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at 08:44:44 am on September 21, 2008
Watched ‘A Wednesday’ and to say that I was glued to my seat would be an understatement. Nasserudin Shah seldom fails in films that have a good script and screenplay, and he makes sure that he doesn’t let you down here. This film is a definite watch for 1) Nasser-saab and 2) the film itself.
Reel Life – One fine morning a man makes a call to the top cop of the city and tells him that he has planted bombs all over Mumbai, and an evidence of this is a bomb planted at the town police station. He means business. His calls cannot be traced, his control on his demands, negotiations are impeccable. What does the man want? The release of ruthless and shameless terrorist who have been arrested with regard to various actual bomb blasts across India. The police have no choice but to let these guys free and all they have to do is send two policemen across with them to an unused runway and leave them near a bench and walk away. The man insist that two policemen MUST walk away and once they are back in their vehicle, he needs to know that the policemen have left the scene. Only then will he tell the top cop the location of the bombs. As requested the two policemen drop the terrorist at the specified location and leave. Everyone is happy, and without giving much of this away, Mumbai does not get blown up.
Real Life – this was a very thought provoking film. I perhaps do not agree with what the protagonist did, or his method, but a part within agreed with the man. A character in the film says that it takes our country “10 years to solve a case. Now a days, one does not know if it is safe to be able to wear a (Muslim) cap and/or grow a beard. He is scared that if were to start a business, the name of his business will subject him to be a victim of some people. He wants to know is it that some mother-f&^%er gets to end his life one fine day by simply pressing a button. Why is it that the common man stands for this?’. Honestly, very honestly ‘who has given these fanatics, ignorant people the right to turn the living into dead, and more importantly how can we allow these people to represent our religions?’. This question here is my message to my readers. We need to stand up, within our own families, friends, work-places and keep drilling it in, that these people who kill in the name of religions are NOT Christians, Muslims, Hindus or any other religions. Keep saying it, and in doing so, you will be contributing towards destroying the hatred that we have for these religions’.
Cinematically – Well shot. Anupam Kher was ok, I personally think he is a very over-rated actor. He does what is expected out of him. Nasser is on some other level. He excels with his dialogues, emotions and body language. I really loved this man in the film. There are no songs – Yaaay! Jimmy Shergill was wasted, but does justice to the small role- nothing great.
Finally – go watch it, go watch it, go watch it. A very good film. I do not encourage you to do what the characters do, but I ask you to understand that the terrorist do not belong to a religion. Switch on your TV, and look at any new channel who basically glorify these bombings and wars, and just tell yourself that these terrorist do not belong to any of OUR religions.
My name is Tagore Almeida. I live in Dubai, and am a part-time script writer, street-poet and humanitarian. Read more about my humanitarian group at The Uncultured Company
Yeah shoot them down. it’s not their fault its the preaching fault. some says the book is wrong. so wht one can do abt it?