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'''''A Wednesday!''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Neeraj Pandey]].<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saif-katrinas-phantom-to-akshays-baby-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-terrorism-on-screen/1/461132.html "Saif's Phantom to Akshay's Baby: How Bollywood has dealt with terrorism on screen"], ''India Today''. Retrieved 27 August 2015.</ref> It stars [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Anupam Kher]]. Set between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday,<ref name=red/> the film depicts an about-to-retire [[police commissioner]] (Anupam Kher) narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday. There does not exist any written record. The awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people. It inspired the Tamil and Telugu simultaneously made films ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film)|Unnaipol Oruvan]]'' and ''[[Eeenadu]]'' (both 2009), and the Sri Lankan English film ''[[A Common Man (film)|A Common Man]]'' (2013). | '''''A Wednesday!''''' released on 5 September 2008 is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Neeraj Pandey]].<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saif-katrinas-phantom-to-akshays-baby-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-terrorism-on-screen/1/461132.html "Saif's Phantom to Akshay's Baby: How Bollywood has dealt with terrorism on screen"], ''India Today''. Retrieved 27 August 2015.</ref> Though a work of fiction, the script was inspired by the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In fact, the incidents that followed the bombings were used as details in the plot. After finishing the script, Pandey sent it to Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah, who were his only choice for the two principal characters. It stars [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Anupam Kher]]. Set between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday,<ref name=red/> the film depicts an about-to-retire [[police commissioner]] (Anupam Kher) narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday. There does not exist any written record. The awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people. It inspired the Tamil and Telugu simultaneously made films ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film)|Unnaipol Oruvan]]'' and ''[[Eeenadu]]'' (both 2009), and the Sri Lankan English film ''[[A Common Man (film)|A Common Man]]'' (2013). | ||
The film, made at a small budget, was a [[sleeper hit]] at the box office grossing over Rs. 120 million worldwide.{{cn|date=May 2021}} Despite its low promotion, it was a box office success due to critical acclaim and positive word-of-mouth. [[Box Office India]] declared it a hit. Critics praised the movie for its effective storyline and its twist ending. Subsequently, it won a number of awards including the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[56th National Film Awards]]. | The film, made at a small budget, was a [[sleeper hit]] at the box office grossing over Rs. 120 million worldwide.{{cn|date=May 2021}} Despite its low promotion, it was a box office success due to critical acclaim and positive word-of-mouth. [[Box Office India]] declared it a hit. Critics praised the movie for its effective storyline and its twist ending. Subsequently, it won a number of awards including the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[56th National Film Awards]]. | ||
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[[Mumbai]] police commissioner Prakash Rathod ([[Anupam Kher]]), resting after a jog, describes in a [[voice-over]] that he is going to retire the following day. He goes on to describe the most challenging case he faced in his career. | [[Mumbai]] police commissioner Prakash Rathod ([[Anupam Kher]]), resting after a jog, describes in a [[voice-over]] that he is going to retire the following day. He goes on to describe the most challenging case he faced in his career. | ||
An unnamed man ([[Naseeruddin Shah]]) carries a travel bag, assumed to contain explosives, in the [[Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] railway station and proceeds to hide the bag in the restroom of a [[police station]] opposite to the [[Mumbai Police]] headquarters. He then arrives on the rooftop of a building under construction where he has set up his base of operations, equipped with several sim cards, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets. He calls Rathod and informs him that he has placed five bombs in locations throughout Mumbai and has programmed them to explode simultaneously within four hours unless the Commissioner gives in to his demands and releases four [[Insurgent|militants]]. | An unnamed man ([[Naseeruddin Shah]]) carries a travel bag, assumed to contain explosives, in the [[Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] railway station and proceeds to hide the bag in the restroom of a [[police station]] opposite to the [[Mumbai Police]] headquarters. He then arrives on the rooftop of a building under construction where he has set up his base of operations, equipped with several sim cards, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets. He calls Rathod and informs him that he has placed five bombs in locations throughout Mumbai and has programmed them to explode simultaneously within four hours unless the Commissioner gives in to his demands and releases four [[Insurgent|militants]]. Rathod immediately alerts his team involved in intelligence research and surveillance, tapping all the available resources to trace the location of the caller. Meanwhile, the caller tips off television news reporter Naina Roy ([[Deepal Shaw]]), telling her to reach the police headquarters immediately as it is going to be "the most important day of her life". Rathod initially suspects the anonymous caller is bluffing, but his doubts are dispelled as the caller, to prove his seriousness and the police force's helplessness, reveals that a bomb has been planted in the Colaba Police Station right across the Police Headquarter. He further scares them by calling the cell phone attached to the bomb but does not detonate the bomb. Just then Roy reaches the scene on the caller's instructions and reports about the situation. | ||
