19 Facts About Kaminey

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Kaminey is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, featuring Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Amole Gupte in the lead roles.

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Kaminey bought the original script for from Kenyan writer Cajetan Boy—whom he had mentored at a scriptwriting workshop in Uganda.

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Kaminey received widespread critical acclaim, with several critics and media publications placing it at number one on their listings of "Best film of the year".

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4.

Kaminey is closer to the youngest brother Mikhail than to Guddu, to whom he is hostile.

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Kaminey worked on the original idea with writers Sabrina Dhawan, Abhishek Chaubey and Supratik Sen.

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6.

Kaminey included Dhawan in writing the screenplay because as he thought she would give it a "solid structure".

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7.

Kaminey's re-worked version now included one brother with a stammer and the other with a lisp.

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8.

Bhardwaj said that despite the complicated structure, Kaminey is "anything but arty" and could not alienate audiences in any part of India, and that it is a simple story but with a complicated structure.

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Kaminey initially turned down the role, saying she felt it was a boys' film and her eight-scene part did not seem good enough.

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10.

Kaminey found changing from one character to the other difficult.

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11.

Kaminey said she had a different cultural background to Sweety, and found it challenging to convincingly portray a Maharashtrian Marathi girl.

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12.

Kaminey had to adopt body language and a Maharashtrian accent to suit the character.

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13.

Kaminey learnt the Marathi Language to make the character as authentic as possible, which she found difficult.

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Kaminey worked a lot on his characterisation and tried to bring in his own references from European and Japanese cinema.

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15.

Namrata Joshi from Outlook wrote that Kaminey reflects Bhardwaj's "enduring fascination for underdogs, characters on the margins of society and the morally compromised".

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Songs like 'Fatak' and 'Kaminey' are innovative and situational which showcase the range of Vishal Bhardwaj.

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17.

Kaminey received widespread critical acclaim from critics who praised many aspects of the film.

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18.

Kaminey said that Kaminey would be able to compete with any film in the world in terms of its design, performances, inherent narratives, editing and pace.

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Kaminey has received several awards and nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the film itself, to its cinematography, direction, screenplay, music and cast performances.

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