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Black Friday (2004) -- Black Friday is Anurag Kashyap's on screen adaptation of S. Hussain Zaidi's well known book. It's the story of investigations that took place following the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in 1993 in Bombay.

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Director:
Writers:
Anurag Kashyap (screenplay)
Hussain Zaidi (book)
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Release Date:
9 February 2007 (India) more
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The story of the Bombay bomb blasts
Plot:
Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen. | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
User Comments:
Arguably the greatest Indian movie ever made... more (34 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kay Kay Menon ... Rakesh Maria
Pavan Malhotra ... Tiger Memon
Aditya Srivastava ... Badshah Khan
Dibyendu Bhattacharya ... Yeda Yakub
Kishore Kadam ... Dangle
Gajraj Rao ... Dawood Phanse
Zakir Hussain ... Nand Kumar Chougale
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Imtiaz Ali ... Yakub Memon
Raj Arjun ... Nasir Deklu
Ragesh Asthana ... Mohammad Dossa
Sushovan Banerjee ... Abhay Zarapkar
Asif Basra ... Shanawaz Qureshi
Aditya Bhattacharya ... Sheikh Aziz
Uday Chandra ... Old Neighbour at Al Hussaini
Raj Singh Chaudhary ... Mushtaq tarani (as Raja Choudhary)
Aliya Curmally ... Shabana Memon
Suresh Dubey ... Sabir
Sanjay Gandhi ... DCP K.L. Bishnoi
Bharat Ganeshpure ... Bomb squad member
Manoj Goyal ... Qullu Mohammed Khan
Ashraf Ul Haq ... Bashir Khan
Milind Inamdar ... Mohamed Iqbal
Pankaj Jha ... Anwar Theba
Ravi Kale ... Sawant
Anurag Kashyap ... ISI Man
Pratima Kazmi ... Badshah's mother
Arbaaz Ali Khan ... Javed Chikna
Sarfaraz Khan ... Taxi Driver at Princess Street Flyover
Ashok Lokhande ... Sub Inspector at Navpada Police Station
Vijay Maurya ... Dawood Ibrahim
Loveleen Mishra ... Newstrack Interviewer
Arindam Mitra ... M.V. Ramani
Pranay Narayan ... Imtiaz Ghavate
Nowaz ... Asgar Mukadam (as Nawazuddin)
Bobby Parvez ... Rakesh Khurana
Sharad Ponkshe ... Anup Painath
Ajai Rohilla ... R.K. Singh
Sujata Sehgal ... Mafeesa Khan
Happy Sharma ... Sardar Khan
Murli Sharma ... Virendra Vani
Jeetendra Shastri ... Salim Phansopkar
Jeetu Shastri ... Tainur
Raju Shrestha ... Parvas Shaikh
Savi Sidhu ... A.S. Samra
Suresh Singh ... Majid Khan
Sachin Suvarna ... Shoaib Ghansore
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Runtime:
143 min | Switzerland:161 min (Locarno Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Factual errors: In the scene before the first blast at the Bombay Stock Exchange, one of the extras at the right of the screen is seen wearing a soccer jersey of the club Real Madrid which says "Beckham - 23". This is factually incorrect because Beckham only moved to Real Madrid in 2003, while the blasts occurred in 1993. more
Quotes:
Rakesh Maria: Asgar Mukadam?
[Asgar murmurs an affirmation]
Rakesh Maria: Sit straight! Since when have you been working with Tiger Memon?
Asgar Mukadam: One year.
Rakesh Maria: What do you know about him?
Asgar Mukadam: Sir, I was merely a manager there.
Rakesh Maria: One year is long enough to become a hood from a manager.
Asgar Mukadam: Sir I only used to keep accounts.
Rakesh Maria: But you just said you were a manager! Look Asgar, I haven't eaten anything since morning... My head is hurting and I'm hungry... If you dont talk, I will make you do so! Tiger smuggles Silver, doesn't he? What else does he do?
[Silence]
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When is the movie getting released in India?
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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Arguably the greatest Indian movie ever made..., 28 April 2007
10/10
Author: Dhritiman Batchu from India

I remember watching the trailers of Black Friday a couple of years ago and making it a point to watch it.Never before has anyone dared to approach such a controversial issue so blatantly,which is probably why it worked.The events that are depicted in this movie shook not only the city of Bombay but the nation as a whole.To add to the documentary-like look at the blasts of '93,director Anurag Kashyap has done a brilliant job of elucidating moving,intense performances from fine actors like Kay Kay Menon and Aditya Srivastava. Technically, Black Friday is more visionary than most Hindi movies ever made.It did not have exotic locations,an ensemble star cast of the most high profile actors in the industry,or an unlimited budget,all of which are necessities for an Indian movie.The use of complex Steadicam shots,slow motion and hand-held cameras really put the movie into a different perspective.The use of lighting in situations such as the interrogations being bathed in red light also helped set the mood required to really go into the depths of all the stories of the main characters which have been intricately woven together with finesse. Hats off to Mr. Anurag Kashyap for bringing such a fine piece of art to Indian cinema.Seems like the time spent with Mr. Mani Ratnam,the greatest Indian director ever to get behind a camera,is paying off.This is evident in the tinge of patriotism and realism portrayed.Personally i hope guys with vision like this continue bringing quality to Indian cinema.It really needs it.

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