Unnaipol Oruvan's original review
By Behindwoods Visitor Mahesh
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Hello Admin,

When everyone is going gaga over Unnaipol Oruvan, why am I scribbling about ‘A Wednesday’? To show I am different from others? Never! Exactly a year before, when the film was on the theatres, I didn't feel like giving it a chance as I was looking forward to Tahaan because of Santhosh Sivan. Then positive reviews came from all over about ‘a Wednesday’, but it was out from theatres when I thought of seeing. So I bought the DVD (Thanks to Moserbaer) only to place in my wardrobe (In fact I didn't even open the DVD wrapper) Finally today when my room mates were getting ready for Unnaipol Oruvan I decided to try the original first.

I was almost speechless and the movie completely took my breath away. With no mood to sleep, I kept wandering from my hall to bedroom with my mind rewinding the scenes. I have never felt that way after watching a movie.
The way the movie gets into the flashback through Anupam Kher's narration itself is a classic attempt of story telling. The lightning pace screenplay, brilliant execution of the scenes, well matured dialogues (e.g. they have asked the questions on Friday and Saturday. I am just replying to them on Wednesday) and amazing performances (in the descending order) by Naseeruddin Shah (Simply unbelievable performance!!!), Anupam Kher and Jimmy Shergill make the movie one of the best ever in Indian cinema. Above all, the director's brilliance was clearly evident in the way he handled the characterization of two cops (Raj & Arif). Instead of abruptly linking them with the
Unnaipol Oruvan
story, portraying first their characters in a scene and joining them into the story is a brilliant idea.

It is really hard to believe this is a debut movie for Neeraj Pandey. After Kattradhu Thamizh, I would say this is a movie straight from a director's heart without any compromises for the so-called commercial purposes. It doesn't matter whether you have watched Unnaipol Oruvan or not, please grab a Moserbaer DVD (50 INR only) of ‘A Wednesday’ and experience a terrific roller-coaster ride.

Thanks,
S.Mahesh.
smahesh1980@gmail.com
 

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