Mumbai Police Commissioner Prakash Rathod (Anupam Kher) gets a phone call from an unidentified person (Naseeruddin Shah) who claims to have planted five bombs in the city and in return of disclosing their location, he wants to secure the release of four terrorists. Will the police give in to his demands? Have they really understood the situation?
No scenic locations, no songs- just simple business. Strong script and story don't let your attention wander away. Every scene is believable and is devoid of the exaggeration Bollywood is known for. This movie is Neeraj Pandey's directorial debut for which he won a national award.
Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah, both being senior actors have added life to their roles and their craft is put to good use. Jimmy Shergill played the role of the dreaded inspector Arif Khan and he did a good job in getting in the right body language for his role. Aamir Bashir plays the role of the dedicated Inspector Jai Pratap Singh and he does justice to his role too.
The movie's running time is about 100 minutes and the second last call between the commissioner and the unidentified person lasts for roughly 10 minutes. The whole movie was made for those ten minutes and it's so impactful that many spoofs have been made on that scene. Naseeruddin Shah proved that nobody else would have been able to execute the role with that level of precision. I don't want to write more about it since it forms the crux of the film and it's better you guys watch it and form your opinion about it.
The movie is truly a hope for Indian cinema as even though it was made on a small budget and had low hype, it was a critical and commercial success.
| Directed by | Neeraj Pandey |
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| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Shital Bhatia Anjum Rizvi |
| Screenplay by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Story by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Starring | Anupam Kher Naseeruddin Shah Jimmy Shergill Deepal Shaw Aamir Bashir |
| Music by | Sanjoy Chowdhury |
This movie is UDAY-CERTIFIED !!
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