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Black Friday

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Under torture, Indian gangster Tiger Memon (Pavan Malhotra) confesses to his involvement in a plot to set off explosives throughout Bombay. The police choose not to believe him, however, and bombs tear through the city that Friday, wreaking havoc and polarizing the citizens of Bombay. Through a series of interviews, DCP Rakesh Maria (Kay Kay Menon) comes closer to discovering who the leader of the conspiracy is, but it soon becomes clear that a foreign power must be involved.

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 08/17/2021
Anurag Kashyap's powerful recreation of the events that led up to the Bombay blasts in 1993, banned initially and then released, remains one of the most daring docu-dramas of Hindi cinema. Go to Full Review Namrata Joshi Outlook 01/23/2019
4/4
An audacious, daring and explosive piece of cinema. Watch the film and listen to the soundtrack. Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz New York Times 02/09/2007
4.5/5
Black Friday is a moving and exhausting work of angry humanism. Go to Full Review Film Companion Staff Film Companion 10/27/2020
Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday is more of a feeling - singularly shocking, stirring, cataclysmic, yet journalistic and depressingly objective, and one of the great achievements in Indian cinema. Go to Full Review David Chute L.A. Weekly 02/15/2007
The underused Indian actor Kay Kay Menon is perfectly cast as a crisply correct detective keeping a tight lid on his seething anger in Black Friday, a rigorously naturalistic docudrama about a complex police investigation. Go to Full Review Ethan Alter Film Journal International 02/14/2007
A potent reminder that Indian filmmaking isn't limited to Bollywood super-productions. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Rosana B 12/03/2022 Muito bom, baseado no livro de mesmo nome, relata, com detalhes, todos só eventos das 12 explosões e seu posterior desfecho com investigações, autorias, financiamento, motivação e afins... Um excelente filme baseado em fatos reais, o relato com um Marco histórico temporal crescente ajuda, e o excesso de personagens/suspeitos dificulta um pouco a compreensão, uma pena eu não ter conseguido concluí-lo pois saiu da grade da Netflix... See more 09/12/2019 This is a striking piece of cinema. Not only it delivers on all counts, its meaty and entertaining. It is fun, gripping, compelling and uniquely performative cinema. I would suggest you watch it at any cost. Anurag's first is Anurag's best. See more 06/30/2016 Gritty, vivid and took me by surprise. Excellent. See more 06/10/2016 85% Watched this on 9/6/16 A hard hitting account on a really shameful incident where radical forces effectively manipulated ignorant, illiterate masses into butchering each other. Made at a small budget, but never cheap looking, Kashyap's direction adds flare to this and though it sligtly falls towards the end, the shear devastating true story that helps it retain its importance. See more 08/17/2015 One of the best movies from cinema's all over the world!! This is what real cinema is all about. At the same time my blood boiled in anger because of the events that took place. Felt sorry for the victims!! See more 12/18/2014 Best movie forever in india..!! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Anurag Kashyap

Director

Kay Kay Menon

Rakesh

Aditya Shrivatsava

Badshah Khan

Pavan Malhotra

Tiger Memon

Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Yeda Yakub

Kishore Kadam

Dangle

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Synopsis Under torture, Indian gangster Tiger Memon (Pavan Malhotra) confesses to his involvement in a plot to set off explosives throughout Bombay. The police choose not to believe him, however, and bombs tear through the city that Friday, wreaking havoc and polarizing the citizens of Bombay. Through a series of interviews, DCP Rakesh Maria (Kay Kay Menon) comes closer to discovering who the leader of the conspiracy is, but it soon becomes clear that a foreign power must be involved.
Director
Anurag Kashyap
Producer
Arindam Mitra
Screenwriter
Anurag Kashyap
Distributor
Adlabs Films
Production Co
Jhamu Sughand Productions, Mid Day Multimedia Limited
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 9, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$33.0K
Runtime
2h 51m