 Anupama Chopra gave a rating of 4 out of 5 and wrote " Kaminey is the best Bollywood film I 've seen this year . It 's an audacious , original rollercoaster ride . Written and directed by Vishal Bharadwaj , Kaminey requires patience and attention but the pay off is more than worth it . " Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 out of 5 and wrote " Kaminey is bold , stark , funny and unpredictable and is a film with an attitude . Like it or leave it , but you 'd never be able to ignore it . Word from the wise : Go for this <unk> ( different ) experience ! " Zee News also rated the film 4 out of 5 and said , " Bhardwaj has once again delivered a powerful film that completely bowls you over with its splendid script , riveting narrative and stellar performances by lead pair — Shahid and Priyanka [ who ] have a cracking on @-@ screen chemistry that certainly reminds you of <unk> [ sic ] on @-@ screen couples . " The review also said , " Kaminey is an engrossing flick that does not let you move from your seat ! " Kaveree Bamzai of India Today rated the film 4 out of 5 and said it " is dark , melodramatic , poetic and ultimately operatic " . He also said , " Its lyrics are the blow @-@ up @-@ your @-@ brains @-@ out kind ... and its music , composed by the multi @-@ talented Bharadwaj is perfectly in sync with a narrative that doesn 't pause for breath . " Namrata Joshi from Outlook gave a rating of 4 out 5 and called Kaminey " a strikingly anarchic , unusually energetic , quirky and frenetic film " . Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu gave the film 4 stars and wrote , " Kaminey takes the post @-@ postmodern noir genre to a whole new level , to a sophistication the Indian audience isn 't used to . Watch it at least twice to fully appreciate this masterpiece . " Writing for Variety , critic Joe Leydon described the film as a " tasty cinematic masala that is energetically entertaining , if not consistently coherent " . 
