Web Series Review: Karmma Calling: Bollywood News
KARMMA CALLING is the story of a woman on a rampage. Karma Talwar (Namrata Shetty) arrives in Alibaug and rents a bungalow named Aashiana. It is located next to the palatial Kothari Palace, home to former actress, socialite Indrani Kothari (Raveena Tandon), Kaushal Kothari (Gaurav Sharma) of Kothari Global and their children Ahan Kothari (Varun Sodhi) and Meera Kothari (Devangshi Sen). Karma claims to run the company and pretends he doesn’t know the Kotars at all. Actually, her real name is Ambika Mehra. She is the daughter of Satyajit Mehra (Rohit Roy) who was a loyal employee of Kothari Global. 25 years ago, he was implicated in a financial fraud case by Indran, Kaushal and others. Satyajit dies in prison. So Karma wants to take revenge on all those who caused his father suffering. Indran takes an interest in Karma and invites her to his parties. In no time Karma breaks through in their lives. She reveals to Indra that her best friend Dolly (Valusha de Souza) is having an affair with Kaushal. He thinks about his next move, but things don’t go as expected for him. She falls in love with Ahaan. She also bumps into her childhood friend Vedant Kohli (Rachit Singh) and realizes that she is still attached to him. What happens next sets up the rest of the series.
KARMMA CALLING is adapted from the US show Revenge (created by Mike Kelly; written by Mark B. Perry and Joe Fazio). The plot is interesting and loaded with some intriguing and badass characters. Ruchi Narain’s screenplay, however, is not up to par. The excitement is missing from most of the show. The drama is plentiful and somewhat interesting. Purva Naresh’s dialogues are sharp but overall, could have been better.
Ruchi Narain’s direction is average. On the positive side, it keeps one engaged with events. Few scenes stand out like the bond shared by Karma and Zain Khan (Viraf Patel). The manner in which two couples celebrate Karva Chaut in a helicopter is new. Also, Karma’s actions affecting the lives of the Kotharis and those around them make for a fun watch.
Unfortunately, the cons outweigh the pros. Karma can teach a lesson to all its victims quite conveniently. There is never a tense moment in the show as Karma outsmarts her opponents at every turn. As a result, even though a person is watching the show, he is not completely involved in the current events. Moreover, Kotharis seem to throw parties almost every day and at some point it becomes ridiculous. Krishi’s (Masi Wali) song is weak. Ahaan’s whole line of hiding his phone is childish. However, the cliff-hanger ending raises hopes for a better next season. At the same time, the creators are not giving back the climax of the first scene of the show and how it will shape the second season.
Talking about the performances, Raveena Tandon is the star of the show. From the poster, it looked like her character was calling the shots. Instead, he is portrayed as sick and someone who is at the bottom. It looks great and performs well too, but I expected a lot more from it. Namrata Shetty is a surprise. Not only does it look great, but it also performs great. He will definitely get the most out of the show. Varun Sodhi seems shy and decent. Viraf Patel is entertaining. Gaurav Sharma, Rohit Roy and Rachit Singh are making their mark. Devangshi Sen is quite convincing in his debut role. Walusha de Souza is doing well. A lot of debt is in his character. However, its performance is fair. Amy Aela (Yana) is gorgeous and Vikramjit Virk (Summer; Security Officer) impresses with his dialogue delivery. Piyush Khat (Dash Kohli) shines. Alpana Bukh (Dayamma), Shataf Figar (Muzamil Saeed), Mohan Kapoor (Nikhil Setia), Mallika Chhabra (Real Karma) and Jyoti Minocha’s cast are good in their cameos.
Kethan Soda’s background score is in sync with the genre of the show. The theme of the program is attractive. Bhushankumar Jain’s cinematography is pure. Durga Prasad Mahapatra’s production design is rich. Quba Syed’s costumes are very attractive. The VFX is very tacky. Editing by Manendra Singh Lodhi, Vibhav Nigam and Nikhil Parihar is okay.
Overall, KARMMA CALLING fails to impress due to its unconvincing writing and performance.
Rating – 2 stars
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