MASAND'S VERDICT
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Masand's movie review: Kaminey is imaginative
Published on Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 01:34, Updated on Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 02:03 in Entertainment section
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Kaminey boasts the best performance you will see by an ensemble cast in a long time, and that includes even the bit players.
Of the central cast, Amole Gupte is fantastic as the demented Jai Maharashtra-spouting gangster-politician Bhope, and Chandan Roy Sanyal hits all the right notes as the coke-addicted Mikhail.
Also delivering impressive turns are Tenzing Nima as the charismatic drug-smuggler Tashi and Shiv Subramanium as the vulnerable corrupt cop Lobo.
Shahid Kapur rises to the challenge of creating two entirely different characters out of Charlie and Guddu, and delivers a credible performance as each.
Breaking out of his chocolate-boy image, he gives evidence of his potential when trusted with well-written roles.
Springing a delightful surprise in a smaller part is Priyanka Chopra as the feisty Sweety, who sprinkles her lines with a smattering of fluent Marathi and emerges one of the film's most lovable characters.
For an audience numbed by predictable Bollywood potboilers week after week, Kaminey might take some time to settle into; go in with an open mind and enjoy the ride.
With unchoreographed action scenes and dances, and long portions with no background score at all, it's a wildly imaginative, original offering from a fearless filmmaker who doesn't insult your intelligence.
I'm going with four out of five for director Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey; amidst all the bloodshed and bullets, this film has a full beating heart. As Charlie would say: It's a MUFT-WATCH.
Rating: 4 / 5 (Very Good)
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@ganesh.s007
Well said bro this is really sad .... the audience must grow up and appreciated the efforts like
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hehe. it is unbelievable how movies are rated by audiences now days. Love aj kal is a gd movie but
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I totally agree with the 4 stars.
Bollywood has finally come out with a creative and
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Hi Rajeev,
I watched the movie on the second week of the release in multiplex. After much
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Its absolutely an original movie.The reason for anyone to feel this movie has resemblance with any other movie is its
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