A Wednesday !
Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Release date | 5 September 2008 |
| Running time | 1hr 39min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Anupam Kher Jimmy Sheirgill Aamir Bashir Deepal Shaw |
| Directed by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Written by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Shital Bhatia Anjum Rizvi |
| Cinematography by | Fuwad Khan |
| Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Music by | Sanjoy Chowdhury |
| Production Company | Friday Filmworks Anjum Rizvi Film Company |
| Distributor | UTV Motion Pictures |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹12 crore |
Cast & Characters:
- Naseeruddin Shah as “The Common Man”
- Anupam Kher as Prakash Rathod, Commissioner of Mumbai Police
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Inspector Arif Khan, ATS
- Aamir Bashir as Inspector Jai Pratap Singh
- Deepal Shaw as Naina Roy, UTV Journalist
- Parag Tyagi as Inspector Aakash Duraivanshi
- Alok Narula as Raj Sharma; Naina Roy’s Cameraman
- Rohitash Gaud as Ikhlaque Ahmed (A terrorist)
- Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Ibrahim Khan (A terrorist)
- Mukesh S Bhatt as Khurshid lala (A terrorist)
- Vije Bhatia as Mohd. Zaheer (A terrorist)
- Chetan Pandit as Chief Minister Sunil Nigvekar
- Rajendra Chawla as Jaishankar Tiwary; Chief Minister’s Assistant
- Gaurav Kapoor as Arjun Khanna (Actor); Special Appearance
- Virendra Saxena as Officer In-Charge (O.C) Baburao Patil at Colaba Police Station.
- Snehal Dabi as Shambhu a.k.a. Electric Baba
- Aayam Mehta as Shankar Patil; Chief Minister’s Assistant
- Apurva Mehrotra as Anuj Sharma; The Hacker
- Shakti Bharti as Inspector Jai Pratap Singh’s wife
- Vicky Ahuja as a middleman who supplied RDX
- Namrata Sawhney as The Common Man’s wife (voice over)
Storyline:
An unnamed man threatens to blow up the city of Mumbai if four particular militants are not released by the police. Desperate to find the mysterious man and save the city, the Mumbai Police begin a citywide search.
About Movie:
A Wednesday! is a Hindi action thriller written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher and is set in a tense timeframe between 2 PM and 6 PM on a Wednesday.
A Wednesday! was critically acclaimed upon its release, praised for its tight screenplay, direction, and powerful performances by Shah and Kher. The film emerged as a commercial success and was granted tax exemption in Maharashtra. It won several awards, including the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 56th National Film Awards.
The film was remade in Tamil as Unnaipol Oruvan and in Telugu as Eenadu, both released in 2009. Additionally, it was adapted into an English-language Sri Lankan film titled A Common Man in 2013.
Overall, A Wednesday! stands out for its thought-provoking narrative that addresses themes of terrorism, justice, and moral ambiguity, making it a significant entry in Indian cinema.