Madras Cafe serves you the best Political thriller of Bollywood so far. It gives an inside, one man perspective view of the crisis that India faced over late eighties and early nineties. A National crisis to which the Nation was ignorant (other than South elm) until their Prince was assassinated.
Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord in late eighties turned into our own Vietnam (mentioned in the movie too !!) when the Peace keepers suffered the brutal violence. Inexperienced in Jungle Guerilla warfare , low on intel, Indian Regular Army took way more heat than the pre-estimate.
This movie takes you right there, when strategies were been compromised, missions failed and search for mole began. And continuing on a thriller ride, it throws you to the conspiring plot of Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Pros: Authentic, very much detailing in the story line. Fast paced thriller.
RAW never looked so smart, their equipments never looked so real and so do their men. John Abraham didn't become John Rambo neither James Bond.
Lead actress (portraying an NRI journalist) didn't utter a Hindi word in a commercial Bollywood movie. Big Kudos to the Director !!
Combat scenes were gore, short & realistic and not exaggerated. Bullet effects,gun recoil, soldier's positions these usually overlooked areas were been paid full attention.
Good budget brings helicopter long shot, brilliant location and areal photography.
Cons: Only major flaw I felt - Too much shaky camera movement. Dolly tracks are hardly been used. I actually got a headache after leaving the theater.
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high" ... Soojit Sircar fearlessly just not presented one of the worst Indian political blunder but also held his head high above the commercial, controversial pressure. He has shown the guts to stay away from masala pricks (not even a single back ground song comes to hinder the pace till very last, no parallel love story building up within the lead pair)
Indo-Pak war / tension even RAW covert missions have been featured in Bollywood for many and in recent times. Its a safe segment to have your audience with a patriotic breeze. But Soojit did not hesitate to read out those chapters which are not very much welcomed in Indian History. This movie may not do good in the box office which is ruled by all the Circus stuffs. But it has set another benchmark in Bollywood, and that will be real hard to reach.
Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord in late eighties turned into our own Vietnam (mentioned in the movie too !!) when the Peace keepers suffered the brutal violence. Inexperienced in Jungle Guerilla warfare , low on intel, Indian Regular Army took way more heat than the pre-estimate.
This movie takes you right there, when strategies were been compromised, missions failed and search for mole began. And continuing on a thriller ride, it throws you to the conspiring plot of Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Pros: Authentic, very much detailing in the story line. Fast paced thriller.
RAW never looked so smart, their equipments never looked so real and so do their men. John Abraham didn't become John Rambo neither James Bond.
Lead actress (portraying an NRI journalist) didn't utter a Hindi word in a commercial Bollywood movie. Big Kudos to the Director !!
Combat scenes were gore, short & realistic and not exaggerated. Bullet effects,gun recoil, soldier's positions these usually overlooked areas were been paid full attention.
Good budget brings helicopter long shot, brilliant location and areal photography.
Cons: Only major flaw I felt - Too much shaky camera movement. Dolly tracks are hardly been used. I actually got a headache after leaving the theater.
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high" ... Soojit Sircar fearlessly just not presented one of the worst Indian political blunder but also held his head high above the commercial, controversial pressure. He has shown the guts to stay away from masala pricks (not even a single back ground song comes to hinder the pace till very last, no parallel love story building up within the lead pair)
Indo-Pak war / tension even RAW covert missions have been featured in Bollywood for many and in recent times. Its a safe segment to have your audience with a patriotic breeze. But Soojit did not hesitate to read out those chapters which are not very much welcomed in Indian History. This movie may not do good in the box office which is ruled by all the Circus stuffs. But it has set another benchmark in Bollywood, and that will be real hard to reach.