Karz: The Burden of Truth

Karz: The Burden of Truth is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Harry Baweja and produced by Kaushal Godha. The film features Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty as main characters. Releasing on 6 December 2002, the film bombed at the box office.

Plot
Police Inspector Suraj is an orphan, abandoned by his biological mother, for reasons unknown. Suraj has grown up questioning as to how any mother could abandon her own child. He meets with Raja, and after a few misunderstandings, both become fast friends. Raja introduces him to his mom, Savitri, who welcomes and accepts him. Suraj loves Sapna, and hopes to marry her someday. Unfortunately, he finds out that Raja also loves Sapna, and decides to step away, and takes to alcohol. When Savitri meets prominent politician, Yuvraj, she recognizes him as a wanted criminal, Thakur, but Yuvraj denies being Thakur nor having any connection with him. This leads Suraj to wonder as to what prompted Savitri to point a finger at Yuvraj. His investigation will lead him to his birth mother, as well as his biological father, and he will come to know why his mother had to abandon him.

Cast

 * Sunny Deol as Suraj Singh
 * Suniel Shetty as Raja Chauhan
 * Shilpa Shetty as Sapna
 * Ashutosh Rana as Rajpal Thakur/Yuvraj
 * Vishwajeet Pradhan as Gogi
 * Shammi as Balwant Singh's mother.
 * Kiron Kher as Savitri Devi Singh
 * Rajeev Verma as Balwant Singh
 * Sayaji Shinde as Himmatbhai
 * Johnny Lever as Jugnu
 * Himani Shivpuri as Jugnu's wife
 * Deepak Shirke
 * Shahbaz Khan as Police Inspector Khan
 * Adi Irani
 * Arun Bakshi

Music
The music of the film is composed by Sanjeev Darshan and lyrics are penned by Sameer.

Reception
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, KARZ-THE BURDEN OF TRUTH is a typical masala fare that relies too heavily on the tried and tested stuff, thus limiting its appeal. The Idd holidays may prove beneficial to an extent, but a long run is ruled out.″ Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com wrote ″This 17-reel painfully (pun intended) lengthy film leaves you with stiff limbs and sore eyes. In a nutshell, Karz: The Burden of Truth stands true to its title.″