 Weeks after Mumbai Meri Jaan, a movie depicting lives of the four victims of the Mumbai train blasts, hit the multiplexes, Bollywood has once again come up with another movie carrying forward the effects of the infamous terror strike. A Wednesday screenplays a stupid common man, a geriatric, keeping the administration at bay on one Wednesday to execute his plan. A plan that shocks the CM, police orce, media and the Mumbai Commissioner Prakhash Rathore (Anupam Kher).
A day before his retirement, Rathore gets a call from an unknown number demanding release of four dreaded terrorists, a denial of which can led to four high intensity bomb blasts in Mumbai city. Tracing this unknown caller, avoiding the blasts and preventing release of the four terrorists become the most challenging case of commissioner's career. To defuse the suspense, he puts the entire police force and does everything just to realise that he was following the diktats of the unknown caller, who remains untraceable because his calls shift connections without diconnecting the call. The mastery over technology that has been displayed bby the unknown caller gives an insight of the sophistication achieved by the terrorist groups. This makes this movie a promising one this year.
 There are some loose ends in the film, but a powerful display of histrionics from Anupam and Naseer, and a thrilling script do not expose loose ends of the movie. Though, there might be some who may not find the movie realistic but the message which the film puts across leaves you, tossing your brain, on a subject that we encounter every second day. And the new director, Neeraj Pandey, has done justice to a brilliant script.
Released along with Tahaan and Hijack, A Wednesday is no doubt better than the other two. Anupam Kher, who has portrayed a very kind hearted shepherd in Tahaan is a strict and pragmatic cop in the movie. His frustration on not being able to solve the most challenging case of his career and the transformation in his attitude by the end of the movie is well displayed by the actor in his character. Naseer, on the other hand, is the USP of the movie and he manages to win the accolades and audience's attention. This is another milestone in Naseer's kitty, after Ijazzat, Sir and Masoom.
 Though, Bollywood had a poor start this year, with many big banner movies failing to make a mark at the ticket window, but the industry, it seems, has gained its momentum now. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Rock On, Mumbai Meri Jaan and Singh Is Kinng have done well at the box office, and A Wednesday is well on the same path. And in all this, audiences are getting to see some good mainstream and off beat movies with a blend of entertainment.
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