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MUMBAI:
Crossword - India's leading lifestyle bookstore chain, offered its
customer's a chance to interact with one of the most respected actors
KAY KAY MENON who launched the DVD of BLACK FRIDAY at Crossword
(JUHU).
About
the Movie:
 Films
based on books are a rarity in India. Probably that accounts for
the huge amount of movies without any coherent screenplay that India
churns out. Black Friday, on the other hand,is an exception, which
will make any film maker proud.
The movie, revolving around the investigation following the horrifying
Bombay bomb blasts, and also showing the perpetrators' lives just
before and after the incident, took a long time to get through the
Censor Board, and it's not difficult to imagine why once you have
seen the movie. The movie tries to portray everything the way it
actually happened or at least as the book says it happened, and
succeeds. Technically the movie is top league, compared to other
Hindi movies, though the editing is choppy in places. The music,
by Indian Ocean, is brilliant, and more importantly suits the plot.
Despite the length of the movie the director never loses grip, and
that's really commendable.A must watch for all Hindi movie fans,
and even those who normally don't watch Hindi movies because of
the unrealistic gloss and song-and-dance routines.
About
KAY KAY MENON:
KAY
KAY MENON started his career in theatre productions which gradually
moved to television acting and finally film acting. He made his
film debut with Naseem (1995), followed by Bhopal Express. His performance
as the anguished DCP Rakesh Maria in the movie Black Friday has
been widely appreciated and acclaimed. The movie, based on the book
by journalist S Hussain Zaidi on the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts was
awaiting an Indian release for almost 2 years before its final release
on 9th February 2007.
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