The movie is about blasts in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1993. It is about how and why they were carried out. It also puts light on the criminals involved and how justice was obtained.I would like to talk about other factors that came to my mind while watching the movie.Consider love of people belonging to Islam. It is great. During the month of Ramzan (18+1+13+26+1+14) it can be seen in their fasting. Only because of few of them going along the wrong path entire community should not be questioned. When I turned to Atheism I felt most appropriate religion to be that of Islam. I mean somebody coming into dreams and all that. Today I am again not an atheist, I feel what we are presented is stretched a lot in religious texts. A movie came 'Exodus: Gods and kings' where events are drawn the way how they could have been in reality (not stretched).It is really commendable Anurag Kashyap brings this sort of cinema to see for general public.Consider the heinous crime of rape, I don't understand how it is possible to have sex with someone when they are not psychologically involved. Thus I conclude it is more of an animal behavior rather than human. People like me cannot do it. I don't understand how those criminals who do it are built psychologically.In the movie I liked how a True Muslim decides to become a witness and helps in police proceedings.The other thing I liked is that the movie is based on writings of a writer who is Muslim.

whats did i say above in the summary is true.this film is based on a novel and real life events of 1993 Bombay blasts the narrative is told in many ways including what happen before the attacks,the aftermath of events & the investigation.the plot:in 1993 a series of blast occurred in Bombay & Indian police launches a hardcore investigation now will the terrorist get caught,will tiger the man behind it gets punishes or not all these answers are in this film.this film is good i mean it the dialogs plus cast specially Aditiya Shrivastava played this character Badshah Khan aka Nisar Khan real great performance by him,Aditiya is known for his Cid TV drama that i very much like.and another man is Kay Kay Menon who plays a cop.this film is long running also includes religious & terrorism themes but still watchable i have seen a lot of films by Anurag Kashyap as he is a very different director he brings something new every time,but here its a little disappointed by his decision in technical department as he wanted to use the red lens for the camera because it makes the film unwatchable at many places as the screen gets filled with red color.overall black Friday 2004 is a film that should be watched at least once despite being a controversial film its enjoyableMy Rating Is 4/10.watch this film

its one of the rare Indian movies which gets better with multiple viewings as u catch more nuances in the performances,lighting,direction et al.the best part about the movie is that it never takes any sides and it is a tall order given the sensitive issue at the crux of the movie.its the only movie which i have seen receiving a standing ovation in an Indian theater.i have watched this many more times since i saw it first and it gets better!its the kinda movie that should be made mandatory viewing for each and everyone in this country thats full of religious fanatics.the movie finds much more resonance now post 26/11.it also shows us(unintentionally)how f***kd up our governance is as the terrorists used the same sea route to wreck havoc at the same city after 15 years.and given our governance(or the lack of it) it mite happen again. @deepali-u should rather stick to candy-floss Bollywood movies.this movie generates conflicting emotions about characters as it tries to mirror the realities of the time and events.it doesn't lionize the police or vilify the terrorists/Pakistan/ISI because it depicts the events exactly the way they unfolded.thats the brilliance of the movie.you sympathize with the terrorist because u can see he is just a pawn in the grander evil schemes of tiger memon(pavan malhotra is electrifying).the movie doesn't lack a goal in fact it has an audacious goal and it achieves it....i.e to not take sides and to be totally objective. its the best Indian movie ever made...period

I watched Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday, a film about the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai and I've decided it's one of the best films I've watched in recent years.The film is based on journalist Hussain Zaidi's heavily researched book by the same name, and what makes Black Friday so controversial - and the reason why it was such a battle to bring this film to screen - is because it takes names. It's a brave film that documents exactly what happened, based on extensive research and interviews. No names have been changed, no imaginary characters have been created. The film centers around police commissioner Rakesh Maria's investigations on the blasts.We learn that the blasts were executed by Tiger Memon on the instruction of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The remarkable thing about this film is that the director makes a concentrated effort to provide us several points of view including those of Rakesh Maria, Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and one of main bombers Baadshah Khan. Now you need to understand, it's never easy doing justice to so many viewpoints, it's always tricky because you tend to suffocate the voice of some characters, while the others get a glowing presence.But that's not the case in Black Friday. Anurag Kashyap manages to tell each character's story quite well and he even succeeds in capturing what's going on in their heads. Just look at the way he translates the restlessness and subsequently the feeling of betrayal that bomber Baadshah Khan feels after he's planted the bombs and fled from Mumbai. We tend to use the word 'realistic' very generously when we're talking about films. We describe Madhur Bhandarkar and Nagesh Kukunoor as realistic filmmakers, but truth is most of their films are exaggerated to a great degree to create drama. Now of course that's not a bad thing, because it's the drama that grips you and engages you in most of their films.But if you want to see what realism is really about, then Black Friday is the perfect example because Anurag Kashyap shoots the film in actual locations and he shoots it in such a natural, everyday manner that you feel like you're watching the news and not a feature.It can't be easy recreating the Bombay of fourteen years ago, before the mobile phone revolution, before the satellite invasion, before the city was plastered with hoardings.But Kashyap does it all so well. He takes these crane shots in a manner that you're looking down at the goings-on in these chawls and these bastis, he uses lighting so well, especially in those mono-chromatic interrogation scenes.The actual blast scenes are shot in such a languid style, exactly the way a bystander would have experienced it -a sudden explosion disturbing the everyday routine of life in that location.One cannot say enough about the actors cast to play all the central roles in this film. Kay Kay Menon as Rakesh Maria is just spectacular, as are Pawan Malhotra playing Tiger Memon and Akash Srivastava playing Baadshah Khan.The resemblance that Vijay Maurya bears to Dawood Ibrahim can only be described as frighteningly close, and the scene in which Dawood is first introduced to us in the film, is nothing short of genius.To be honest, it's not just the leads, but every single actor even in bit roles who bring so much to the film. Kashyap uses music magnificently, and the haunting rhythms of Indian Ocean truly reverberate, especially in the film's closing credits.You know, very few films are able to balance solid content with technical superiority, and Black Friday is definitely one of those rare films that succeeds in transporting you to its world while you're in the cinema watching the film. The real success of Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday lies in the fact that unlike some other very good underworld films, it doesn't sensationalise, nor glorify crime and violence. The director doesn't shoot the film dramatically, yet there is so much drama in the plot that it feels like a roller-coaster ride. Remember, it's a film that doesn't shy away from pointing fingers. Now although much of the credit for that must go to the source material - Hussain Zaidi's book - you cannot deny that film brings to life that horrible incident so much more effectively than words on a page. If there is a problem that I have with the film, it is the fact that it is too long. Post intermission, Black Friday drags its feet and you find your attention wavering. About a half-hour shorter, this film would have been magnificent. As it is, in all its two-hours-forty-minute glory, it is still quite fantastic.Believe me, no film yet has brought me so close to giving it a ten out of ten rating, but because it's just a little short of true greatness, I'm going to go with nine of ten for Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. Please don't dismiss it as a boring art film, don't confuse it for a documentary, it's a dramatic feature that will rock your boat. This is the kind of film to send to the Oscars. This is what we need to show, we're capable of.