Ten things I love and hate about KAMINEY!

Late in the night.. just jotting down points before I forget them :)

Things that worked for me:

1. The story.
2. One of the opening scenes of Charlie running along side railway tracks. You think he is running away from someone only to realise he's the one chasing.
3. Charlie's lisp/ Guddu's stammer.
4. Mikhail and Bhope's scene. The fake diskum-tish.
5. Priyanka Chopra
6. The cinematography/ visuals.
7. The editing.
8. Guddu's breaking down near the petrol bunk when he realises Sweety lied to him about her stammer.
9. The bargaining towards the end inside Bhope's lair
10. When Charlie and his gang realise they are driving the Anti-Nacrotics gaddi.


What didn't work for me:

1. Guddu's AIDS song.
2. The hotel scene: Felt very strained.. very over-edited. Shouldn't have been that hard to establish that the Tasiba gang were busting a drug deal a few doors down from Francis.
3. Charlie's dream sequences.. could have been less film studio props and more real.
4. The obvious symbolism of Charlie landing up with blinders when Guddu and him fight over their father's death.
5. The brother rivalry was very contrived.
6. The slackening of pace when Charlie lets Guddu take the guitar. They've even placed a song here!
7. Unnecessary distractions: Bhope taking the next compartment... wasting about a minute establishing this, when it makes no difference.
8. Charlie taking the bullet in the end and it not being clear that he has in fact taken the diamonds.
9. The last few shots of the movie.. showing Charlie with the white hatted woman.. so un-required.
10. Tasiba keeping Charlie alive till the end. Made no sense. He should have been killed the minute he lets out where the 'guitar' is. Similarly Bhope's men should not have allowed Guddu to wander off so happily. Inconsistencies.

VERDICT:
On the entertainment scale: 7/10

Rating: ***1/2