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errorists.Based on them and connected with the horrific incidents of terrorist violence in Mumbai now figure in the film The Attacks of 26/11.

The script by Rommel Rodrigues hits the nail right on it’s head.On the very first day of its release on March 1,claps and whistles were heard when the real meaning of Jihaad was quoted from religious texts by a frustrated Nana Patekar in a morgue.

“ Only an actor of his capabilities can pull off scenes and dialogues like that without making it preachy or overbearing”,writes a commentor on Bollywood hangama.com.

“Years ago on that fateful day when ten young men simply walked in to Mumbai carrying menacing weapons and held it to arson,bloodshed and ransom. It is a completely different experience to watch terrorism unfold (albeit from the eyes of a film-maker). One must go through that two-hour experience – recommended. Because we as citizens don’t understand the intensity of religious hate crimes like these unless a loved one is lost”,adds the same report.”Watch Nana Patekar play Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria as he narrates the sequence of events of that ill-fated night.”