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- Excellent57.7%
- Very Good17.9%
- Good5.8%
- Average7.7%
- Poor10.9%
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I had huge expectations from 'Kaminey'. Shahid, Vishal Bhardwaj, Priyanks, Amole Gupte & of course…
I had huge expectations from 'Kaminey'. Shahid, Vishal Bhardwaj, Priyanks, Amole Gupte & of course Dhan Te Nan. Luckily, 'Kaminey' lived up-to the mark completely. On the whole Kaminey is a fantastic film in all respects. Accomplished filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj proves his versatility yet again. A winner all the way…. Box office success, secondary, such films take cinema ahead… this film is a trendsetter! Two Thumbs Up! A must see for each and every cinema lover! ed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj proves his versatility yet again. A winner all the way…. Box office success, secondary, such films take cinema ahead… this film is a trendsetter! Two Thumbs Up! A must see for each and every cinema lover! Just FFFFFFANTASTIC!
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Kaminey is one of the best bollywood thriller movie. Shahid Kapoor performance is really enjoyable.…
Kaminey is one of the best bollywood thriller movie. Shahid Kapoor performance is really enjoyable. How he handles two character of Charlie and Guddu. Great direction from Vishal Bhardwaj. Also, Dhan Te Nan song is really great.
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Remember how a few years ago… a sensation in singing emerged… his ‘different’ voice gave…
Remember how a few years ago… a sensation in singing emerged… his ‘different’ voice gave rise to a huge fan base of maniacs who adored his nasal style? Kaminey is a slightly exaggerated version of such a sensation. People seem to be in love with it for unknown reasons but then, Vishal Bhardwaj too has his fans just like the singer had his. Kaminey is nothing but a ‘pulp fiction’ of vague ideas, incomplete themes, familiar plots and half drawn characters. Bhardwaj tries hard to be India’s own Quentin Tarantino (some inspiration!) and thus it draws some, but dissuades others. Some good music could be the film’s only memorabilia but overall, the film tries hard to be a statement in cinema but turns out to be that punctuation that you end up erasing which even then manages to leave an obscure mark. Lengthier than ‘Omkara’ but a bit more entertaining than Bhardwaj’s last ‘Blue Umbrella’, Kaminey draws its plot from countless Bollywood films including ‘Judwaa’ as well as Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’. Yes, the variety of inspiration for this film is startling and that is what leaves a normal viewer in a state of shock…. What exactly is Bhardwaj trying to do? What is he trying to convey? Is it a drama about twins pissed off at one another? Is it an unseen saga about the underworld? Is it the story of a man’s ambition to open his own booking window at the turf club or the other’s life charted out by the years? One may never find out ever but there are those who think he said a lot in the 2 ½ odd hours of stereotypical medley. To the director’s credit, the movie has its tiny bits – the hotel room shootout scene which must be the most intense, the picturization of Dhan Te Tan with invigorating visuals and the Guddu-Sweety wedding ceremony clash before the intermission that involved the relentless beating up of Guddu and a high octane performance by Priyanka Chopra in her career best 2 mins on screen. Amole Gupte as Bhope Babu is a revelation with his performance. He is entertaining while being devilish at the game. Sadly, that’s about it. The music reflects Bhardwaj’s core talent with Dhan Te Nan, his melodious rendition of the title song, Pehli Baar Mohabbat and the background score. Fatak looks more like Vijay’s entry in Don with Moriya Re and has some canny message about safe sex which is ignored by the protagonist for some odd reason. Now, the highlight of the film that amused millions of Bhardwaj devotees – Charlie lisps while Guddu stammers!! Ohhh what funnnnn!!! Barring one dialogue (shown in promos), their verbal aberrations do not provide any comic relief. Don’t quite get the point… maybe it poses as a challenge to Shahid Kapoor’s acting capabilities that may get him a filmfare, screen, window, star or sun. There are moments that the movie builds up to but then fades away like a racing horse you just placed your bets on. Examples: Right after Dhan Te Nan, Charlie is being chased by a speedy car on the abandoned