Review of Kaminey (2009) by Faceless V — 16 Jan 2012

If Quentin Tarantino decides to make a movie for bollywood it will be 'kaminey'...Bhardwaj's style has lots of similarities with his.

With 'Kaminey' Vishal Bharadwaj pays homage to many old.

Thrillers which is a good enough reason to watch the much.

Anticipated movie of today's times. This black comedy.

Thriller on the lines of European thrillers is worth a watch.

It is a very unpredictable film which might very well work for.

The film. Bharadwaj takes you to a completely different.

World which none of us have witnessed in hindi cinema. It is.

Not a regular masala film, if paid attention you will come to.

Know that very scene leads somewhere and is well.

Coordinated at the end. Not a single scene is wasted.

To cut everything short 'Kaminey' is a well made film. If you.

Are looking for an out n out experience this is a must watch.

Bharadwaj has a knack of gluing the audience to.

Their seats to see what happens next and his way of testing.

The audience's intelligence.

The film is a story of gangs big and small set in Mumbai.

What you will see is a day in the life of two brothers (twins).

Who cannot stand each other and are on a run for different.

Reasons all together. Guddu stammers while his twin Charlie.

Lisps. Guddu marries Sweety (Priyanka Chopra) a.

Maharashtrian mulgi, a short but a very meaningful role. He.

Is now followed by her brother (Amol Gupte) who is a.

Gangster. On the other hand Charlie is here only for money.

He is into betting, racing and killing someone for a lakh.

In the first half of the film the characters are established.

The story takes a dramatic turn towards the interval. The.

Expectations are high and the eagerness builds. It is a bit.

Slow in the middle which might not be liked by the masses.

'Kaminey' is a film for the classes.

From the very beginning till the end Bharadwaj places the.

Events with such an ease that we are amazed as the end.

Gives a wonderful blast. It is a very difficult film to execute.

And if not for Vishal Bharadwaj it would have been a mess.

The music by the director himself is superb and the.

Background score enhances the feel of the movie.

Cinematography by Tassadug Hussain is visually very.

Appealing. Dialogues by Bharadwaj are mind blowing. The.

Editing is top class not a single spot can be pointed out.

'Kaminey' definitely has an effect. When you walk out you.

Will be wondering about the series of events that happened.

It is definitely a very smart thriller. Shahid's acting can is par.

Excellence and Priyanka Chopra has well justified the.

Maharashtrian mulgi. Amol Gupte has done a very good job.

Chandan Roy Sanyal, Tenzing Nima, Shiv Subramaniam,.

Hrishikesh Joshi have acted to their perfection.

Overall a very well made movie and a cool watch. Some.

Spacing in the movie would have helped. But Bharadwaj.

With his lead actors Shahid and Priyanka and an amazing.

Script is sure to pull it off.

In the 70s, directors like Manmohan Desai perfected what came to be known as the Hindi movie formula - big-multicasters with larger-than-life heroes, chawanni chaap dialogs, black-and-white linear stories with strong moral messages. All this changed in the 2000s. Multiplexes altered the economics of film making as it allowed the movie makers to target niche educated urban 15-35 audiences with disposable incomes. They wanted movies with a Hollywood look and feel. Everyone was waiting for that one movie which future generations could point to which represented the new "formula" of the 2000s, an international looking movie with a true Bollywood heart. Well, that movie is finally here...

Kaminey portrays a difference between a good and an average director. Vishal Bhardwaj takes all the cliched characters and situations of the 70s movies and puts them into a story which is original. Other directors, when they get inspired or pay a tribute, they simply copy the plot of the originals eg: Om Shanti Om. A lot of credit for Kaminey's distinctiveness must go to Vishal Bharadwaj who, perhaps more than any of new contemporaries, has his finger on the pulse on the new audience, in the same way that Manmohan Desai, Yash Chopra, David Dhawan and Subhash Ghai once had.