Kaminey - A Review

Names can be simplistic in the case of Bollywood movies. They tend to project the intention of the movie in a little too naive manner. Kaminey credits special mention in that criteria. It just does not care.

From the onset it is clear that Vishal Bharadwaj has done the work with no holds barred. And for those who have had a taste of Guy Ritchie's works, you would find Kaminey in similar mold. But an exceedingly brave or ridiculously stupid person would set upon such a venture. Its for the viewer to put Bharadvaj in the right pot.

Kaminey starts with Shahid Kapoor's voice narrating and putting you in the right track from the word Go. There are no illusions as to the Gung-ho nature of minutes to follow. Mumbai slang and swear words that drop out of narrator's monologues give the perspective. His(the hero's) ideologies- similar to 'concepts' of heroes in Guy Ritchie works- are at the opposite end of common moral values. And these values are exemplified in the other character portrayed by Shahid Kapoor- the typical unidentical-in-nature twin.

The story is engrossing. Its funny but in an ironic form. Incidents happen thick and fast and you laugh at the right moments despite the ludicrous circumstances in the storyline. It is a comedy of errors in pursuit of goals driven by greed and love. Twists and turns of a thriller is fine tuned to perfection. The final sequence- culmination of parallel story-lines - is hilarious.

There are no complexities here. Characters are either adorable or disgusting but all are impressive. Shahid reveals his talent in both his roles with his dialogues delivered in a convincing fashion in two different manners with two different speaking disabilities.Priyanka Chopra portrays a silly post teenage-girl brilliantly. Supporting cast is awesome. It is necessary to applaud the recent Bollywood movies which have near consistently provided a supporting cast above expectations.

It would be injustice not to keep apart a paragraph for the maestro here- Vishal Bharadwaj. Script, Music, Background Score and Direction goes under his name and producers must be wringing their hands to get hold of him as it is good value for their money. Music and Background Score is terrific. The song Kaminey which runs in the background at times is written and performed to perfection. To realize that a cuss-word can be used as the catch-phrase of a song and still the song seem pure is wondrous.

In short a scintillating experience which leaves you pleased at the end of more then 120 minutes in Cinema but a slight mention would be worthwhile - keep your thinking cap outside the hall.