#1 A Wednesday

Director: Neeraj Pandey
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Sheirgill, Aamir Bashir

A Wednesday isn't in those conventional potboiler categories where a hero goes fighting single-handedly against the villains or munificent cinematic liberties are attempted to accomplish an assignment.

At the very beginning we got to clarify that ‘A Wednesday’ is not a film based on the Mumbai train blasts or a sequel to ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ which too was about the blasts that rocked the city two years ago.

The film is blessed with fine performances with Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher topping the list as competent opponents. Jimmy Sheirgill and Aamir Bashir as fellow officers are equally adept and gracefully natural. Deepal Shaw as a news TV reporter is quite capable and her voice is dubbed with a typical accent characteristic of the profession.

This short, one and a half hour film, has a tight script which would not divert your attention from the silver screen for a split second. Director Neeraj Pandey has filmed some mind-blowing sequences and surely has a creative vision which would help him make a name amongst the top directors of Bollywood pretty soon.

If you were to choose one movie to watch from last year, then this is the one.

A Wednesday Movie Trailer