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Kaminey

Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey is a classic film targeted at the masses.
Vishal Bharadwaj could be a genius. He has handled a movie that could turn out to be a total mess at some other guys hand with great brilliance. He has not only managed to execute the film in style but also taken care of the music, screenplay and dialogues of the film.
The plot of Kaminey is simple. The construction of the plot is where Vishal and his team has made the magic. As in a Guy Ritchie film here we travel with one character and then at a point slide over to another. The action as in a Quentin Tarantino movie is gonna come hitting at you as hard as you have ever imagined a Bollywood cinema to be (and the better thing here is that you have very less blood compared to QT)!
What makes Kaminey have the class is the the fact that it is truely cinematic. Kaminey is a true film and not a hindi film. Vishal Bharadwaj has been able to communicate with his film very universally with the brilliant dark visual treatment and the splendid sound effects a raw dark day in the life of two brothers.
Shahid Kapoor play the roles of Charlie and Guddu to perfection. Priyanka as Sweety has got very little to perform but she doesn't waste her time! Others in the cast are also equally nice. The script offers immense scope for Shahid. His performance lifts the film to a great extent. The screenplay does take a bit of suffering in the second half, but the performance will keep the momentum of the film going.
The two songs in the film does not tamper the flow of the film and has been executed well.
Fo, fuppofe you call cinema entertainment, Kaminey if the movie you cannot miff! Even otherwife don't miff Kaminey becaufe it haf got fome claff! Difcover a clever cinema!
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PJC said…
I dont quite agree mate.. What you have said is applicable to the first half of the film.. am afraid it takes a dreadful turn after that.. the latter half of the movie is pretty mediocre.. the only reason why it is being proclaimed as a good movie is coz of the impressive "non-hindi" work done in the first half!
August 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
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August 21, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Unknown said…
the movie was awesome... throughout! i'd agree with appu with that! jus one correction for the last line... it is a true finema and not cinema, coz cinema is pronounced as see-nee-maa.. so obviously charlie wud hav the lisp wen he tries to say that!
August 21, 2009 at 7:02 PM
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