Dhan Te Nan: Bastards

In my humble opinion the best film to come out of Vishal Bhardwaj's creativity thus far. Kaminey or Bastards as I suppose the English translation would read, is largely crude, immensly enjoyable, its bold, its funny and its unpredictable. If your Indian, think RGV's Company executed with panache and humour; for the rest of you, its a case of mixing Edward Scissorhands with Tarantino- a rather frightening concoction, but if done well it has the perfect hit of tequila!

Kaminey, follows the lives of twins Charlie and Guddu [Good-ooh] as different from one another as the 1920s were from the 1960s. What I loved [and the fangirl in me swoons silently] Shahid Kapoor plays both characters and as anyone with eyes and good hearing can see, he is perfect as both. Charlie's lisp "I pronounce Fff as Fff" [Ss as Ff is what he means] and Guddu's stammer are not only humorous but endearing in the oddest way. For the first half of the film we see their separate lives unfold: filled with a nonchalence for each other, love for money [Charlie] and Sweety [Guddu] propelling their lives in different directions.

Drugs, guns, money and gangsters collide head on with both brothers' lives. And then begins the real fun. Mistaken identities, rogue politicians and crooked cops begin the chase down a rabbit hole as the brothers run to protect their love, dreams and sanity.

It took the first twenty minutes to become accustomed to the lingo, the settings, the tone and the characters and their relationships. From then on though, it was me and the boys taking a trip down their exhilaratingly brilliant, not to mention immensly colourful lives as they race against time to come out on top of impossibly volatile junctures.

All in all the best movie experience Ive had all year. And I don't see this changing anytime soon. Dhan te nana, is the wrapping on an already beautifully brilliant [and yummy- mmm Charlie] cake. The song is bound to be a regular feature on my ipod for weeks to come..

Fmafhing! Juft Fmafhing!