Movie Review: A Wednesday

Director: Neeraj Pandey
Producer: Anjum Rizvi, Shital Bhatia
Genre: Action / Thriller
Language: Hindi
Writer: Neeraj Panday
Cast: Anupam Kher, Aamir Bashir, Deepal Shaw, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajpal Yadav, Jimmy Shergill

A Wednesday is an intelligent diatribe against terrorism, refreshingly packaged as a racy thriller, reminiscent of the Diehard series. Not only the movie’s theme, but also its star cast is impressive, comprising highly experienced and talented actors like Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah along with Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Bashir and Deepal Shaw in vital roles. No sub-plots, no songs, no unwanted masala, no unnecessary tracks — A Wednesday has a story to tell and it tells most effectively.

A phone call from a mysterious caller about bombs that he has placed in five different places in Mumbai, has the cops scampering to catch the man. The mysterious caller holds the cops to ransom and threatens to blow up the city if five dreaded terrorists are not handed over to him at the prescribed place. Anupam Kher is not the type to give up easily. He gets a team of his best men together and taps all his resources. He even hires a young hacker to help his team trace the calls and also the location of the anonymous caller. Time passes by, but no concrete results are evident. Eventually, Anupam Kher decides to hand over the militants to the anonymous caller. It is then that events take a bizarre turn.