Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Akshat Sheth Story: Vikram Singh is deployed on a covert oppression to Jaffna. After India and Sri Lanka signed the peace accord in the mid 1980s, India took it as their mission to help its neighbors relieve themselves from the ethnic strife between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. Hatching a plot to bring down Anna, a popular Tamil leader in the zone, Vikram begins with trying to team up with Anna's opponents in the beginning.Falling prey to a leak, he loses his first shot with Anna and gets kidnapped by his forces! However, now hell bent on getting Anna to bow down, he teams with Anna's own men and manages to ambush his army. However, Anna manages to survive and returns even more powerful by eradicating Indian forces off Jaffna and Lanka.Plotting ways to kill the former Indian Prime Minister fearing that he will return to power, the film is a tussle between the war makers to safeguard their interests! And for Vikram, it is the story about how India lost its Prime Minister in an assassination which the nation has still not forgotten!Performances: John Abraham as Vikram Singh topples all his previous performances. He isn't a very flattering actor but his clever choice of role and wicked acting surely shows a remarkable improvement. He isn't the John who couldn't emote. He is the John who isn't afraid to take up challenging roles and carry them out gracefully.Nargis Fakhri with her British accent is pitch perfect. She may not be a show stealer but does her bit with élan retaining the correct persona for it.Siddhartha Basu is quite a natural as he smoothly slips in the role of R.D. His intelligence shows in his eyes, and he manages to command respect in his character! Never stepping a wrong stone, the man should have taken up acting long back!The supporting actors are all impressive but in the end, this film is more about its intent and plot than about its actors!Direction,editiong,screenplay & music:Shoojit Sircar is back after a long hiatus since Vicky Donor. He strings into the same plot, the emotional wreckage and physical devastation of war to emphatically put forth the futility of it all. In the climax, Shoojit concludes with, "One man's revolutionary is another one's villain!" followed by a few stellar lines of Tagore! Truly, in the clashes of mindsets the only people who suffer are commoners who seek only peace and happiness from their lives.As Lankan leader Anna strives to garner power and Indian Government attempts to achieve their political motive of maintaining monopoly in the subcontinent by maintaining friendly relations with Lanka to obtain access into the South East Asia, Sircar wonderfully relates the story of anarchy, bloodshed and meaningless war which continued for 27 long years killing thousands. In the end, he does squeeze out a potent message about the nugatory nightmare of the wrath of war! Shoojit intelligently executes a crisply written story which is executed breathtakingly. The editing of the film is quite well done, as the docu-drama style doesn't stir up any boredom. Shantanu Moitra's music is pristine and haunting as the climax wraps up with Papon crooning Maula Re.The last word: Madras Café is a hypnotically created masterpiece which thrives in the freshness of its conception. Using history with drama to build a persuasive tapestry of enthralling action, energetic plot and skillful narration of the grim phase of Lankan War, Shoojit Sircar astonishes with this fascinating docu style dramatic movie. I am going flatly with a 9/10 this triumphed work of passionate and compelling cinema.

rajukumar-earth One of the best movie's of Bollywood.Every Indian should know the facts that has been shown in this movie. Shoojit Sircar's Madras Cafe starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri is not just another typical Bollywood masala flick but is a thought provoking, heart touching political drama. It's a film that will keep you and your eyes glued to the seat and the screen, effortlessly. Sircar has given meaty roles to all his characters and not just the leads.The opening scene of Madras Cafe showcases khoon kharaba and merciless killing of innocent people. The scene then effectively moves on to the present where we see John in despair trying to overcome his sorrows with alcohol. Our hunkalicious drunken John Abraham (Vikram Singh) then visits a church where he recalls the blood-curdling tales of the Lankan wars and then the flashback begins. From here, the film takes us back to the 1980's and is set against the backdrop of Sri Lankan wars.John Abraham is a military officer who's ordered to carry out covert operations in Sri Lanka during the rise of Anna Bhaskaran (played by Ajay Rathnam ), the leader of a fictitious rebel group LTF. On John's arrival in the war struck country, he meets Nargis Fakhri (Jaya) who is a British war correspondent. No, there isn't any filmy style 'love at first sight' that evolves between the two. We're glad that Sircar has delivered his film with practicality. What we notice is that, while John speaks in Hindi, Nargis responds in English. Maybe she could've delivered at least one Hindi dialogue, but we aren't complaining. We guess the Rockstar babe got her acting right because she spoke a language that she's well-versed with… Moving on, during John's stay in Sri Lanka a lot unfolds including a tragic death, followed by double crossing, kidnapping and many more twists.While being engaged in the politics involved, it's quite apparent that Sircar hasn't ignored the importance of relationships in a person's life. Newbie Rashi Khanna (Ruby Singh), who plays John's wife in the film doesn't have a lot of screen presence but all the same she serves her purpose. Sircar has delicately portrayed the kind of relationship that a military officer has with his wife and how the love for our own country overshadows any other kind of love…Throughout the film, we're aware that there's going to be an assassination. Despite knowing it's going to happen, we still dread the scene and hope against hope that John saves the day. However, Shoojit knows what he's doing and ensures that John only plays a hero and not some larger-than-life superhero in the film. We love the way Sircar has facilely designed a realistic fiction film!The cinematography is mind blowing with terrific visualisations and sound effects. Nothing is overdone in the film. Madras Cafe sticks to its genre and remains a political thriller throughout the film without romance, item numbers, vulgarity and unnecessary skin show. Music by Shantanu Moitra is pleasing to the ears. The film isn't force-filled with unnecessary naach gaana just to add a romantic factor and we totally love that!The film ends with an intriguing thought, who really won the war. It keeps us pondering for a while that nobody gains at the end of a war, there's only loss… As the narration ends, the beautiful track Maula Sun Le Re starts playing. Hmmm… Is John asking the Lord to listen to his pleas for his film to work? He surely doesn't need that for this film to work as it's the best political thriller that Bollywood has ever se

rahuljonathan-nair Political, tense, finally explosive, MADRAS CAFE is no picnic in the neighborhood park. Madras Cafe's true star is its story which builds up to an agonizing end. It brings to life the Lankan war which many viewers were too young to have known. It highlights India's ambiguous role, moving sensitively, taking no sides. Its second half grows more fraught and taut, conspiracies and compulsions becoming clearer. Madras Cafe deserves an extra half-star for guts, going for the gunpowder - but with a restrained hand. Wonderful film delivered by Shoojit Sircar and John Abraham after 'Vicky Donor'! Note: If you like typical Hindi movie masala, unrealistic action or melodrama, this movie is not for you.

swaven When I watched Zero Dark Thirty I thought such kind of films will never be made in India.Even if someone attempts to make such a film it will be diluted with lots of nonsense.I was proved wrong after watching this film.I still cannot believe it is an Indian film.First of all the script is based on historical facts.Second the film is based on Military Intelligence and Geo Politics. Indians very rarely take films on such subjects since it demands very strong screenplay and often the producers and directors for commercial reasons will dilute the scripts by adding some nonsense. First of all the main credit should go to John Abraham for producing this film and second to Shubhendu Bhattacharya and Somnath Dey for writing an incredibly brilliant screenplay and third to director Soojit Sircar for not tapering with the screenplay.Loved this film.