Critic Mohit's review of 'KAMINEY' :-

Cast: Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra & Amol Gupte

Music: Vishal Bharadwaj

Writer & Director: Vishal Bharadwaj

Duration: 2 hrs, 15 mins.

It is said that a person’s intelligence can be judged by his work. This is exactly what director Vishal Bharadwaj has proved. With his latest movie Kaminey, he has yet again proved to every one that he’s not only a director of different genre but also an 'Intelligent filmmaker'. If I want to describe the story of Kaminey in two words, then I would say that it’s a ‘VERY HATKE’ movie & one word in appreciation of the movie- ‘FUPERB’.

It’s a fast paced story of two twin brothers Charlie (who lisps) & Guddu (who stammers) played by Shahid. Charlie is a ‘chota mota’ gangster who is into the world of guns, bettings, etc & other illegal activities, whereas Guddu is an NGO worker, very decent and humble. Charlie lisps, he says ‘f instead of s’. One of his cracking dialogues in the movie goes like “aife aife.. kaife kaife..” On the other hand, Guddu stammers atleast once in every two or three sentences he speaks. Priyanka sizzles as a typical ‘Marathi mulgi’ Sweety, who’s in love with the ‘seedha-saadha’ Guddu. She’s also the sister of the gangster/politician Bhau Bhape played by famous writer/director Amol Gupte, who triumphs with his debut as an actor.

The backdrop of the movie basically concentrates on the two completely different lives of the two brothers, Charlie & Guddu who even hate to see each other because of an incident that happened in their past. It’s when these two brothers meet each other at one juncture (after a gap of almost 3 years) that everything in the story goes topsy-turvy.

In between, there are quite a few crisscross stories with quite a few interesting characters that intersect with the main story. Post interval, gradually, the entire focus of the story shifts to a particular ‘Guitar’ (that has drugs worth Rs.10 Crores) which finally drives the movie to a very interesting & different climax.

The way in which director Vishal Bharadwaj relates & interconnects these stories with the main story is really amazing. A director of his caliber can only do so. Shahid impresses tremendously with this powerful acting, leaving behind his chocolate boy image. Music of the movie is simply outstanding with “Dhan Te Nan” becoming a rage, an anthem. Camera work is wonderful & screenplay is superb.

Kaminey, undoubtedly is one of the ‘BEFT’ movies to have released this year. Try not to miss watching this one.

Rating: ****1/2