Kaminey

Charlie and Guddu are twins who were raised in Mumbai. Charlie lisps while Guddu stutters. Charlie likes to take shortcuts to fulfil his dream of becoming a bookmaker at the racecourse where he works for three criminal brothers who fix races. He is closer to the youngest brother Mikhail than to Guddu, to whom he is hostile. A jockey deceives Charlie when he bets ₹ 100,000 (US$1,500) on a horse during a fixed race, losing all of his savings.

Seeking revenge, Charlie locates the jockey in an upmarket city hotel.At the same hotel, policemen Lobo and Lele kill three drug dealers and collect a guitar case containing cocaine, which they must deliver to drug lord Tashi. Charlie and his men invade the jockeys hotel room and take all his possessions. The ensuing chase leads to the hotel car park where Lobo and Lele are placing the guitar case in their van. Charlie and his men seize the van to escape from the jockeys men and realise they had stolen a police vehicle, whilst also discovering the cocaine, which Charlie steals to sell.

The policemen, upon returning, discover that the cocaine is missing and set out to find Charlie.Meanwhile, Guddus lover Sweety, sister of the politician Sunil Bhope, reveals that she is pregnant with Guddus child and expresses her wish to marry Guddu. They marry later that night. Bhope hears about his sisters actions and sends his men to apprehend the lovers. Bhopes men gatecrash Guddus wedding and beat him, then realise that he is a migrant from Uttar Pradesh.

This enrages Bhope, who orders his men to kill Guddu and return Sweety to his house so he can arrange a marriage for her. Sweety fights off her brothers henchmen and escapes with Guddu.Charlie tells Mikhail about the cocaine, who is delighted. When Charlie returns to retrieve the case, Bhope and his men are waiting inside the van. One of Bhopes men recognises Guddu as Charlies twin and Bhope demands that Charlie reveal Guddus whereabouts.

An inebriated Mikhail interrupts their conversation and is killed by Bhope.On the way to the airport, Guddu realises that Sweety has faked her stutter. At a petrol station, Lobo and Lele notice the pair. Mistaking Guddu for Charlie, they arrest him. They assault Guddu, refusing to believe that he is Charlies twin brother until Guddus mobile phone rings; the caller is revealed to be Bhope.

Lobo and Lele agree to exchange Charlie for Guddu and Sweety on a train. The policemen take Guddu and Sweety to Bhopes house, where Bhope reveals that a local builder will pay him ₹ 50 million (US$740,000) to marry Sweety to the builders son. Guddu bargains with Bhope if he retrieves the cocaine-filled guitar case for Bhope, he will get Sweety. Bhope sends his henchmen with Guddu to retrieve the guitar case from Charlies house.The policemen assault Charlie, who refuses to negotiate, realising that the policemen are in as much trouble as himself.

Charlie outwits the policemen, takes them hostage and negotiates with Tashi to exchange the guitar case for ₹ 1 million (US$15,000). Charlie sends the policemen to deliver the details to Tashi and returns to his house to retrieve the cocaine. At Charlies house, Guddu arrives with Bhopes men. Sweety hears about Bhopes plans to kill Guddu and shoots at the members of her household. Guddu finds the case and fights Charlie, who lets Guddu go.

Guddu takes the cocaine to the police, who bug him. Guddu arrives at Bhopes house the same time as Tashi and his gang, with Charlie as their hostage. Bhope and Tashi negotiate to trade the drugs, but Charlie snatches the guitar case and threatens to destroy it if Guddu and Sweety are not released. The lovers escape as the police arrive, leading to a shooting spree in which the cocaine is destroyed. Charlies bosses arrive to avenge Mikhails death, but are killed along with Bhope, Tashi and their henchmen.

Charlie is shot and wounded.Sweety gives birth to Guddus twins and Charlie opens a bookmaking counter at the racecourse. Charlie is engaged to Sophia, a woman earlier featured in his dream.Kaminey received widespread critical acclaim from critics who praised many aspects of the film. Raja Sen of Rediff.

com rated the film 4.5 out of 5 and wrote, Kaminey is startlingly clever, an innovative film with genuine surprises. A kind of film whose success we ought all pray for, because itll prove smart cinema works. The Indian Express gave a rating of 4 out of 5, calling it Bollywoods first all-the-way-out-to-there pulp fiction. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 4 stars out of 5, called it a must watch and wrote, [i]ts an unpredictable crime drama that combines violence and dark humor in a manner thats reminiscent of the films of Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie and the Coen Brothers.

And yet Kaminey is so original and inventive in the manner in which it takes Bollywoods favorite formula twin brothers and turns it on its head. He praised the writing which he said was the films real strength, the non-linear screenplay and the dialogue, and wrote that the film has the best performance you will see by an ensemble cast in a long time. Nikhat Kazmi from The Times of India rated the film 4 out of 5, and said it is Bollywoods first film which is full of brains, brawn and belligerence besides being a bravura attempt to rewrite the tried and tested idiom of desi movielore. Kaminey is a smart and balsy film that brings Hollywood to Bollywood which catapult the viewer into the dark, violent world of crime and criminals, leaving you no time to blink or breathe easy . Tarantino, take a bow.

Brave new Bollywood is here. Anupama Chopra gave a rating of 4 out of 5 and wrote Kaminey is the best Bollywood film Ive seen this year. Its an audacious, original rollercoaster ride. Written and directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, Kaminey requires patience and attention but the pay off is more than worth it. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 out of 5 and wrote Kaminey is bold, stark, funny and unpredictable and is a film with an attitude.

Like it or leave it, but youd never be able to ignore it. Word from the wise: Go for this hatke (different) experience! Zee News also rated the film 4 out of 5 and said, Bhardwaj has once again delivered a powerful film that completely bowls you over with its splendid script, riveting narrative and stellar performances by lead pair Shahid and Priyanka [who] have a cracking on-screen chemistry that certainly reminds you of yesteryears [sic] on-screen couples. The review also said, Kaminey is an engrossing flick that does not let you move from your seat! Kaveree Bamzai of India Today rated the film 4 out of 5 and said it is dark, melodramatic, poetic and ultimately operatic. He also said, Its lyrics are the blow-up-your-brains-out kind . and its music, composed by the multi-talented Bharadwaj is perfectly in sync with a narrative that doesnt pause for breath.

Namrata Joshi from Outlook gave a rating of 4 out 5 and called Kaminey a strikingly anarchic, unusually energetic, quirky and frenetic film. Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu gave the film 4 stars and wrote, Kaminey takes the post-postmodern noir genre to a whole new level, to a sophistication the Indian audience isnt used to. Watch it at least twice to fully appreciate this masterpiece. Writing for Variety, critic Joe Leydon described the film as a tasty cinematic masala that is energetically entertaining, if not consistently coherent.