Karthik Calling Karthik

An introverted man named Karthik, burdened by his brothers death and unsatisfied with his job, receives phone calls from a mysterious stranger who guides him to success and the love of his co-worker Shonali, but it is later revealed that the caller is actually Karthik himself and he suffers from schizophrenia. Karthik Calling Karthik is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language Drama Romance film featuring Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Vivan Bhatena, Ram Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Vipin Sharma and Hansa Singh. Excel Entertainment was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The motion picture is written and directed by Vijay Lalwani. AA Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Karthik Calling Karthik was released on 26th February 2010 and takes a screen time of 135 minutes. Karthik Calling Karthik was made on a budget of ₹20 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹18 crore. Cinematography was done by Sanu Varghese and editing by Aarti Bajaj. The music was composed by IIFA Award winner Ehsaan Noorani along with Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale.