Karthik Calling Karthik

2010 | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Synopsis

A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from someone.

Scores

Overall Score
56.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
56.8%
Review Aggregate
67.8

Critic Consensus

80.0% Fresh • 5 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 80% of 5 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, character-driven, suspenseful. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

romanticcharacter-drivensuspensefulemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Farhan Akhtar2010$42,000$60,000(est)
Deepika Padukone2010$26,000$37,000(est)
Vivan Bhatena2010$19,000$28,000(est)
Ram Kapoor2010$16,000$23,000(est)
Shefali Shah2010$13,000$19,000(est)
Vipin Sharma2010$12,000$17,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score80.0
RT critic review count5
Rotten Tomatoes audience score51.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.2
IMDb votes15,175

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$286,409$411,951
International2010$3,340,763$4,805,123
Worldwide2010$3,627,172$5,217,074

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2010$1,479,510$2,128,025
Digital Rentals ?2010$2,168,000$3,118,302
Digital Purchases ?2010$632,000$909,025
Physical Rentals ?2010$5,089,000$7,319,667
Physical Purchases ?2010$11,400,000$16,396,974
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$128,884$185,378
Total Revenues2010$20,897,394$30,057,370
Expenses
Budget ?2010$3,990,000 (est)$5,738,941 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$2,218,000 (est)$3,190,218 (est)
Participations2010$836,000$1,202,445
Residuals ?2010$1,331,000$1,914,419
Interest & Overhead2010$798,000$1,147,788
Total Expenses2010$9,173,000$13,193,811
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$11,724,394$16,863,559

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