Karwaan(2018)

Plot Summary

• It is a road trip with a difference. These aren't three friends out on an adventure, but rather three misfits on a journey that goes a bit too off-track. Avinash (Dulquer Salman) is a repressed young man who hates his IT job, loathes his boss and would rather become a photographer, but for his father (Akaash Khurana). His father passes away in a road accident while on a paid tour from a famous travel company. The company messes up consignments & his body reaches another family in Kochi by mistake, while Avinash receives a body meant for the family in Kochi. Avinash's garage mechanic friend Shaukat (Irrfan Khan) offers his van and company to travel from Bangalore and exchange the body in Kochi.Tahira (Amala Akkineni) is the lady in Kochi whose mother has passed away. She cries a lot and convinces Avinash to come to Kochi, which Shaukat advises against. Then she calls Avinash and asks him to pick up her daughter from Ooty along the way, to which again Avinash agrees.Enroute, Avinash goes to Tanya's (Mithila Palkar) college, the grand-daughter of the now-deceased person with whom the other body was exchanged. Turns out Tanya was drunk for the last 2 days and has no idea that her mom called and that her Nani has died. Inside the Nani's trunk they find another package from the cargo company, which the company guy knows nothing about. Avinash decides to deliver that as well.The box contained last articles of another accident victim that the family was searching for. The whole family is grateful to Avinash. Then Shaukat figures out the people he owes money are chasing him and they try to confiscate his van. Shaukat is injured while tying to escape. He is hospitalized and meets a random Muslim girl in the hospital and likes her. Avinash and Tanya spend night in a hotel and start to bond where Avinash shows her his photography skills. He is horrified to find that Tanya has regular sex even at college. In the hospital, Avinash meets a doctor who tells him that his wife was his batch-mate Rumana (Kriti Kharbanda). The doctor takes them home to meet Rumana. It is clear that Avinash and Rumana had some chemistry between each other. It turns out back when they were about to graduate, Avinash left suddenly and kinda abandoned Rumana.The next day Shaukat is released from hospital (meanwhile Shaukat also finds that his budding love story has no future as the girl he met is the 3rd wife of an elderly Muslim he met playing a flute during the wedding) and Avinash finds that while the police recovered the van, it was badly damaged. They offer Avinash a Nano instead. Shaukat is livid and goes to beat up the goons, but has to retreat when he finds there are many of them and it is likely that he will be killed instead. Finally the trio reaches Kochi & meets Tahira.Tahira and Avinash finally make peace with each other's grief. Avinash finds a letter in his dad's belonging which talked about his inability and sorrow at not being able to connect with Avinash. Shaukat and Avinash return. On the way, they pick up his renovated navigate and return the Nano. Shaukat also convinces the third wife to run away with him. The 3 return to Bangalore. Avinash quits his job and takes up photography

Storyline

• The movie depicts a journey carried out from Bangalore to Kochi by two friends, the reserved Avinash played by Dulquer Salmaan, and his friend Shaukat played by Irrfan Khan with a lighter take on life, who pick up the chirpy teenager Mithila on the way. — Digant Nayak 96 Avinash, a dejected soul stuck in a dead-end job shares a strange relationship with his father. He holds him responsible for crushing his dreams. However, he is left pondering upon this longstanding hatred when he hears of his father's untimely demise.