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^^^ That's an interesting review....

But I don't really think a twist of the sort of 'Charlie running away with the money and Sweety' would have made for better stuff.....I think the fact that Charlie was shown to retain his humanity and some semblance of care for his brother on some level made it interesting....

Wasn't Charlie's kaminapan shown in the way he still hesitates and picks up that diamond from the Angolan guy's hand in the end??? So there were layers to this kaminapan...it wasn't one dimensionally all black or all white.

Guddu and Sweety were never meant to be kaminey in this movie to begin with.....

Good points about the pace of the movie and Vishal's style of direction though.


*Edit: And I get the sense that the reviewer deliberately wanted a darker film of the same variety as Omkara...but these are totally different sort of films to begin with...so why expect a "Langda Tyagi' from a 'Charlie' to begin with???😆.....The characters are totally different with totally different motivations! Charlie is a much younger and on some level, naive in his own way sort of character....Lagda Tyagi was not naive by any shot of imagination....and the one overpowering character trait of jealousy was responsible for all his actions. Charlie was never meant to be menacing!

Wowwwww..i guess i agree 101% wih al the positive and exceptionally high ratings this movie has got..it is one of the best movies of the decade and shahid is a superstar..words are too less to describe how perfect this movie was..

SHahid's Running was something to watch. It was WOW! He is the best Runner Actor in Bollywood. I remember in KWK many celebrities mentioned AB Sr as Best Runner but i will choose Shahid😳 I am surprised to say, but i am missing his long hair😆 It suited his character so well😳 His stammering was so emotional and yet funny too. Guddu Telling Sweety he caught her lies was 10 on 10. I didn't expected Guddu and Sweety to act so well together. I still don't think Shahid and Priyanka are the hottest couple but if you are rating their chemistry on their character as Guddu and Sweety? Then yes they were cute together and so into their characters. I did felt bad for Guddu, getting beaten up and you could feel his pain, when sweety tells him to get ready to leave for the honeymoon.

And I LOVED the old Song Duniya mein logo ko..I think it really went well with the movie. These days Makers just make their own songs and forgetting people do listen to old song, so i am really happy Vishal made the movie thinking of the aam janta. Overall, it was Shahid and Milkae movie. Both did a great job. Even at the end, you wish the milkae wakes up from his death and kills tashi and Ghope lol and saves Charlie. I cannot for the DVD and will buy the dvd for Charlie/Guddu and Milkae... Milkaee and Charlie chemistry was delight to watch and both were so crazy lol .These 3 Characters were amazing and worth watching them.

Originally posted by: RiyaK09

That gas station scene was very powerful and emotional.

I loved it when Sweety kept talking to Guddu and he just stared, and then she finally said, "Guddu, why are you not talking to me?"

PC sounded awesome when she said that, very expressive. Like she was genuinely so worried...

Indian feature "Kaminey" a smart, vivid thriller
Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:22pm EDT

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By Lisa Tsering

SAN JOSE, California (Hollywood Reporter) - It's not every day that one sees a Bollywood hero dancing in the streets dressed as a giant red condom. With the reckless, urban crime thriller "Kaminey," director-writer Vishal Bhardwaj -- who earned accolades with "Omkara" and "Maqbool" -- is challenging mainstream Indian audiences to accept his left-of-center sensibilities.

The film, which opened Friday (August 14), is likely to enrapture critics, but despite powerful performances by two of India's top stars, former Miss World Priyanka Chopra and musclebound Shahid Kapur, its hollow emotional core may render it unable to pull in huge box office numbers.

Guddu (Kapur) and his lover, Sweety (Chopra), are part of a new wave of NGO activists who use street theater to spread AIDS awareness while handing out condoms. So when Sweety becomes pregnant, the irony is not lost on Guddu.

But that's only the start of their troubles. Guddu's estranged twin brother, Charlie (Kapur again), is a smart but rough-around-the-edges bookie with grand dreams of ill-gotten millions. A failed drug deal and a case of mistaken identity throw the two brothers together, and they find themselves fighting not just the Mumbai mafia but also the demons in their past.

Bhardwaj's "Omkara" and "Maqbool" were modernized adaptations of Shakespeare's Othello and Macbeth that wowed critics and festival audiences with their smart dialogue, dynamic music (Bhardwaj composed the soundtracks) and searing emotional punch. "Kaminey" shares the cleverness, dark politics and blazing visual sense of those two films -- witness a blistering chase sequence through the hallways, suites and kitchen of a five-star Mumbai hotel, and a speeding car ride through monsoon-drenched streets.

Bhardwaj extracts memorable performances from his cast, most notably Kapur, who plays Guddu smooth-faced and sensitive, and Charlie with a darkly shadowed sense of menace.

So what if it's not Shakespeare -- "Kaminey" is a unique thrill ride all its own.

(Editing by SheriLinden at Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE57E03W20090815

^^Another interesting review.....however I'd disagree that it had a hollow emotional core....I certainly didn't get that feeling....there are many moments in the film that touch you emotionally....a lot of Guddu-Sweety scenes and the Charlie-Guddu, Charlie-Mikhail scenes as well.

I LOVED that chase sequence from the hotel corridors to the parking garage.....BRILLIANT use of music in that scene....the way it would stop and start again each time they'd start running again....amazing camerawork as well.

LOL I love the first line of this review....it is indeed so true....I don't think anyone ever has nor probably ever will again see a hero in a hindi movie dressed as a giant condom.....rofl

Just watched the movie, Overall I enjoyed it.