Releases of 2008 based on theme of terrorism

Hijack Shiney Ahuja is known more for his intense roles in films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Woh Lamhe and Life…In A Metro, but with his latest release Hijack, he gets to do some heavy-duty action. As the name suggests, Read More">Hijack directed by noted ad filmmaker Kunal Shivdasani talks about a plane hijacked by a groupRead More

Hijack

Shiney Ahuja is known more for his intense roles in films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Woh Lamhe and Life…In A Metro, but with his latest release Hijack, he gets to do some heavy-duty action. As the name suggests, Hijack directed by noted ad filmmaker Kunal Shivdasani talks about a plane hijacked by a group of terrorists who have certain demands. Shiney plays the chief maintenance officer at the airport and gets involved in the proceedings as his small daughter is in the hijacked plane. While Hollywood has seen some really good films revolving around the theme of hijack, Bollywood has only superficially touched upon the topic in films like Yeh Dil Aashiqana and Zameen. Hope this one indeed promises to have some hi-octane, adrenaline pumping action.

Besides the above mentioned films there were many other films which touched upon the topic of terrorism in some form or the other- Hope And A Little Sugar (spoke about a family's turmoil post the 9/11 terrorist attack ) Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam (despite being a comedy, showed a theatre troupe trying to sabotage a terrorist attack), Tahaan (depicts the life of people in the valley of Kashmir through the eyes of a small boy) Mukhbiir ( speaks about terrorism and underworld as seem from the point of view of secret informers ) and Chamku ( spoke about a Naxalite hired by the RAW to carry out secret operations).

A Wednesday Strangely out of all the films released this year that depict terrorism in some way or the other 3 of them have been from the stable of UTV. First came Aamir (UTV Spotboy to be precise) then Mumbai Meri Jaan and now UTV Motion Pictures presents A Wednesday. The film, Read More">directed by debutantRead More

A Wednesday

Strangely out of all the films released this year that depict terrorism in some way or the other 3 of them have been from the stable of UTV. First came Aamir (UTV Spotboy to be precise) then Mumbai Meri Jaan and now UTV Motion Pictures presents A Wednesday. The film, directed by debutant director Neeraj Pandey, is a fast paced, edge of the seat thriller where the story unfolds on a particular Wednesday. The film brings together two of the finest actors of our industry Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah who would be seen sharing screen space after a really long time.

Mumbai Meri Jaan Director Nishikant Kamat may not be a well known name in Bollywood but the talented Marathi director won a lot of acclaim for his Marathi film Dombivili Fast that depicted the plight and frustrations of the average Mumbaikar with élan. For his Hindi directorial debut, Read More">Nishikant decided to touch the topic ofRead More

Mumbai Meri Jaan

Director Nishikant Kamat may not be a well known name in Bollywood but the talented Marathi director won a lot of acclaim for his Marathi film Dombivili Fast that depicted the plight and frustrations of the average Mumbaikar with élan. For his Hindi directorial debut, Nishikant decided to touch the topic of the train blasts that rocked the city of Mumbai on July 11th 2006. The film which stars some really talented actors like Irrfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, R Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal talks more about the way the blasts affected the lives of Mumbaikars. Mumbai Meri Jaan opened across cinema halls recently (Aug 22nd) and has been liked by all those who have seen it.

Mission Istaanbul After Shootout At Lokhandwala, director Apoorva Lakhia decided to make a film on international terrorism and its repercussions. It’s quite a strange coincidence that the day his film Mission Istaanbul opened across cinema halls (July 25th) the city of Bangalore witnessed around 7 serial blasts. In fact the very next day, Read More">even GujaratRead More

Mission Istaanbul

After Shootout At Lokhandwala, director Apoorva Lakhia decided to make a film on international terrorism and its repercussions. It's quite a strange coincidence that the day his film Mission Istaanbul opened across cinema halls (July 25th) the city of Bangalore witnessed around 7 serial blasts. In fact the very next day, even Gujarat (Ahmedabad) was rocked by bomb blasts. With the country facing such a grave situation, the last thing people wanted to do was go out and catch a flick depicting terrorism. Hence, Mission Istaanbul which had stars like Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Suneil Shetty besides clones of George W Bush and Osama Bin Laden fell in to the category of films that just came and went almost unnoticed.

Read More">Contract Contract was director Ram Gopal Varma’s second release this year after the political drama Sarkar Raj. The promos emphasized the fact that while RGV’s Satya gave an inside view of the underworld and Company gave an overview of the underworld; Contract depicted the nexus between underworld and terrorism. In spite of being known forRead More

Contract

Contract was director Ram Gopal Varma's second release this year after the political drama Sarkar Raj. The promos emphasized the fact that while RGV's Satya gave an inside view of the underworld and Company gave an overview of the underworld; Contract depicted the nexus between underworld and terrorism. In spite of being known for making films on the underworld, this effort from RGV didn't find many takers. The fact that the film starred newcomers also didn't really help its cause. This was like a bomb which fizzled even before it could explode.