An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind – Mahatma Gandhi
I watched the censored version of Black Friday a couple of days back. I have been thinking of why it was banned. It was said that it will bias public opinion in favor of the charge-sheeted offenders. Will it?
Since eternity, all wars/battles have been master minded by some and executed by several others. These several others are made to believe that they are fighting for a cause. That the cause is greatest cause one can fight for. At times, its revenge for the brotherhood, at other occasions, it might be a struggle for existence and survival. But the cause is always fair. Wars shall cease to exist if people believed in Gandhigiri – someone slaps you on one cheek, offer him the other cheek for slapping. Keep doing it till he is tired, confused, and shocked out of his wits and that's precisely when his thinking becomes clear. That's when he would apologize and seek mercy.
Does that mean once my sanity is restored, I should justify the reasons for the fight and the motives of the offender? Hmmm… I don't quite think so.
Black Friday is a very well researched and well made movie(?). I would rather classify it as a documentary. Or, the serialization of history as shown on History Channel. The bottomline remains – it's a great movie.
But that does not take anything away from the star-cast full of enraged, confused, frustrated, cheated, lost common people.
Pawan comes up with a truly superlative performance. And Kay Kay comes up with another good restrained and underplayed performance. All the other supporting actors have done justice to their role.
The movie has its comic real life moments as well. Imtiyaaz Ghavate chase which goes on for a long time, and the policeman eventually saying "Ae Imtiyaaz! Yaar ruk ja yaar!" and the shot where a hungry Kay Kay peels off a banana to eat and a hungry constable walks in.
The screenplay is realistic and gripping. The editing is slick and fast paced. Cinematography is just what it should be – scratchy, real, and not with a lot of jazz. The real footage shown from the then Newstrack videos adds the element of nostalgia.
Music – Indian Ocean don't need a mention. Bandeh is the probably the pick of the lot. But its an album you can keep for the keeps.
Vote- Watch it. Unless you are a pig headed religious captain who cannot absorb reality the way it is. It's a must watch.
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