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Title: |
Black Friday |
| Director: |
Anurag Kashyap |
| Genre: |
Comedy, Drama |
| Year: |
2004 |
| Language: |
Hindi |
| Color: |
Color |
| Release: |
Not available |
| Producer: |
Jhamu Sughand, JSPL |
| Music: |
Indian Ocean |
| Starring |
| Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pawan Malhotra
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| Plot |
On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed gave statement
that there is a conspiracy underway to bomb major locations around the
city at Nav Pada police station, Bombay. But the police dismiss his confession. Three days later Bombay city is torn apart by a series of explosions. The death toll is close to 300.
Investigators discover that the bombs were made of,
RDX which could only have been obtained through the collusion of a foreign
power by a large amount of illegal money.
Practically the blasts were enrooted to the Bombay Riots, bloody warring between the Hindu and Muslim communities between December 1992 and January 1993. It was an unprecedented outburst of violence and abuse, resulting in emotional trauma and property loss. Tiger Memon's
(Pawan Malhotra) office was burnt to cinders.The suffering of the Muslim minority community in the riots incited a meeting of underworld leaders in Dubai, who then took it on themselves to seek retaliation. Tiger was also looking for his own revenge, and suggested an attack on Bombay as the strongest message.Leading to Friday, March 12, 1993. Twelve explosions at key points around the city. 300 people dead. 800 injured. And a trial that awaits verdict.
Asgar Muqadam,Tiger Memon's secretary on March14,1993, is arested.He is beaten till he
confessed what he knows about the bomb blasts, and the police
began their search. Inspector Rakesh Maria is put
in charge of the case.
Following the blasts Badshah Khan (Aditya Shrivastava)
had left Bombay and gone into hiding but on May
10, 1993 he was found out.
Badshah Khan realizes that there is no
justification for his acts, and decides to become
a police witness.On November 4,
1993, the police file a charge sheet against 189
accused. The Central Bureau of Intelligence takes
over the case.
Then on August 5, 1994, Tiger's brother, Yaqub
Memon, willingly turns himself in to the
authorities. In a candid Newstrack interview on
national television Yaqub states that it was Tiger
and his underworld associates who orchestrated the
conspiracy. And Tiger Memon has now disappeared. |
| Singer / Song |
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Bandheh
Badshah In Jail
Bharam Bhaap Ke
Opening Pre Blast
Bomb Planting
Memon House
Rdx
Training
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| Review |
| India’s only entry this year is Black Friday-
at the Locarno Film Festival.It is the story of the 1993 bomb blasts that took place in Mumbai. Based on a book by S. Hussain
Zaidi. | | |