movie review- A Wednesday

Undoubtedly one of the best movies made in the history of the film industry. It isn't the typical run-of-the-mill movie about terrorism, and how bomb blasts affect the life of people, and how they pick up the pieces and move on with their lives. It is completely a work of fiction.
It is the story of a day in Mumbai, narrated in retrospect by the Police Commissioner (Anupam Kher). The story of certain events that unfold between 2 and 6 p.m. on a Wednesday.
It begins on a normal day in Mumbai. A common man(Naseeruddin Shah) goes to the Mumbai police headquarters to lodge a complaint about a lost wallet. A little while later, the police commissioner receives a call on his mobile from an untraceable number, with a threat of a bomb being in the headquarters. Immediately, all officers are put to task, the bomb squad is called, and the bomb is located in the washroom of the headquarters. The bomb is defused and the police are on high alert. The mysterious caller calls back and claims that he has planted 5 more bombs in various locations in the city. His demands: 4 militants that are in police custody on charges of terrorism should be released that day before 5 pm. Further conditions state that those four should be accompanies to an open ground only by 2 junior police officers.
The commissioner isn't willing to give in so easily. He can't simply release terrorists, but he can't put 2 million lives at stake either. He gets his entire battalion of police to nab the caller, and even hires a college-dropout hacker to trace the caller. The terrorist is technologically well-versed, he uses different SIM cards to make calls and knows how to hide his identity. In the midst of this, the terrorist calls up a reporter (Deepal Shaw) and tells her about the bombs in the city. Like any typical gossip-hungry reporter, she immediately reaches the site and starts reporting about the happenings on TV. The police and the hacker can get no information about the caller and decide to release the terrorists. The four of them and two junior officers (Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Bashir) are put in a police van and taken to a desserted open ground. What happens then, will keep you gripped to your seat till the very end.
The movie has no sub plots, no songs and no attempt-to-be-funny scenes. It is absolutely crisp and focused on the story. The climax has been shot extremely well. The scenes at the police headquarters and at the deserted ground are juxtaposed brilliantly. Naseer's speech about terrorists vs commoners will leave a lasting impression on your mind.
Jimmy and Aamir are calm and poised as police officers. Anupam Kher shows great depth in his role as the commissioner. Deepal Shaw is surprisingly bearable (and well-dressed). But the cake is taken away by Naseeruddin.
I would recommend it to every person concerned about terrorism. There's just one problem- you may want to become a terrorist!