Overview
Two brothers from the slums of Mumbai find their lives intertwined in a dangerous game of survival.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- darkly comic
- kinetic
- unpredictable
- crime movie night
- bollywood discovery
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed the film as an inventive, unpredictable, stylish crime drama that refreshes Bollywood conventions through nonlinear storytelling, dark humor, and strong ensemble performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Guddu and Charlie begin on separate paths and their criminal and romantic conflicts progressively intersect.
The plot centers on a sinister alliance linking rogue politicians, crooked police, and drug dealers.
Identical twin brothers are made radically unlike through their speech impediments, ethics, occupations, and criminal circumstances.
The film mixes deadly schemes, gang conflict, sharp dialogue, and dark humor in an audacious pulp register.
Films like Kaminey, and why
Pulp Fiction
nonlinear crime plotting, dark humor, intersecting criminal schemes, and kinetic pulp energy
Snatch
stylized organized-crime storytelling, eccentric characters, sharp humor, and collision-driven plotting
The Brothers Bloom
brothers, criminal underworld entanglements, morally compromised characters, and bleak comic tension
Gangs of Wasseypur
Indian crime drama combining heightened violence, melodrama, and darkly comic genre revisionism
Movie Details
- Director
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- Release Date
- 2009-08-14
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (112)
Cast
- Shahid Kapoor
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Amole Gupte
- Deb Mukherjee
- Shivkumar Subramaniam
- Chandan Roy Sanyal
- Hrishikesh Joshi
- Adil Hussain
- Patrícia Bull
- Eric Santos
Where to watch in United States
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Kaminey about?
- Identical Mumbai twins on opposite sides of morality are forced into an explosive collision with a corrupt political-criminal machine.
- What is Kaminey like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kaminey as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Kaminey violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Kaminey as brutal.
- What did critics think of Kaminey?
- Critics broadly acclaimed the film as an inventive, unpredictable, stylish crime drama that refreshes Bollywood conventions through nonlinear storytelling, dark humor, and strong ensemble performances.
- Which films are like Kaminey?
- Films with a similar feel include Pulp Fiction, Snatch, The Brothers Bloom, and Gangs of Wasseypur.
- How long is Kaminey?
- Kaminey runs 135 minutes.
- Where can I watch Kaminey?
- In United States, Kaminey is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store.
