| Producer | Percept Picture Company |
| Director | Nandita Das |
| Music | Rajat Dholakia, Piyush Kanojia |
| Writer | Shuchi Kothari, Nandita Das |
| Release Date | 20-Mar-2009 |
Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Nowaz, Naseeruddin Shah, Tisca Chopra, Sanjay Suri, Raghuvir Yadav, Shahana Goswami
Firaaq is directed by an actress turned director Nandita Das. She has made her debut as director with this film. The story of the film reveals the lives of common men after the riots in Gujarat. This film has six stories which are not connected with each other in any respect. The fiction flick covers 24-hour period, falling one month after Gujarat riots shook the state as well as its people. Allowing the audience a peek into the life of the riot victims, it aims at showing the emotional turmoil that they go through. At the same time, it tries to explore the mindset of the perpetrators and the silent observers, all of them connected to one another.
It peeks into multiple characters amongst such as Aarti (Deepti Naval), a housewife who is silently haunted by the image of a Muslim woman begging for sanctuary. Another is Khan Saheb (Naseer), a renowned musician who lives in a Hindu area, and teaches classical music. He cannot understand the destruction of his familiar world, and naively assumes that it is possible for the two communities to live together.
There is also Muneera (Shahana), who hides with friends during the violence, and returns to her home to find it burned to the ground. And there is Sameer (Suri), a young, dashing, wealthy Muslim married to a Hindu Anuradha (Tisca), who is torn between the dilemma of staying in Ahmedabad or leaving for another city where he and his wife might be safer. Lastly, there are the stories of other hapless Muslims, who make incompetent plots to take revenge. All of them have survived the riots, but will they ever be the same again?
On the acting front, Paresh Rawal has done well in serious role. Sanjay suri is fine with his role. Tisca Chopra is supportive. Shahana Goswami delivers an award winning performance. Above all it is Naseeruddin Shah and Deepti Naval whose performances leave a mark on viewers minds.
On the whole, Firaaq It shows us the uncomfortable truths and painful reality in which the people of our country must live, as they set about repairing the destroyed trust between two communities. Despite choosing such a heavy subject in her directorial debut film, actress director Nandita Das has succeeded in handling it with utmost sensitivity and technical finesse.
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