friends found Farhan's behavior strange since usually he is so reachable and cheerful. For his role, Farhan said "It was the nature of the character I was playing. He's a guy lost in his world. So I was making an effort to isolate myself. Lately I've just been switching off from the world for the sake of my character.If you want to call it method acting, so be it."

2. Farhan Akhtar's character in the film is apparently shown to be solving Rubik's cube throughout the film. For one scene, he was even required to be shown solving the game in one go.

3. For the sake of his role in the movie, Farhan Akhtar had taken to solving the Rubik's cube. He became so passionate about it that he solved it wherever he went from parties to shoots to meetings. Since he is known to be a method actor and a perfectionist who believes in going through his paces beforehand, he began learning to unlock the puzzle much before the film hit the floors. He tagged the cube along with him everywhere and practiced it in his free time - in his car, at theaters or even in his office. And reportedly, very soon he became such an expert at it that he now throws challenges at others to beat him at it.

4. Some of the scenes will be shot in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

External links

• Karthik Calling Karthik at IMDb