Kaminey (2009)


Dhan tana tan! This brings the magic for the movie. The magic is there all over the characters and music .Kaminey is the much anticipated movie of the year and it proves that it has got the things to make it a special movie.Shahid Kapoor’s much needed elevation to the big league has come through this movie.Shahid didn’t dissipate any of the chance provided to him and he is the gripping dynamism in the movie. Kaminey by far is the best movie in this year.

Kaminey pays tributes to lots of old Hindi masala movies and its a unpredictable ,engaging journey of twin brothers.Charlie(Shahid 1)who chose to follow the wrong route finds himself messing with Narcotics department because of his greed to chase his dream.Guddu(Shahid 2) who marries Sweety (Priyanka Chopra)is put in to problem because of her brother who is a Gangster and also in to political movement .

Kaminey easily breaks many of the usual formula though touching many usual styles,Those were infact brought to us in a very intense and dark manner .Its more like Guy Ritchie movie ,Gangsters chasing a unknown person.But If not for Vishal Bharadwaj this movie would have been a mess for its editing and screenplay.Movie has a exemplary presentation which is sure not a simple .Its complex and its not at all spoon fed to the viewers.You will be engaged with the movie from the beginning and the fever never fades away.You have to stay in the movie till interval to get the real magic of Vishal.He proves that he is a master in his skill ,he brings the very ordinary twist in a style and he puts forth the stage for a big encounter .This movie is about the ugly drug dealers,tiny gangsters,Mafia,Cops but I am warning don’t expect the usual plot ,You have to do a little work in the movie to get involved.

Shahid Kapoor is now in the big league with this movie and its not a easy to be in the center stage of this movie.Its a extraordinary performance from the actor and he carries the movie with the dual role in style and intensity.Shahid is there in the movie from the very first minute ,he proves he has got the substance to exhibit in a complex drama.This is the break point for the man and lets watch hism from now on.Priyanka adds a mark to her recent performances.She is sweet ,intelligent and daring .

We find lots of difficulty to travel with Vishal because of the number of characters he tries to show us.We don’t know who and what in the first instance ,it’s a intelligent way to keep us guessing which would have gone other way if it was mishandled in a slighter manner.Vishal has a dark sense of creating his character though its not negative but its not usual .Lots of movements and characters alone doesn’t make this racy ,The camera and the editing is one the rocking aspect in this movie.The differentiation between the two characters is brought by the tone in the visuals.

My Ipod plays Kaminey repeatedly ,its not for the hype but for its quality music and the wonderful lyrics by Gulzaar.Film doesn’t disappoint in picturising those songs.Dhan tana tan is the USP of this movie it lives ,we also run along with Charlie when the music plays.With all the aspects of the movie Kaminey also had some problems for me.Too much of characters were infact disturbing me to get along with the main character.The chemistry between Guddu and Sweety worked but I felt Sweety’s character forced Guddu to the love which is not a justifiable for the character.Too much of time is consumed in the first half which could have been avoided.

The quality of Vishal’s skill puts behind all these negatives and we get a entertaining and gripping Bollywood movie .Its the movie which will get a status for Vishal and Shahid and also for Dhan tana tan .Go watch it ,You cant miss this twins .
Rating :****

Comments

Sivaram said…
Sunday 30th Aug Big cinemas 2.00 P.M Show booked !!
August 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM
G U R U said…
This one's on my list too - darn curious to watch it.
October 7, 2009 at 5:09 PM
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