gautam-moharil Some popular genre of films are neo- noir, gangster films, films with mistaken identity, heist films. What if all these genres are combined? Vishal Bharadwaj does exactly that. A brilliant film with multiple genre tropes. Brilliant music, brilliant performances. The vast diversity of India with different dialects and characters are depicted. A darker story was not told before this.

GaneshKSalian Kaminey directed by Vishal Bharadwaj is one of the best movies that has been brought out in the Indian Cinema.Excellent performances,brave writing,stylish narration,engrossing background score and superb cinematography makes Kaminey a must-watch not once but twice,thrice..Story: Guddu (Shahid Kapoor) and Charlie (Shahid Kapoor) are identical twins born and raised in the slums of Mumbai. They dream of leaving the squalor behind and moving into a life of prosperity and dignity. Though they look alike, the two are as different as chalk and cheese. One lisps, the other stammers. One is an honest, diligent social worker while the other hedges bets at a racecourse. The brothers want nothing to do with each other. But when Charlie gets mixed up in a deadly get-rich-quick scheme and Guddu realizes that the love of his life has unwittingly put a price on his head, their lives begin to collide. They find themselves facing rogue politicians, drug dealers and crooked cops. As they uncover a sinister plot laid out by the 'political-police-underworld' nexus, their stories finally converge to a point when they realize they only have each other Vishal Bharadwaj has done a brilliant job with Kaminey.He excels! The music by Vishal Bharadwaj is very good.The dialogs are witty.The cinematography is good too.Performances: Shahid Kapoor does an excellent job as Guddu and Charlie.It would have been a tough job for acting as both, Charlie who lisps and Guddu who stammers,but yet Shahid Kapoor manages to take both Guddu and Charlie to another level with his excellent performance.Amole Gupte as Bhope Bhau is an actor to watch out after Shahid.He is superb,mind-blowing,awesome...I am falling short of adjectives to describe his performance.Special mention of Tengzing Nima who portrays the role of Tashi is fantastic.Priyanka Chopra,although having a minimal role is fine.Her Marathi accent is good.Deb Mukherjee as Mujeeb,Shiv Subramanium as Lobo,Chandan Roy Sanyal as Mikhail are excellent in their respective roles.All in all,Kaminey is a must-watch not once but twice or thrice because it has the guts to be something different from the other Hindi movies.I am giving it a nine on ten.Thumbs Up!

Karun Kumar What to say about this movie ??? I think this is the highest rating I have ever given to a movie. It is, in one word: AMAZZZINGG !! Now coming to the finer points: 1) Storytelling:- Absolutely brilliant and spellbinding ! First of all I would like to extend a big "THANK YOU" note to director Vishal Bhardwaj for acknowledging the fact that this film was inspired by an idea of Cajetan Boy. I absolutely hate and detest those Bollywood movies which become blockbusters and shamelessly copy from other Hollywood movies without even giving them credit and acknowledging them.2) Acting: What to say about it !!! The actors were exceptional and needless to say Shahid Kapoor topped the list but I would also like to add that all the characters of the film were beautifully fleshed out and according to me, gave their career best performances. The effort from Vishal Bhardwaj is also commendable that how in all his movies he manages to extract such superlative performances from all his actors and actresses (Tabu in Maqbool, Kareena Kapoor and Konkana Sen in Omkara, Shreya Sharma in Blue Umbrella and Priyanka Chopra in Kaminey).3) Sound: The background musical score and the songs were fantabulous !! Whether its the social message spreading "Fatak!" or the electrifying "Dhan Te Nan !" or even the melodious "Pehli Baar Mohabbat !" all the songs had brilliant lyrics and music. I would like to make a big REQUEST to Vishal Bhardwaj that "Please sing more in movies !!!" I was really surprised and thoroughly enjoyed his singing the title track of the movie.(In fact I think the song of this film which I have heard the most is 'Kaminey' sung by Vishal Bhardwaj) 4) Humor : The lines are very witty and humor is never forced in the movie by performing silly slapstick sequences.P.S.:- I can go on and on about the movie for hours (maybe even days !!) it is so good. A stunning spectacle ! I wonder how will Vishal Bhardwaj ever surpass it (I hope he does !)

Shivam Sharma A remake of Pulp Fiction? Yes and NO! Yes, because it does have the "feel" of Pulp Fiction and you can relate Kaminey to it. No, because even though it does feel like Pulp Fiction a little, it doesn't matter since the movie has way more to offer! Kaminey is a great package, in terms of performance, plot line, humor, romance and action, which was much needed by the Industry and the viewers as well. It definitely reaches the top watch of this year, after Dev.D (In case you missed this one, then you have no idea what I'm talking about). A "masala flick" which is perfectly directed, and so well, that it gives a whole new definition to "masala flicks". What I personally feel, Vishal Bharadwaj tried his best that no one could typecast this movie; he molded two to three different genres of every aspect, in it. OK, let's start from the star cast first: Shahid Kapur & Priyanka Chopra, who are out-and-out "mainstream" actors, then Amole Gupte and Shivkumar Subramaniam (I remember his movie Parahar, brilliant!), the ensemble of actors was made from different forte. Then the humor in this movie is again a mix of different kinds, from lame jokes to dark humor to strategically placed punch lines, and situational comedy. There are loads of moments in the movie where you'll really laugh-out-loud! And, same thing goes for the music (which is very good by the way)! As for performances, kudos to Vishal Bharadwaj for squeezing out the best from Shahid Kapur and Priyanka Chopra, now both of them can proudly go around saying they are "good actors". Both of them have performed with such an amazing ease, watching them on screen makes it a delight! Amole Gupte too has done an amazing job! Speaking of actors, I just realized Kaminey has just 6 characters out of which only 4 have names. Now comes Vishal Bharadwaj, OK, I'm going to be a little biased as I'm a big fan of this guy! He has done a great job on this movie, not his best but definitely great! But the movie does have brilliant cinematography! Very well balanced movie yet the second half feels a little dragged, and the masses might find the movie "dark colored", you'll find the whole movie has been shot either in dawn, dusk or at night. One more special mention goes to the sequence when both the brothers confront each other, for a moment you'll forget there's only one Shahid Kapur in real. Even though the movie has the title which translates to Rascal in English, and it's a Vishal Bharadwaj's movie, surprisingly it doesn't have any strong swears like Omakra and Maqbool. So you can watch this one with your family without any awkward air. What I personally feel, it's because of Directors like him, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee, Indian Cinema has a meaning! That pretty much sums up the whole movie, but I still feel there's lot more to be mentioned here, but it might work as spoiler.