Madras Cafe

 

 

 

Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna(Ruby), Ajay Rathnam(Anna), Siddharth Basu(Robin Dutt), Prakash Belawadi(Bala)
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Genre: Action, Thriller

 

Face of the politics unnerved. Feels like a long haul wait for a movie as gripping as this coming from Bollywood. It is a must watch

 

Pluses:

• The first credit to most deserving script writers Somnath Dey and Shubhendu Bhattacharya. So beautifully weaved, and so beautifully written, unfolding one by one without perplexing you too much
• Director Shoojit Sircar is the next person to the credit. If not so meticulously presented, the whole plot could easily mess up into a puny. The entire length of the movie totally worth it and completely utilized to every scene. He never lets you even blink your eyes as the series of events keep unfolding
• John Abraham is the man of the movie. He just knows where he suits the best, and he never lets that image loose in the industry amidst all the other experiments that he does in varied other genres. Really admirable, an actor best reliable for such a role. Tough and not necessarily always flaunting body :)
• Amazing re enactment of Jaffna-Sri Lanka at its worst during the civil war, as beautiful as the island can get and as pitiable to the plight of the innocent
• Very resonating character played by Ajay Rathnam as the chief of LTF, reminds you of Prabhakaran of LTTE
• There were more important characters played by Siddharth Basu and Prakash Belawadi at their best
• Other supporting characters, Rashi Khanna and the role played for the Prime Minister, short but significant to their own stance
• The story leaves you cold, intrigues many thoughts at the backdrop of how unsafe the entire world is, completely oblivious to all the facts as we lie safe in our cocoons

 

Lukewarm:

 

Nargis Fakhri :) She is trying to act, and i give her a round of applause for the trial :) This role suits her better nevertheless :)

 

Minuses:

• One dampner in such well written script is quite a put off. Vikram Singh returning back to the forest to LTF, meeting their chief's second in command, after being caught and released once in his original profile. How could anybody not recognize him! Duhh!!
• Didnt like the plot in narration to a church father and the way it abruptly ends. Sudden relief of his burden and his recluse for 3 years not explained well

 

  

My rating: 3.5/5