Black Friday

Anurag Kashyap

The film can be seen as an excellent example of the tremendous potential of the ‘common crew’. Almost all of the film’s actors are people who are recognised by the audience more by their faces than their names. Still, in the brilliant performances delivered by each of its individual actors, ‘Black Friday’ reiterates the oft-forgotten fact that in order to become a hero, one first needs to become an actor. In his choice of actors, Kashyap falls perfectly in line with the spirit of the movie, that at the end of the day, it is the ‘commoners’, who have to bear the brunt of tragedies, not governments or politicians.