Adlabs recently presented Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed film "Black Friday" that analyses the events leading up to 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts and the investigation thereafter.

The movie, which was to be released in 2004, was given a red signal by the Mumbai High Court. The court's decision came after a petition was filed saying that "Black Friday" might make the public biased against the accused and hence the outcome of the verdict, which was pending at the time.

With the final verdict on the Mumbai blasts out in late 2006, the film saw the light of day Feb 9.

"'Black Friday' is a bold and brave story that is waiting to be told to the Indian public and we are very happy to have facilitated its release on the scale and the platform that it truly deserves," said Sunir Kheterpal, COO of Film Distribution Adlabs Films Ltd.

This turn-about by the distributors is bound to bring a radical change - it will articulate the release-related problems faced by filmmakers and make it easier for them to fearlessly tell their stories.

Director Rahul Dholakia is the toughest of the lot. He is not the one to shy away from what he sees as a just fight. He went ahead and made "Parzania" on the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 despite knowing very well the problems he was likely to run into.

Based on a true story, the film couldn't find any distributor so the director launched his own company and released the film himself. Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika, the film is based on Dholakia's friend Dara Modi who lost his son during the riots.

When released, it was received well all over India except Gujarat - the rightwing activists had their way in the state and didn't allow multiplex owners to screen it. Modi was crestfallen because the film was his last hope to find his lost son.