Kaminey

Kaminey
The poster depicting a man holding a gun, a couple having a romantic moment and raining on a street with a dark colour scheme. Text at the top of the poster reveals the title. While, text at the bottom of the poster reveals production credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVishal Bhardwaj
Written byVishal Bhardwaj
Screenplay bySabrina Dhawan
Abhishek Chaubey
Supratik Sen
Story byVishal Bhardwaj
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
StarringShahid Kapoor
Priyanka Chopra
Amole Gupte
CinematographyTassaduq Hussain
Edited byMeghna Manchanda Sen
A. Sreekar Prasad
Music byVishal Bhardwaj
Production
company
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 14 August 2009 (2009-08-14)
Running time
134 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹35 crores[2]
Box office₹71.56 crores[3]

Kaminey (English: Scoundrels) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film[4][5] written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, featuring Shahid Kapoor in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra and Amole Gupte in the lead roles. Set against the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld, Kaminey follows a rivalry between a pair of twins, one with a lisp and the other with a stutter, over the course of a single day.

Bhardwaj bought the original script of Kaminey for US$4,000 from Kenyan writer Cajetan Boy—whom he had mentored at a scriptwriting workshop in Uganda, later collaborating with screewnwriters Sabrina Dhawan, Abhishek Chaubey and Supratik Sen to modify it. Kaminey was released on 14 August 2009 and became a box-office success worldwide, grossing over ₹710 million (US$8.5 million) against a production and marketing budget of ₹350 million (US$4.2 million). The film's soundtrack album, composed by Bhardwaj, also became a commercial success, with the song "Dhan Te Nan" topping the charts on various platforms.

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". Since its release, the film has attained cult status. It received several awards and nominations at ceremonies across India. At the 55th Filmfare Awards, it received ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor; it won the award for Best Special Effects. At the 57th National Film Awards, Kaminey won two awards — Best Audiography for Subash Sahoo and Special Jury Award for its editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

  1. ^ "Kaminey (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. ^ Indo-Asian News Service (10 August 2009). "Preview: Kaminey". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Kaminey – Movie". Box Office India.
  4. ^ "Kaminey (2009) – Vishal Bhardwaj". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "I want to do all kinds of films as an actor: Shahid". The Siasat Daily. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009. While Kaminey was an intense action film, Dil Bole Hadippa is a fun film.