Black Friday
Banner of the movie Black Friday
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Arjun Bagga, Arindam Mitra
Written by	Hussain Zaidi, Anurag Kashyap
Starring	Kaykay Menon, Pavan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastava, Kishore Kadam, Gajraj Rao, Zaki Hussain, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Release date(s)	February 9th, 2007
Running time	161 min
Language	Hindi
IMDb profile

Black Friday is an Indian movie about the 1993 Mumbai bombings by director Anurag Kashyap. Based on a book by S. Hussain Zaidi, this film tries to recreate those events and the intense feelings that followed them. Image File history File links Black_friday_banner. ... Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director and writer. ... Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director and writer. ... The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films (877 feature films and 1177 short films made in India were released in the year 2003 alone);[1] compared with 473 films released in the US in 2003. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India, and by some measures the most populous city in the world with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006). ... The 1993 Mumbai bombings were a series of 15 bomb explosions that took place in Mumbai (Bombay), India on March 12, 1993. ... There is one person named Anurag Kashyap: Anurag Kashyap, the winner of the 2005 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. ...

Introduction

Black Friday is based on the 1993 serial Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai which many believe were organised as retaliation for the Bombay riots which left over 1,500 people dead. It was featured at the Locarno film festival and received widespread praise. The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb produced in the United States. ... Although numerous Riots have occurred in the City of Mumbai (Bombay) since Independence, usually this term refers to the riots in Mumbai in 1992-1993. ...

Black Friday has not been released in Indian theatres as on the eve of its release a petition was filed by the persons named in the film, the alleged perpetrators of the crime, seeking a stay. Their argument, which was upheld by the court [1], was that the film would bias public opinion against them and hence affect the outcome of the verdict which is still pending in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The accused have been charged with TADA, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act, which carries a maximum sentence of death. Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India, and by some measures the most populous city in the world with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, commonly known as TADA, was an Indian law active between 1985 and 1995 (modified in 1987) for the prevention of terrorist activities. ...

However, the film has been received rapturously at previews in India and abroad. The film got a United Kingdom release in 2006.

The film was released February 9th, 2007 in India, nearly 2 years after the film was shot. [2]

Kashyap is currently filming Gulal.

Plot

On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed stated that there was a conspiracy underway to bomb major locations around the city at Nav Pada police station, Bombay. But the police dismissed his confession, and three days later, Bombay was torn apart by a series of explosions. 257 people were killed, and close to 1400 were injured . Investigators discovered that the bombs were made of RDX, which was smuggled into the city with the aid of certain officials such as the border police, etc. The blasts were a direct result of the Bombay Riots, which is the term used to describe the bloody warring between the Hindu and Muslim communities in the period from December 1992 to January 1993, which left over 1500 people, mostly Muslims, dead. It was an unprecedented outburst of violence and abuse, resulting in enormous 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 revenge, and suggested an attack on Bombay as the strongest message, leading to Black Friday, March 12, 1993. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Asgar Muqadam, Tiger Memon's secretary was arrested on March 14, 1993. He was beaten till he gave up the information he knew about the bomb blasts, and the police began their search. Inspector Rakesh Maria was put in charge of the case. For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Following the blasts Badshah Khan (Aditya Shrivastava) had left Bombay and gone into hiding but on May 10, 1993 he was found out. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

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. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

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. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

See: S. Hussain Zaidi - Black Friday - The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts, Penguin Books India (2002), ISBN 0-14-302821-9

External links

• Official website
• Black Friday at the Internet Movie Database
• Cylive :: Movie Review/Black Friday