Black Friday
No spoilers ahead. Read on..
A true Indian ocean fan that I am, if not for anything else, I had wanted to watch 'Black Friday' for past two years - just for its music. That explains my going for a 10:45pm show, that too on a Monday night! Cold,-foggy-night, three people on a bike-with-no-headlamp, a great deal of work piled up in the office, post-movie dense fog and the drizzle. Trust me, the movie was worth everything. It is.
I don’t think the movie needs any introduction. So here are some of the points that I obsrved. Anurag Kasyap, the scriptwriter dude of two of the excellent bollywood movies Satya and Kaun has done an excellent job as the director. Major research must have gone into making this movie - for the simple fact that he hasn’t changed any of the names of people involved in the Mumbai serial blasts. So what if it had to wait for more than 2 long years! IMO, it is one of the most realistic Indian movies ever made. It has a brilliant documentarish feel to it. I haven’t read S. Hussain Zaidi's book so far, but I am sure Anurag hasn’t altered too many things.
Music is wonderful. Pawan Malhotra (Tiger Memon) and Kay kay Menon (The Police Investigator) have performed exceptionally well. So has Aditya Shrivastava, who plays Badshah Khan. The movie seems slightly slow at times, but I give it to Anurag, for he has done justice to these 3 characters by showcasing their mindsets beautifully.
Another point to note is that the movie isn’t biased. Hindus, Muslims and the Police were all fucked up at that time, no doubt. That is exactly what has been shown in the movie. And it is not a simple task, if you think about it.
Background music is dominated by Rahul Ram's magical Bass Guitar. He is by far the most talented bassists around. He defines True International class. I hope Indian Ocean gets a little more attention because of the advertising of Black Friday on TV. Some of the chaps in the office seem to be majorly impressed with this New (???) band called Indian Ocean. Good good!
And that graffiti on the police station cell wall and that chase sequence... they have managed to catch even the minutest details.
Direction - 08/10
Music - 10/10
Overall - 08/10
A must watch. Forget Salam-E-Ishqs and the Traffic Signals. Go grab the tickets for the next show - who knows, some of the morons in this country might make the movie disappear from the theaters for god-knows-what reasons.
A true Indian ocean fan that I am, if not for anything else, I had wanted to watch 'Black Friday' for past two years - just for its music. That explains my going for a 10:45pm show, that too on a Monday night! Cold,-foggy-night, three people on a bike-with-no-headlamp, a great deal of work piled up in the office, post-movie dense fog and the drizzle. Trust me, the movie was worth everything. It is.
I don’t think the movie needs any introduction. So here are some of the points that I obsrved. Anurag Kasyap, the scriptwriter dude of two of the excellent bollywood movies Satya and Kaun has done an excellent job as the director. Major research must have gone into making this movie - for the simple fact that he hasn’t changed any of the names of people involved in the Mumbai serial blasts. So what if it had to wait for more than 2 long years! IMO, it is one of the most realistic Indian movies ever made. It has a brilliant documentarish feel to it. I haven’t read S. Hussain Zaidi's book so far, but I am sure Anurag hasn’t altered too many things.
Music is wonderful. Pawan Malhotra (Tiger Memon) and Kay kay Menon (The Police Investigator) have performed exceptionally well. So has Aditya Shrivastava, who plays Badshah Khan. The movie seems slightly slow at times, but I give it to Anurag, for he has done justice to these 3 characters by showcasing their mindsets beautifully.
Another point to note is that the movie isn’t biased. Hindus, Muslims and the Police were all fucked up at that time, no doubt. That is exactly what has been shown in the movie. And it is not a simple task, if you think about it.
Background music is dominated by Rahul Ram's magical Bass Guitar. He is by far the most talented bassists around. He defines True International class. I hope Indian Ocean gets a little more attention because of the advertising of Black Friday on TV. Some of the chaps in the office seem to be majorly impressed with this New (???) band called Indian Ocean. Good good!
And that graffiti on the police station cell wall and that chase sequence... they have managed to catch even the minutest details.
Direction - 08/10
Music - 10/10
Overall - 08/10
A must watch. Forget Salam-E-Ishqs and the Traffic Signals. Go grab the tickets for the next show - who knows, some of the morons in this country might make the movie disappear from the theaters for god-knows-what reasons.
posted by Ojas at 8:45 AM
3 Comments:
I think Indian Ocean is a bit under used in the movie, but still the music rcks!!
Also, the guy who plays the toturing police officer plays a great role.
thx for the review :) shall watch sumday... i dnt even rememba the last movie i watched :( gawwwdd its killing me now..
Hey!I truly agree with the morons funda.....Wats a movie ....when these guys can get teenagers married on V day! LOL
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