Black Friday

"The shocking truth behind the '93 Bombay blasts"

2004 2h 42m HI

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 107

CrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to unmask the perpetrators behind these events.

“The shocking truth behind the '93 Bombay blasts”

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Cast

Kay Kay Menon
Rakesh Maria
Pavan Malhotra
Tiger Memon
Aditya Srivastava
Badshah Khan
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Yeda Yakub
Kishore Kadam
Dangle
Gajraj Rao
Dawood Phanse
Zakir Hussain
Nand Kumar Chougale
Imtiaz Ali
Yakub Memon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anurag Kashyap
Writers: Anurag Kashyap
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hindi, Urdu.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anurag Kashyap, shot by Natarajan Subramaniam. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Aarti Bajaj shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kay Kay Menon and Pavan Malhotra and Aditya Srivastava carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The shocking truth behind the '93 Bombay blasts".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anurag Kashyap directs. Natarajan Subramaniam behind the camera. Aarti Bajaj cuts. A long sit — settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi, Urdu.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $0.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 22 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hindi, Urdu.
5Directed by Anurag Kashyap, shot by Natarajan Subramaniam. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Aarti Bajaj shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kay Kay Menon and Pavan Malhotra and Aditya Srivastava carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The shocking truth behind the '93 Bombay blasts".
9IMDB entry: tt0400234 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.