streets on a rainy night but it turns out that he was chased by his friend for fun. The Bengali partners who Charlie worked for, have an awesome bit on the screen in the beginning, only to disappear till the climax. What the deuce is up with the ‘home science’ bit and Sweety’s pregnancy??! Taashi appears to be a notorious criminal but we would’ve liked to see a more menacing side of his rather than his prolonged interaction with some underworld Nigerians…. The biggest letdown could be the exchange involving the two brothers in the local train…. Directors would die for such an opportunity to showcase some intense action around the lifeline of so many individuals in Bombay but Bhardwaj chose to relinquish it by making it just another scene that had so much potential. Oh! and then Charlie running topless with those horses! Ah the potential for some different action sequence was just a figment of his imagination! Charlie and Guddu choose different paths in their childhood years after Charlie’s failed attempt to save their father’s life. That’s it?? That was the foundation of their hatred??! Come on!! That’s just insulting the audience. Judwaa had a better flashback! The climax, hugely entertaining for some, turns out to be as random as the climax in Priyadarshan’s comedy movies while Bhardwaj’s intention must have been to pay a tribute to Guy Ritchie and Tarantino’s films. Yes, a very Indian adaptation indeed….. as random as aliens dressed up as school teachers in our schools. He just wanted every character in the movie to be there, at the same time and make the police look like roof-top spectators enjoying a cricket match. The problem with Kaminey is that it tries to spoof Bollywood stereotypes with its characters and plot involving drugs, mafia, police, politicians and ambitious protagonists while trying to showcase something completely different and intense. What it ends up being is a confused product that reminds you of certain movies while one’s yearning for that scene to be bigger than it actually was, ends up soaking wet. It builds up this false expectation that something grand and intense is about to happen that will prove why the movie is so hyped but then it just withers like it didn’t mean anything. You spend 2 ½ hours in the theater going through the unnecessary stammering and lisping to realize that Bhardwaj wanted to go beyond Anurag Kashyap, RGV and David Dhawan but ends up with this concoction that is Kamina by nature as it betrays one’s expectation. Yes, the film is different....baah! - 5.002 on a scale of 1-10.
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well..d long w8 is over..n kaminey z thr..!! n mas sy..it dservd d hype it got..wz an engrossing…
well..d long w8 is over..n kaminey z thr..!! n mas sy..it dservd d hype it got..wz an engrossing watch..meant fr ppl with brain..lol..!! jas go n hv a ball..u'l lov d doublee shahid hu hz given a career best performance..itz his film completely..he is impeccable n has carried a soo difficult film with an ease..hats off shahid..kudos..!! dun lisin 2 anyone..jas go n hav fun..!! itz awfome and a muft watch :)
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nitinpereira
kabhi kabhi afai bhi kaminey miltey hai. class apart, adorable,shahid rocks,vishal takes us on…
kabhi kabhi afai bhi kaminey miltey hai. class apart, adorable,shahid rocks,vishal takes us on kaminey ride.worth it vishal actually its a simple story,very simple if any other director made it he or she would have kept it simple. but not vishal he made it look complex and he tells the viewers to think and thats the movies usp. priyanka is the typical marathi mulgi and loves guddu for his simplicity. (Bhope Bhau)is fantastic,i love the confrontatiomn between bhope and charlies close friend an d the scene just before he gets shot music is again very good. i love the slow number thode bhige hum. i suggest all and sundry that watch it once and u know where bollywood his heading.
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Fuperb movie.....I was waiting for a movie like this to release for so long. Excellent performances…
Fuperb movie.....I was waiting for a movie like this to release for so long. Excellent performances especially by Shahid and the goons, power-packed punchlines and dialogues, engrossing story line, plenty hillarious moments, edge of the seat action........couldn't ask for much more than that. I especially loved the climax....i think this had one of the best climaxes i have ever seen in a hindi movie. In fort, fully paifa vafool hai boff!
