A Wednesday
Created: 2008-09-10 12:40:44
Rating: 7
Type: Movie
Submitted by: Rohit
Brief Review: Another decent, lean and mean thriller out of Bollywood. No songs, no trips to Swazi/Switzerland, no love story, saas bahu, comically menacing villains, or shirtless/towelless hero/heroin needed in this movie to keep one glued to one's seat (or carpet, in my case). It's all about the script, dialogues, acting and no nonsense execution.
The movie is about a terrorist threat of a serial bomb blasts in Mumbai if the government doesn't release 4 terrorists and how the cops deal with the situation. There have been several movies with the same plot 90% of which none would bother to watch. However this one is different. There is no dialogue baazi and cheap patriotism lecturing. In my humble opinion hindi movies dealing with the topic of terrorism should stay away from lecturing on patriotism and fingerpointing the foreign governments since, most of the recent terrorist acts have been committed by home grown terrorists (a "Made In India" product we could have lived without).
Anyway, unlike the movie I am straying from the topic.
What keeps the proceedings engrossing?
- Script: a taut script that stays on the topic all the time. However, the screenplay is sprinkled with some hindi expletives that may not be go down well with everyone.
- Acting: This movie is about Kher and Shah (think de Niro and Al Pacino in Heat). Anupam Kher as a commissionar/IG has acted really well. He breathes intensity in the movie. Naseerudding Shah has a great role that he executes effortlessly. Other guys have decent supporting roles and they do their jobs well.
- Execution, editing, length: On the money! 2 hrs length and one will never get the urge to fast forward.
Worth a watch!
