Reviews

Madras Cafe is political-action movie released on perfect time when bollywood audience was pathetically bored by both Shahrukh and Salman with monkey comedy and style. John Abraham gave his best performance and proved many of his critics including me wrong. Producers in bollywood complain over the lack of script, but this movie can teach others to fetch events based on history - weather it is a tragedy or happy ending movies. You need not act funny to make up for bad scripts in movies. Shoojit Sircar had a clear direction, pace of movie to narrate this sequence of events that led to one of the biggest disaster in Indian politics and its relation to Sri Lankan civil war. Politics, patriotism, action, betrayal, conspiracy, espionage - all form a essential ingredients to make this movie a great entertainer which leaves an lasting impression in viewers mind. The movie lacks any memorable song which most bollywood movies would usually have. I personally feel stories and song should be separate.

Must watch for all.

Nice adaptation of novel by Alexandre Dumas. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis were different in character from what I had imagined after reading the novel, but similar was the fate of Sherlock Holmes. They had a good sense of humor. Sherlock Holmes succeeded well with re-invention of the character with good acting by Robert Downey Jr. Though the plot was taken from the novel, yet there were many instances where it indulged in fantasy like sky ships, chambers of Leonardo da Vinci and even usage few words like 'insurance policy' which didn't exist in those days. Being a French story, the language and ascent didn't help in bringing the originality. However, the lack of certain aspects were well covered by some twists and superb acting by Milla Jovovich (Milady), Orlando Bloom (Duke of Buckingham) and Matthew Macfadyen (Athos). The 3D effects were good and the script made a good sinker for its sequel. My rating: 7