Kaminey

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It is a risk. I saw Luck and did not saw "Love Aaj Kal" and was going for "Kaminey". Everyone knows that Love Aaj Kal is a hit movie. However, Love Aaj Kal is based on proven formula of "Love", bollywood's favorite theme.

Bollywood is making Love Stories ever since 1940's. Ofcourse, Every Love Story is different but then there is nothing novice about it. It is very difficult to convince myself to go to Theater to see a Love Story now.

Luck was different but I admit it was a bad decision to see that in theater. However, Kaminey is definately worth the effort. If I have to narrate the story, it is Bollywood's version of Slumdog.

Story of two brothers, living in the slum area of Mumbai, growing up differently. Salim and Javed wrote wonderful stories like this in 70's with Amitabh, with my favorite being Deewar.

However, what makes Kaminey different is Vishal Bhardwaj. Screenplay of the movie is very powerful. Movement of Camera to take different scenes are just fantastic.

Two stories moves completely parallely just like we have scene in Pulp Fiction or many Tarantino or Guy Ritchie style movies. If you are avid bollywood follower, you would be taken back by a huge surprise. At times you would have no clue in what is going on.

There are lot of things written about Shahid Kapoor but I was most impressed by Priyanka Chopra. Although her accent needs some improvement but still she was able to convince viewers of Marathi Mulgi. Actually her role is quiet small comparatively but it has all the shades, Comedy, Aggresiveness, Sensuality, Drama, Tragedy, Action as well. I wish this could have been made 10 years back and Madhuri Dixit would have been perfect for this role.

Story has different caste of people from Marathi to Afghani, and Africans to Bengali and ofcourse, Sharmaji from UP. There are well written, sarcastic dialogues of "We dont do unneeded war, we are not Americans" OR "If UP people disappear from Mumbai, Milk would be less sweet" etc.

Most Impressive part of Story Telling is, Telling a Story without a dialogue or song, For Example: The Chart written in Shahid's room defines his character that he is GOAL oriented individual or slogan of "Apna Hath Jaggannath" just outside bathroom.

When you need to show the climax with WAR kind of situation in slums , you need camera to be placed at distant while when there is a situation of sensuous kiss, you need camera with close-up. You dont need song to ruin the story telling and hence run the story with song of marriage. When Suresh Wadkar sings with Sunidhi, its like Class meets mass.

There are enough messages in the movie, with use of condom as well as how money and situation brings out "Kaminapan" from people. Or How much political our politics is or how corrupt our Law and Order situation is.

There is lot of Comedy (specially, between Priyanka and Shahid) as well as situational comedy due to "Haklapan" of second shahid.

Actually, I would like to see this movie second time to perhaps better understand it.