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Kaminey is a fast paced, action packed, emotional, jovial and entralling film . The story and…
Kaminey is a fast paced, action packed, emotional, jovial and entralling film . The story and screenplay is extremely absorbing. The music by Vishal Bhardwaj is outstanding especially Dhan te nan & pehli baar. Shahid is brilliant in both the roles, he deserves the Best Actor Award for this film. Priyanka Chopra's performance remarkable.Amol Gupte & Chandan Roy Sanyal's performances are splendid. Vishal Bhardwaj is the real hero of this film
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very Very Fexyyyyyy Shahid is terrific...all d characters have done a fabulous Job..but the real…
very Very Fexyyyyyy Shahid is terrific...all d characters have done a fabulous Job..but the real star is Vishal Bhrdwaj.. Im very happy that he dint let us down like Imtiaj Ali..the first thing came to my mind wen the Flim ends was lets watch it again....:-)
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Its not a daily fare. Its dark, Its intelligent, Its funny, Its thrilling, Its unexpected , Its…
Its not a daily fare. Its dark, Its intelligent, Its funny, Its thrilling, Its unexpected , Its Kamini. Vishal Bhardwaj presented world to be full of Kamineys in an entertaining two hours of highly paced dark comedy thriller! Revealing the story will be unjust to the movie. Only thing I can tell is that it is story of two twin brothers and how there acts put them in situations which one can't imagine. Everything is just perfect. Let it be cinematography, screenplay, story and specially the dialogues. Watching Vishal Bhardwaj is always a delight and worth spending two or three hours in cinema hall. He just proved what he is best in by penning the fabulous dialougues which I am sure will be remembered by everyone. Hatts Off when it comes to his direction. He gets the best out of Shahid and everyone else. Acting wise, every actor lives the character just perfectly. You believe in them as they really exist. For Shahid- just brilliant. Notice he is playin two completely different character and makes you believe that there are two different individuals with same face. Chandan Roy and Amol Gupte are awesome. Priyanka is good. All other supporting actor do more than justice to there part. Overall, Go for it if you are missing watching an intelligent movie. Definitely, with mobs appreciation, it will be one of the highest grossers of 2009. Not u should see but ought to see this one.
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FPOILER ALERT Mere baap ne marte huye kaha tha ki beta Charlie, yaad rakhna, Life badi hi kutti…
FPOILER ALERT Mere baap ne marte huye kaha tha ki beta Charlie, yaad rakhna, Life badi hi kutti chiz hai, Aur if duniya me, kutton ka baff, ek hi jawab hai… KAMINEY Fuperb, Fuffpenfeful, Fekfy, Folid, Ftunning, Fweet, Fmart, Ftyliff. This is Kaminey!! A Bomb. It will explode(BHUMMMMMMMM). Or it will betray you(PHUSSSSSSSSSS, no, PHUFFFFFFFFFFF). For me it explodes and HOW!!! For a person who has a past record of Maqbool, Makdee, The Blue Umbrella and Omkara, all of these being critically acclaimed though not commercially successful, you can only expect another great film. With Kaminey he might taste commercial success too. I used to hate the caper genre before. Especially Guy Ritchie’s films. Before watching Kaminey I heard that the film is on the same lines as Guy Ritchie’s films and Pulp Fiction. I love Pulp Fiction very much and was hoping Kaminey is more Pulp Fiction than Guy Ritchie. Kaminey has a structure similar to Guy Ritchie’s films and Bharadwaj uses music like Tarantino in the film. With one exception, none of these precursor films had a proper romantic track. Kaminey has romance embedded in it and never does it look like the romantic track was forced into the movie. Vishal Bharadwaj ensured that the romantic track fits in and is very much a part of the story. Kaminey is imaginative and has a lot of 70’s BollyNoir-GuyRitchie-Tarantino in it. It is a film doing full justice to the word pulp, caper and BollyNoir. Vishal Bharadwaj is a genius in handling romance and love and affection on screen. Irrfan-Tabu in Maqbool, Love between two identical sisters in Makdee, Romance between Ajay and Kareena in Omkara and Love between that little girl and the blue umbrella in The Blue Umbrella. All brilliantly handled. In Kaminey too he handles a lot of love and romance on screen. Though on surface there was only one romantic pair i.e. Guddu and Sweety, he directed love of Guddu-Charlie, Charlie-Booking counter, Charlie-Mikhail also as if it is some romantic tale he is showing. And thus he always manages to bring the right emotions. Read more here - https://angeloankit.wordpress.com/
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