Warning: This is a reactive post based on Utkal’s opinion posted in Naachgaana.com. Given that we both have starkly different opinions on the film, ‘A Wednesday’ I’d like to throw this open to readers of Milliblog for a meaningful discussion. And yes, this post and the subsequent messages may be loaded with spoilers about the film – so, if you’re yet to see this film, you’re warned!
Utkal’s original message in Naachgaana.com
Just saw the film last night. Never have I come across a film where the critics have got it all wrong so much ( Maybe Black was another such film.) The film is a one-trick pony, hinged completely on the twist in the end. Right from the scene where Naseer lodges a complaint about losing a purse ( Lodging a FIR about losing a purse! In that vague language, without details of the credit card and ATM card!) everything is very unbelievable and amateurish. Even taking it as a fantasy, the message is silly. No common man can have the wherewithal to pant the six bombs , and neither is it desirable. That is why they have the police and law-enforcing agency in every society. A film like Indian/ Hindustani is done in a different key, and the point of those films is not really justify the solution shown, but captre the anger and frustration. That aspect is totally lacking in this film. Increasingly I am getting convinced that the mainstream audience is a more reliable judge of the quality of a mainstream film than our present-day critics.
My take, besides that 200 word review.
Interesting view point. But, isn’t Neeraj Pandey trying to give shape to a dormant character within all of us? The point is, ‘Would I do something like what Naseeruddin Shah did?’ – No. ‘Would I want to do that?’ – Yes! I suppose that’s what separates this film from other slam-bang vigilante justice films – here was a common man, who gets law into his own hands, because he has muttered under his breath for so long, what we’ve all muttered – “Can’t someone do anything to do these
What do you think?