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| A Wednesday |
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| Type of Movie |
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Drama |
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Hindi |
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05/09/2008 |
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Posted on
9/8/2008 10:02:18 PM
by
rene
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Yesterday when I was driving back home listening to music on 95 fm my parents called me to tell me to drop by directly at Waves. If it’s a movie- there is no choice (by default it’s a yes…it has to be!). Mid way I gave them a missed call because my curiosity was going higher with every red light. “A Wednesday” said my momma’s booming voice and I realised it would have been better if I had not asked because I had not even seen the trailers for this ‘anonymous’ movie( ok…every movie I haven’t heard about is “anonymous”!) and I had no idea what to expect. Consequently there were no expectations, no assumptions and no ideas. But after the movie, I meditated for quite long over what exactly a ‘review’ meant. I didn’t quite like the movie and I was wondering if ‘criticism’ (here I mean the negative one!) counts! Finally I consoled myself by saying “every one is entitled to their own point of view” and affixed myself in front of my computer to write ‘my views’( mark this please!) about this movie.
The movie is narrated as a flash back when Prakash Rathod (Anupam Kher) begins to reminisce about an even that occurred one odd wednesday after he had received a call from an unknown caller (Naseruddin Shah) informing him that he had planted bombs at five strategic positions in Mumbai and if his demands were not heeded, he would blow them exactly by 6:30 that evening. This sends the entire police force into a jiffy and they try to collate all their resources to combat this impending disaster. It is set in the backdrop of the Mumbai blasts and the movie goes on till the caller is tracked and identified and further actions resume. How it happens is what you’d discover and since I’m expected to maintain the sanctity of a ‘thriller’ I’d not say anything beyond this.
Some big names floating around- Naseruddin shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Bashir and the genre was thriller, drama. The combination made me feel motivated enough for at least a few minutes after the movie started to sit adamantly perched on my seat in the second row. However the excitement soon drained out when for quite some time, I felt like I was groping amidst a labyrinth. There were too many simultaneous tales that were introduced and it took me some time to put two and two together and complete the jig-saw. Now about the ‘drama’ bit…yes there is enough “naatak” and if you’re going for this one. After I got the hang of the movie…there was another problem…since I knew it was a thriller I knew the tale couldn’t have been simplistic and I started anticipating the ‘surprise twists’. Sadly so, they were just what I had thought and from there on I grew quite disinterested. I don’t like preachy movies and I felt this was one of those ones. It reminded me of those cliché essays on saving the environment that I wrote in class 10 saying “we should all come together, join hands and save the trees” and all of that. This is all about why I was dissatisfied with the movie (barring the fact that Naeruddin Shah and others were brilliant and essayed their parts very convincingly) but since I’ am an unprejudiced person I’d add my father’s remark-“I really liked the movie”. Quite contrary to my expectations, the theatre was fully occupied and it had broken into full blown crowd applause after Naseruddin Shah’s astounding speech in the end. So I think it should suffice to say- watch it…to decide for yourself!
It’s a short movie without any songs yet it manages to keep the audience interested (if you’re not thinking ahead, contemplating over the twists just like I was.). It is serious cinema and if you’re looking for an off-beat film with a social message this one is the pick for you. Needless to say, the acting and direction is flawless. It is motivational and it instils hope…after all life is not all that grim and bleak.
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| Producer | | : Shital Bhatia
: Ronnie Screwvala
: Anjum Rizvi |
| Music Composer | | : Sanjoy Chowdhury |
| Cinematographer | | : Fuwad Khan |
| Editor | | : Shree Narayan Singh |
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indiatimes.com" A Wednesday is one of those rare variety films about which one can't discuss much despite a strong desire for it could hamper your viewing experience as an unapprised audience. It's a film one wants to rave liberally about but even then you can't conveniently converse on the instances of acclaim since those are the moments of surreptitious surprise held in reserve by the director. It's the kind of film that is discussed in detail once it acquires the cult status..."
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