A Wednesday

Major Stars:
Naseeruddin Shah- Anonymous
Anupam Kher- Prakash Rathod- Commissioner of Police
Jimmy Shergill- Arif Khan- Anti-Terrorism Squad Officer
Deepal Shaw- Naina Roy- Television Journalist
Aamir Bashir- Jai Pratap Singh- Officer

Genre:
The film presents a slightly different genre than the typical style of a Bollyood movie. Relatively short at two hours, A Wednesday has no songs, and is similar in style to Western suspense thrillers, with the majority of the focus being directed on the interaction between the two main characters. Instead of focusing on dramatic action scenes, the film presents a more intelligent perspective on the topic of terrorism than is usually seen in Bollywood films.

Synopsis:
A Wednesday is a dramatic thriller that has you on the edge of your seat from start to end. The film grips the audience from the start, as an anonymous man (Naseeruddin Shah) calls up Commissioner of Police (Anupam Kher) with the announcement that there are six bombs planted throughout Mumbai, threatening to kill hundreds of innocent civilians unless he his demands are met. The film follows the psychological action between the two main characters, with Shah carefully carrying out his plan, and Kher employing his team of well-trained and well-equipped officials to react to every to every move.
The plot summary must end there, so as not to disclose any details that might reveal the ending of the film, which is a pleasant surprise based on the events leading up to the climax. After high levels of suspense and a few action scenes have kept viewers following the plot, Shah concludes the movie with an emotionally moving monologue that presents the intellectual and social commentary that is apparent in Bollywood films. -Atul Soni