An Indian movie Review(Kaminey) by NDTV:

Kaminey is the best Bollywood film I’ve seen this year. It’s 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.

Kaminey is about Charlie and Guddu, twin brothers played by Shahid Kapoor, both of whom suffer from speech impediments and who can’t stand the sight of each other. Charlie, who pronounces S as F, is a small time gangster. Guddu, who stammers, is a mousy NGO worker. Guddu’s life plans, chalked out until 2014 on a chart stuck in his cupboard, are wrecked when he impregnates Sweety, his fiery girlfriend who until now has neglected to tell him that she is the sister of a powerful gangster-politician, Bhope, played by Amol Gupte. Meanwhile Charlie has come to possess a guitar containing cocaine worth 10 crore. The quintessential gambler thinks he’s finally hit the big score. What follows is a frantic, convoluted journey through Mumbai’s mean streets which are of course
populated by many Kamineys: corrupt cops, nasty drug dealers, gun wielding henchmen. Eventually, the brothers’ determinedly separate narratives collide and they are forced to come together.

Be warned: there are stretches of Kaminey that will thoroughly confuse you, starting with the first fifteen minutes. The film has eleven-odd characters that you need to keep track of. Snatches of dialogue are in Bengali and Marathi. If you look away from the screen to send a text message, you might miss another twist in this very, very tangled tale. The first half moves slowly. You might be bewildered and perhaps even bored. But stay with the film. Because the pacing picks up in the second half and Vishal ties up the threads in an exhilarating climax, which, incredibly enough, manages to combine stunning violence with humor.

Kaminey is that rarest of things: an unpredictable Hindi movie. Vishal, referencing the crackling gangster dramas of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, keeps it gritty and dark. Violence looms large over Kaminey but the tension is layered with black humor. The film reworks Hindi cinema’s favorite formula – twins – into a bloody theater of the absurd. Charlie and Guddu are unlike any twins you’ve seen before. Each one is willing to sacrifice the other to get what he wants. This is the role or roles of a lifetime and Shahid Kapoor, best known for innocuous chocolate-boy romances, sinks his teeth in. Kaminey does for him what Omkara did for Saif Ali Khan. A star has evolved into an actor.

Sweety is this year’s most exciting heroine after Paro in Dev D, and Priyanka plays her with aplomb. Only her perfectly manicured nails struck me as out of synch with her character. Vishal has equal affection for the smaller players: from the coke-addled Mikhail played nicely by Chandan Roy Sanyal to the Jai Maharashtra-spouting Bhope. Each one is flesh and blood.

Kaminey will take some getting used to. It isn’t the comfort food that Bollywood normally dishes out. But I strongly recommend that you see it. This taste is worth acquiring.

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A bit late to review on the film but I wanted to anyway, so here goes,

movie : Seven Pounds (English)

Director: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson

Verdict: ***1/2 on *****
Director Gabriele Muccino and actor Will Smith, who gave us the brilliant film, The Pursuit of Happyness, work their spell on us once more. The theme—organ donation—is handled with deftness ensuring that you keep thinking (and weeping) about the film long after it’s over.
 
The pace may not be typical Muccino but the classy camera work keeps you riveted. Seven Pounds rides entirely on Will’s shoulders. Perhaps, it’s a little too early in his career for him to have attempted a role of such gravitas, but we admire him for the effort and the courage. Our only quibble is with the background score. It’s jarring.
 
Lessons from the film:
— Don’t use mobile phone while driving.
— Donate your organs to give life to others.
— Find happiness in making others smile.

Lesson best not learnt:
— Suicide solves problems.
— Box jellyfish (chironex fleckeri) are fascinating creatures to know.
— They can Kill you!
 
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A hero unleashed adds the tag-line to the movie, Bolt serves to be another decent animation movie for the year 2008, released on November the story revolves around a canine star(Bolt) of a sci-fi-action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star(Penny) from a threat he believes is just as real.  The story gets interesting when the Bolt gets separated from Penny, and gets accidentally shipped to NYC from Hollywood. From there he has to make his way home with the help of a manky old cat(Mittens) and an overweight hamster in a plastic ball(Rhino).

The story line is new and the humor included is really good just what you can expect from Walt Disney, especially with the character Rhino(my favourite), I’d say Bolt is a must watch, and bolt, bolts a score of 3.5/5