A Wednesday
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Genre: World cinema, Action/Adventure, Musical, Bollywood, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: India
Language: Hindi Language
Starring: Anupam Kher, Deepal Shaw, Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Bashir, Naseeruddin Shah, Snehal Dabi, Vijay Bhatia, Chetan Pandit, Rajendra Chawla, Rohitash Gaud
A Wednesday! is a 2008 Indian thriller drama film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. It stars Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead roles. Set between 2 pm to 6 pm on a Wednesday, the film depicts an about-to-retire police commissioner narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday. They do not exist in any written record, but only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, both willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people.
The film was sleeper hit at the box office grossing over Rs. 34 crores. Despite its low hype, it was a box office success due to critical acclaim and positive word of mouth. Critics credited the movie for its effective storyline and particularly its twist ending. Subsequently, it won a number of awards including the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director at the 56th National Film Awards.
The film opens with Mumbai police commissioner Prakash Rathod (Anupam Kher) resting after a jog, describing in a voice-over that he is going to retire the following day. He goes on to describe the most challenging case he faced in his career.
The film
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