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Home > Bollywood Movie Reviews > Black Friday Bang On APK | February 12, 2007 Rating: **** (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Cinematography: SN Subramaniam. Lyrics: Piyush Mishra. Music: Indian Ocean. Screenplay & Direction: Anurag Kashyap. Producer: Arindam Mitra. Banner: Midday & Adlabs Films Ltd. Release Date: 9th February, 2007. Mumbai journalist S. Hussain Zaidi's controversial book about the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993, Black Friday has been captured on celluloid by Anurag Kashyap. After a mighty court battle, the movie finally hit the theatres. The censor cuts are evident, still the movie leaves the viewer zapped. Reconstructing from the book, with help from news channel coverage back in '93, the movie changes no names nor does it try and fictionalize anything. Morbid, grim and absolutely straight forward, Black Friday takes no sides, and recounts the shameful events that rocked the nation.  March 12, 1993 Mumbai (then Bombay) is torn apart when terror strikes and smiles are wiped off people's faces. The serial bomb blasts case is investigated starting from Rakesh Maria (Kay Kay Menon), chief investigating officer. Many arrests later, the bigger fish come out one by one, right from the main accused Tiger Memon (Pawan Malhotra) to Dawood Ibrahim.The way the bomb blasts and its aftermath are captured are just too real. Grotesque, shocking and heart-wrenching, one can almost feel the pain of helpless, innocent victims. The investigation is shot expertly, showing all sides of both the police and the culprits. One particular chase is interesting, while the whole track of Badshah Khan (Aditya Srivastava) is perhaps what makes this movie from being a mere documented version of the facts to something which possesses a soul. The conversation between Rakesh Maria and Badshah Khan when he is caught, the fate of the owner of Stomach restaurant in Bandra and Dawood Ibrahim's track are particularly note-worthy. Editing by Arti Bajaj, artwork and cinematography capture the essence of every location and person involved in the story. The use of real footage from news agencies is also done effectively. Before and after the movie, the quote by the Mahatma 'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind' is just the absolute truth told absolutely well by Kashyap.  In the grim and morbid tale, there is a bit of humor sprinkled on top, which is entirely situational. The music by Indian Ocean, especially the background music has been used fabulously well.Kay Kay Menon as Rakesh Maria gives an amazing performance. He is controlled, grave and at the same time, displays many shades. (After a torture session of one of the accused, he dunks his head into water). Pawan Malhotra as Tiger Memon gives a totally convincing performance. Aditya Srivastava as Badshah Khan is an underrated, underused and extremely talented artist. The other actors, even those that appear for a scene, have all given performances that are real. Arre Rukh Ja Re Bandhe by Indian Ocean just about sums up the emotions of every truly secular mind. The horror of the blasts, the incidents that lead to it and the aftermath; the investigation and the particulars involving it-every aspect has been covered, and done so with an eye for detail and an objective view. It is not a movie for those that are squeamish, for it is a dark tale. But it is a tale that had to be told, and Kashyap does a good job of it. Of course, there are many more faces to it than that meets the eye, but for now, even this much of grey is hard to digest-but one must for the sake of good cinema. |