Kaminey (Hindi - 2009)

Kaminey is a 2009 Hindi Movie directed by Vishal Bhardwaj starring Shahid Kapoor (in double role as twin brothers Charlie and Guddu) and Priyanka Chopra. The approach to the story is a little different from what we used to see in usual Hindi movies. The film starts by showing the parallel lives of Charlie and Guddu. Their choice of life are in such a way that they are never supposed to cross each other. Charlie is a part of a mafia which does some business in horse racing. Guddu works among sex workers spreading information about the importance of using condoms. Charlie wants to start a booking house on his own and he is pulling strings to achieve that dream. Guddu at the same time, was staring at his girlfriend Sweety (Priyanka Chopra) who informed him that she was pregnant and her brother is a major politician cum don of the locality.



From here on, the story twists and turns and in the end, both of them cross their paths. Now both are fighting for money, and their childhood stories are being revealed. There are also instances where the links between police forces and the underworld are being depicted. The first half is a little bit lagging, but then the second half moves pretty swiftly. By the end of the movie, there are a lot of people behind the money and it ends in a shootout which was taken in a very different way. Almost all of the shooting scenes gives the viewer a 'slow-motion' feeling with lot of emotions.

The songs are good and the action sequences are close to reality. Altogether its a new kind of bollywood movie which I felt is worth watching. But unlike most of the critics who gave upto 4.5/5 rating to this movie, I'll give it a 3.5/5 because of the usual type of ending where everyone except the hero who got shot are dead. It may be the most feasible ending for a commercial movie like this, but then till the ending, it was so out of the box thinking and then all of a sudden it became like an ordinary movie - a little hard to digest. But still, it can be considered as one of the top class Bollywood movies.

My Rating : Must Watch (****)