As Rathod and his team desperately try to locate the caller, the four militants demanded by the caller are rounded up by police officers Arif ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]) and Jai ([[Aamir Bashir]]). In the meanwhile, police depute a young hacker named Anuj to track the location of the caller. The caller then asks the two police officers to leave the four militants near a bench on a [[Juhu Aerodrome|Juhu Aviation Base]] runway, but Arif leaves only three militants behind and takes one of them captive as he suspects that the caller would not reveal the locations of the bombs even after the militants are released. | As Rathod and his team desperately try to locate the caller, the four militants demanded by the caller are rounded up by police officers Arif ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]) and Jai ([[Aamir Bashir]]). In the meanwhile, police depute a young hacker named Anuj to track the location of the caller. The caller then asks the two police officers to leave the four militants near a bench on a [[Juhu Aerodrome|Juhu Aviation Base]] runway, but Arif leaves only three militants behind and takes one of them, Ibrahim Khan, captive as he suspects that the caller would not reveal the locations of the bombs even after the militants are released. | ||
A phone placed under the bench rings once Arif and Jai are several feet away and an explosion occurs in which the three terrorists perish. Arif relays this information to Rathod, and the anonymous caller reveals he does not belong to any terrorist organization, and his plan was not to free the terrorists but to kill them. The caller sought to avenge all the terrorist attacks they had helped carry out in Mumbai and other major cities of India, specifically the [[2006 Mumbai train bombings]]. His final demand is that the officers kill | A phone placed under the bench rings once Arif and Jai are several feet away and an explosion occurs in which the three terrorists perish. Arif relays this information to Rathod, and the anonymous caller reveals he does not belong to any terrorist organization, and his plan was not to free the terrorists but to kill them. The caller, being just a "stupid common man wanting to clean his house", sought to avenge all the terrorist attacks they had helped carry out in Mumbai and other major cities of India, specifically the [[2006 Mumbai train bombings]]. His final demand is that the officers kill Ibrahim themselves or he would set off all five bombs in Mumbai. Rathod responds by indirectly ordering Arif and Jai to kill Ibrahim and make it look like it was done in self-defence, to evidence which, Jai injures Arif just as Naina arrives at the scene. | ||
After the death of | After the death of Ibrahim is confirmed on the news, the caller calls Rathod for a final time to reveal that he had not planted any other bombs in the city. At this point, Rathod declares he already knew there were no more bombs, hence his decision to kill the last terrorist was not taken in fear but in confidence. Rathod reaches the caller's location with the help of Anuj, just as the caller is leaving the place, having destroyed all his gadgets and equipment. The two meet briefly when Rathod, identifying the anonymous caller on the basis of a face sketch, offers the man a ride home and introduces himself. | ||
In a voiceover, Rathod says the man told him his real name but he does not wish to reveal it since doing so would give away the man's religion. Rathod admits that he knew the caller was disturbed because of the insecure environment and the incompetence of the governing authorities, but he never imagined a common man would go to such lengths to achieve this end. He also notes that the facts of this incident cannot be found in any written record but only in the memories of those who actually witnessed it, and further acknowledges that although the incident has ambiguous moral significance, he personally feels that whatever happened, happened for the best. | In a voiceover, Rathod says the man told him his real name, but he does not wish to reveal it since doing so would give away the man's religion. Rathod admits that he knew the caller was disturbed because of the insecure environment and the incompetence of the governing authorities, but he never imagined a common man would go to such lengths to achieve this end. He also notes that the facts of this incident cannot be found in any written record but only in the memories of those who actually witnessed it, and further acknowledges that although the incident has ambiguous moral significance, he personally feels that whatever happened, happened for the best. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||