I would say that this title "brilliant day in life of bollywood" suits the title of my review on this film as you might have realised that it had become almost routine and habitual that week after week we were kept being fed same old filmy stuff on the old filmy formulas of romance.
Slapstick humour and mindless scriptless stuff but as you know that myths and routines are meant to be broken so for last three weeks we have had films that makes film viewers proud and satisfied that he has had value for his hard earned money so first we had mumbai meri jaan which looked at psycholical effects of bomb blast in humane manner, then we had a sensitive take on friendships and ambitions called rock on and now we have a gem called a wednesday.
Which brings yet another different take on terrorism and its effects which makes the day film was concieved so brilliant so what makes this film so brilliant that it has good script, excellent gripping screenplay, good direction, editing and excellent dialogues which are backed by brilliant acting and another plus point of this film is that it is only 100 minutes long which makes it thrilling and watchable as it is bereft of any unnecessary songs and item numbers so my suggestion is go watch it as I promise you that you will like it
Story
The film is the story of police commissioner prakash(anupam) kher whose life changes when an unknown man (nasseruddin shah) calls him on his cellphone and says that he has planted bombs in different locations of city and proves that this is not a crank call by putting a bomb in a police station so after he is taken seriously by police he reveals that he wants release of four dreaded terrorists in exchange of information of bombs and so police decide to catch him but it is not that easy as that person is technologically and tactically superior with all latest gadgets at his disposal and also is monitoring all the developments through.
A tv reporter naina(deepal shaw) so commissioner after accepting his helplessness decides to follow the instructions of that man and hence decides to enlist the help of his two trusted officers jai singh(aamir bashir) and hot headed arif(jimmy) to complete the mission and what follows is a cat and mouse chase which culminates in manner you would not have imagined which is what makes this film unique
Comment. I think what makes this film excellent is that it passes comments on administration and police in a subtle manner and shows that common people can take law in their own hands if police dont pull up their socks
Good parts
1-the scene where nasserudin shah calmly drinks tea while police whom he has threatened are looking desperately for him
2-the climax
3-the scene where aarif thrases pervert cop
4-the scene where an hindu actor tells commissioner that he is in minority as industry is dominated by khans
5-the scene where reporter naina gives a breaking news of a drunk man surviving a electric shock
weak parts
1-the film doesnt explain how an common man gets so many gadgets and rdx unnoticed
2-why there are no others news channels other than only one as news nowadays spreds like wildfire
performance
commisioner prakash-anupam kher is brilliant and in top form as an worried commissioner
common man-nasserrudin shah is the star of the film with his brilliant acting whose impact is increased ten times thanks to his eyes and body language
arif-jimmy shergill is restrained as hot headed arif and shows he can act
jai-aamir bashir is good in a small role as honest inspector jai
naina-deepal shaw is good as an inane reporter naina*