Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'Black Friday' featured Imtiaz Ali? Read more interesting trivia

Black Friday starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui along with  Kay Kay Men, itya Srivastava, Pavan Malhotra, Kishor Kam, and Zakir Hussain. Helmed by Anurag Kashyap, movie released on February 9, 2007. It was during struggling years of Nawazuddin Siddiqui when movie went through a lot of obstacles for its atrical release. Here are some interesting trivia about movie:

• Black Friday was banned in India and was released atrically only two years after it's actual planned release date. All actors in film h real names of characters which y played from cops, politicians, and bombers.
• Black Friday is based on 'Black Friday: True Story of Bombay Bomb Blasts', a book by Hussain Zaidi about 1993 Bombay bombings, published in 2002, it chronicles events that led to blasts and subsequent police investigation. film is based on true facts regarding Mumbai Blasts in 1993.
• 1993 Bombay bombings of March 12, 1993, was a coordinated attack, with 13 bomb explosions in a single day. 317 people were killed, an estimated 1400 people were injured by attacks.

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• One of explosions took place inside Plaza cinema Dar when film Tirangaa 1993 was running in full show was shown in film.
• Kay Kay Men played role of n-Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria who solved Bombay Blast Case. Naseeruddin Shah was approached for Tiger Memom's role but he did t feel comfortable playing a Muslim terrorist while shooting in Gujarat.
• chase sequence in movie was over 7 minutes long and considered as one of longest chase sequences in Bollywood. entire chase sequence involves vehicle and mainly involved running around slum areas of Mumbai.

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• Reportedly, Irrfan was signed for an important role but opted out. Yakub Memon was played by popular director Imtiaz Ali, It was his first acting debut movie. Anurag Kashyap and Imtiaz Ali are best friends so latter gave a friendly appearance.
• Anurag Kashyap also h a mir appearance towards end of movie when Tiger Memon receives explosives and arms in a boat at night.
• bombings depicted in film are thought to have been orchestrated by so-called 'D-Company'/'Dawood Company', an organised crime syndicate. 

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