A special screening of the film A Wednesday starring Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah took place last evening for the Mumbai Police

A special screening of the film A Wednesday starring Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah took place last evening for the Mumbai Police

Anupam Kher Vipul Shah paid a tribute to the Sikhs, director Neeraj Pandey now salutes the ATS! A special screening of the film A Wednesday starring Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah took place last evening for the Mumbai Police. Veteran police officers like Rakesh Maria, Javed Ahmed, A N Roy and several other current top officers who deal with terrorists and are part of the ATS (Anti Terrorist Squad) were shown the film.

In fact, Rakesh Maria and Javed Ahmed were part of the investigation team of the 1993 Mumbai blasts, and with A Wednesday being based on the aftermath of train bomb blasts, director Neeraj Pandey thought it right to have a 'special screening' for some 'special people'. He tells us, "This is our way of saying thanks to the police force. We've drawn inspiration from the way our police force handles situations. Through the film, we'd like to salute them!" B-wood is getting sensitive! We like it!

The film stars veteran film actors Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead and is about a series of events that unfold in the day on a particular Wednesday that have its after effects on the lives of everyone involved in the system including the cops, politicians and the public.

Johar also informed that they are trying to invite Commissioner of Police Y.S. Dadwal for the screening.

The distributors are also planning to take the movie to different states for a pre-release screening.

'After watching Narendra Modi's euphoric reaction for the film, we are talking to people and planning to take it to other states too before the release,' Johar said.

When asked, director of the film Neeraj Pandey said: 'Inviting the politicians is only a part of the promotion strategy and nothing more than that. It's just that we wanted the right person from every state like Narendra Modi from Gujarat and Shiela Dikshit from Delhi to introduce it to the people'.

'We just want to show them our confidence in the product and the world to hear their reaction after watching the movie,' Pandey told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

The director also trashed all rumours that 'A Wednesday' is based on the Mumbai train blasts and asserted: 'The film is not based on the Mumbai train blasts. It is a commercial film that is both entertaining and cathartic.'

This is not the first time the country's top-notch political leaders have been invited for a movie screening. Earlier, Aamir Khan held special screening of his film 'Taare Zameen Par' and Ajay Devgan of his directorial debut 'U, Me Aur Hum'.