

Guddu bargains with Bhope-if he retrieves the cocaine-filled guitar case for Bhope, he will get Sweety. The policemen take Guddu and Sweety to Bhope's house, where Bhope reveals that a local builder will pay him ₹50 million (US$660,000) to marry Sweety to the builder's son. Lobo and Lele agree to exchange Charlie for Guddu and Sweety on a train. They assault Guddu, refusing to believe that he is Charlie's twin brother until Guddu's mobile phone rings the caller is revealed to be Bhope. Mistaking Guddu for Charlie, they arrest him. At a petrol station, Lobo and Lele notice the pair. On the way to the airport, Guddu realises that Sweety has faked her stutter.

An inebriated Mikhail interrupts their conversation and is killed by Bhope. One of Bhope's men recognises Guddu as Charlie's twin and Bhope demands that Charlie reveal Guddu's whereabouts. When Charlie returns to retrieve the case, Bhope and his men are waiting inside the van. Sweety fights off her brother's henchmen and escapes with Guddu.Ĭharlie tells Mikhail about the cocaine, who is delighted. This enrages Bhope, who orders his men to kill Guddu and return Sweety to his house so he can arrange a marriage for her. Bhope's men gatecrash Guddu's wedding and beat him, then realise that he is a migrant from Uttar Pradesh. Bhope hears about his sister's actions and sends his men to apprehend the lovers. Meanwhile, Guddu's lover Sweety, sister of the politician Sunil Bhope, reveals that she is pregnant with Guddu's child and expresses her wish to marry Guddu. The policemen, upon returning, discover that the cocaine is missing and set out to find Charlie. Charlie and his men seize the van to escape from the jockey's men and realise they have stolen a police vehicle, whilst also discovering the cocaine, which Charlie steals to sell. The ensuing chase leads to the hotel car park where Lobo and Lele are placing the guitar case in their van. Charlie and his men invade the jockey's hotel room and take all his possessions. Seeking revenge, Charlie locates the jockey in an upmarket city hotel.Īt the same hotel, policemen Lobo and Lele kill three drug dealers and collect a guitar case containing cocaine, which they must deliver to drug lord Tashi. A jockey deceives Charlie when he bets ₹100,000 (US$1,300) on a horse during a fixed race, losing all of his savings. He is closer to the youngest brother Mikhail than to Guddu, to whom he is hostile. Charlie likes to take shortcuts to fulfill his dream of becoming a bookmaker at the racecourse where he works for three criminal brothers who fix races. Sreekar Prasad.Ĭharlie and Guddu are twins who were raised in Mumbai. At the 57th National Film Awards, Kaminey won two awards - Best Audiography for Subash Sahoo and Special Jury Award for its editing by A. 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. It received several awards and nominations at ceremonies across India. Since its release, the film has attained cult status. 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". 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 was released on 14 August 2009 and became a box-office success worldwide, grossing over ₹710 million (US$9.4 million) against a production and marketing budget of ₹350 million (US$4.6 million).

He bought the original script for US$4,000 from Kenyan writer Cajetan Boy-whom he had mentored at a scriptwriting workshop in Uganda. 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.īhardwaj co-wrote the script with Sabrina Dhawan, Abhishek Chaubey, and Supratik Sen. Kaminey (English: Scoundrels) 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.
