It's been a long time since i wrote a review for a movie.. not that i haven't seen any good [or bad ] movies lately, but mostly because, i didn't have any thing to say, that hadn't been said already.
but after seeing wednesday, i thought to myself here is a movie that speaks it's mind, has an opinion, and asks the common man to take a stand, and speak up, a movie that deserves an opinion, deserves to be talked about, and deserves a review.
it's not a brilliantly made movie..
it's about a certain wednesday, when a common man , decides to take justice in his hand and plant bombs across the length and breadth of mumbai , and in the police head quarters none the less, ala terrorist style. and terrorist style , his demand is to free four former al quaida men... but the twist in the tail is when he blows them up sky high !!
so what is so wonderful..
1 the name.. it is uninspiring, and common, an ordinary day..much the way ,these life altering days come on ordinary days. life altering saturdays in delhi lately for example. the movie is not called 'hamari jung' or 'revenge' or some equally commanding tiitle. but it's brilliantly subtle.
2. the movie is blatantly non gandhi. In a land where we are asked to turn the other cheek when we are slapped, here is a movie which says to give a resounding one back . sure there will be retaliation , in the form of more bombings, but then the situation would not be any different than it already is now..
atleast that is what the movie says...
we have movies made earlier on the resilience of the public, and the spirit to move on, but here is a film , which categorically states that we are resilient by force and not by choice becuse we have a living to make, and families to care for. and tht is true, it is not a sign of bravado that train commuters climbed back into the very same blasted mumbai locals, but they had no other choice.
it shakes you, makes you wonder what would you do in such a situation..
i didn't have these issues with rang de basanti..i would have gone right ahead and done what aamir khan and the gang did..
but i would love to know what people would do.. rationally.. kill a few terrorists in prison, and risk the wrath of the free terrorists on other innocents?? do a wednesday ?? or sit and tolerate??
as i said it's a brave film , because it is so blatant..
recently i saw dark knight, the bat man movie , and their in a similar situation , the common people do not blow up the convicts... and we all know that Americans of all people are not the forgiving types..
so maybe wednesday makes an impact, because of it's novelty, it's radical.
but you need one radical, do deal with another radical.