‘Black Friday’ to hit big screens tomorrow

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Much awaited Bollywood movie ‘Black Friday’ based on 1993 Mumbai serial blasts is all set to hit the big screen tommorrow across the country after controversies and court cases delayed it by two years.

The 13-year-old trial which ended last September paved the way for the screening of Director Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Black Friday’, that was premiered here last evening.

Talking about the controversies that delayed the release of the film, Kashyap said “Controversy has been created by people who sometimes saw this as a platform to hog limelight. I think accused had a point that it could prejudice the judgement. I thought I was also correct.” Produced by Arindam Mitra, the film features Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Melhotra and Aditya Srivastava playing Inspector Rakesh Maria, prime accused Tiger Menon and police informer ‘Badshah Khan’ respectively.

The movie is based on a book of S Hussein Zaidi titled ‘Black Friday’ and, uses real names and places.

Enthusiastic about the critical acclaim that the movie has recieved, he said “The reviews have been positive and I am happy that my peers have also appreciated the film.” His next film would be ‘No Smoking’, which according to him is a fun movie. The star cast includes John Abraham, Ayesha Takia and Paresh Rawal. It will hit the screen on the first week of June.

— PTI

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