He did it on a Wednesday and how?

September 7th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Thanks to Ronnie Screwvala, that we got to watch movies like Aamir, Life in a Metro, Rang De Basanti, Khosla ka Ghosla and now A Wednesday. A Wednesday is a movie based on the backdrop of terrorism, but it’s different from plenty of other movies on terrorism we got to watch recently. The movie brings two of the finest actors of Hindi film industry together in well defined no-nonsense roles.

Commissioner of Police Prakash Rathore gets a call from an unknown number claiming that he has planted bombs at different locations in Mumbai and to prove his claim he guides the Police team to a bomb planted at Colaba Police station. In return the unknown caller demands release of four terrorists. The caller is played by Naseeruddin Shah and Prakash Rathore is a no-nonsense cop played by Anupam Kher. This leads to start of a high speed thriller involving two other cops played by Jimmy Shergil and Amir Bashir and a news reporter played by Deepal Shaw. There is a twist in the end and a brilliant monologue by Naseeruddin Shah about problems of the common man.

There are so many movies getting made on terrorism, but this one is different. It has a story to tell, which it does without deviating from the objective. There are no subplots, not forced songs in the movie. The movie progresses in a straight line and it’s a short film and does not take much of your time. All the actors have performed their part brilliantly and dialogues are very well written. Specially the last conversation between Naseer and Kher. You don’t want any songs in such movie and I am glad there are none. This is one good thriller made with a twist in the end and it forces you to think. Not to forget, this is first attempt of the director Neeraj Pandey, who has written the script as well. I am looking for more from him, he certainly seems to be a good story teller.

I would rate this one as 8 out of 10 and would recommend it to everyone.

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  3. Movie Review: ‘A WEDNESDAY!’ by FENIL SETA
  4. A WEDNESDAY : Kudos to the fresh talent with new thoughts in Indian Cinema.
  5. Movie on Mumbai Train Blasts

There Are 6 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by don_mansoor on 7 September 2008:

    smokerjoe same question as i asked fenil
    i just want to know what is the real story i mean
    is this like Aamir or is this like MUMBAI MERI JAAN…i mean if it is Aamir may be the direction script writing and filmmaking was superb but the story of Aamir was pathetic..only showed one good Muslim n rest Terrorist ..infact every passerby…!!! if it is like that….sorry to say not interested..!

  2. Comment by don_mansoor on 7 September 2008:

    i just don’t want to spoil my mood and expectations..will surely watch Mumbai Meri Jaan…cuz its on the aftermath of the bomb blasts and we (in Pakistan) are facing these on daily basis..

  3. Comment by don_mansoor on 7 September 2008:

    m looking fwd to MMJ will watch it asap…cuz it is on the effects of BOMB BLASTs…the aftermath…cuz we(in Pakistan) see it more than often…!

  4. Comment by SmokerJoe on 7 September 2008:

    don. the story is neither like MMJ nor like Aamir. It would be unfair to reveal about the story. It doesn’t have anything to do with any religion, coz the main character’s name and religion is never revealed in the movie. We should watch this movie as a good thriller, about how one man can challenge the whole system, if pushed too far.

  5. Comment by don_mansoor on 7 September 2008:

    smokerjoe cleared d air! now i’ll see….

    aamir really disappointed me!! as a story
    ………..

  6. Comment by jtippu on 7 September 2008:

    i totally agree with don_mansoor that Aamir was a big time disappointment, i dont understand how it got so many good reviews. but dont worry don_mansoor “A Wedneday” is one classic movie, it will certainly not let you down. and it is very different from Aamir.

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