19 Facts About Kaminey

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.

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

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".

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Kaminey found changing from one character to the other difficult.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.