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Karwaan Movie Review: Irrfan Khan, Dulquer and Mithila are the 3 Musketeers in this vagabond road trip
Karwaan, directed by Akarsh Khurana stars Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan and Mithila Palkar in the lead role. It's a fun travelogue of self-discovery with three interesting lead characters. Check out Pinkvilla's review of Karwaan.
"Main akela hi chala tha janab-e-manzil magar, Log judte gaye aur karwaan banta gaya," is written on the blue van owned by the quirky Shaukat (Irrfan Khan) and that sums up the journey of Karwaan for you.
Director Akarsh Khurana spearheads this travelogue of self-discovery and letting go of your daddy issues. With the writing of Bejoy Nambiar and the laugh out loud dialogues by Hussain Dalal this Karwaan is surely a pleasant one.
Every travel film has the same ingredients - picturesque locations, a single plot angle which gets stretched over two hours and relatable characters. All three have been explored in Karwaan. Every South Indian will be delighted with the way the cities have been depicted as we are taken on a wanderlust journey from Bangalore to Cochin. Kudos to Avinash Arun, for making the moviegoers familiar with the bylanes of South India.
Karwaan is about Avinash (Dulquer Salmaan) who gets news of his dad's demise and takes the help of Shaukat to get his father's body. The twist arises early when they come to know that his dad's body was misplaced with Tanya's (Mithila Palkar) grandmother's body. The Three Musketeers travel to Cochin and encounter hurdles and needed fillers to understand the eccentricities of each character and why they are the way they are. The plot is extremely simple and stretched over a span of two hours. With the help of Irrfan's insanely hilarious style of delivering dialogue, Dulquer and Mithila's effortless screen presence, well-timed music that makes sense with the situations, made up for the lack of a tight plot.
Irrfan Khan proves yet again why he is the Khan like no other Khan in Bollywood. The only one who can make the simplest of characters a fan favourite. The audience impatiently waits for him to appear in each scene and his one-liners like, "Roti hui aurat and doodhwale par kabhi bharosa nahin karna chahiye," are the cherry on the cake. If Irrfan is yang then Dulquer is the Yin and his subtle performance is like a breath of fresh air. Karwaan was the apt Bollywood kick start that Dulquer deserved and they have used his likeability factor to the same extent as it was done with Fawad Khan in Khoobsurat. Mithila Palkar uses her bubbling burst of energy to add feminity and young naivety on what would have otherwise been an all-boys club. There's a suprise cameo by Kriti Kharbanda who brings a much-needed closure to one of the characters.
Irrfan, Dulquer and Mithila are the reason you should watch this mad-Hollywoodesque road trip film and did I forget to mention the rib-tickling dialogues?
We rate it a 65% at the movie meter.
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