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Madaari

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
16K
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Irrfan Khan in Madaari (2016)
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DramaThriller

When Nirmal loses his family in a disaster caused by government corruption, he embarks on a journey seeking accountability and revenge.When Nirmal loses his family in a disaster caused by government corruption, he embarks on a journey seeking accountability and revenge.When Nirmal loses his family in a disaster caused by government corruption, he embarks on a journey seeking accountability and revenge.

  • Director
    • Nishikant Kamat
  • Writers
    • Shailja Kejriwal
    • Ritesh Shah
  • Stars
    • Irrfan Khan
    • Jimmy Shergill
    • Vishesh Bansal
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nishikant Kamat
    • Writers
      • Shailja Kejriwal
      • Ritesh Shah
    • Stars
      • Irrfan Khan
      • Jimmy Shergill
      • Vishesh Bansal
    • 106User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Trailer 3:04
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    Irrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan
    • Nirmal Kumar
    Jimmy Shergill
    Jimmy Shergill
    • Nachiket Verma
    Vishesh Bansal
    Vishesh Bansal
    • Rohan Goswami
    Tushar Dalvi
    Tushar Dalvi
    • Prashant Goswami
    Nitesh Pandey
    Nitesh Pandey
    • Sanjay Jagtap
    Kedar Bagaria
    • Apurva Kumar
    Manoj Bakshi
    Manoj Bakshi
    • Govind Bakshi
    Sunil Bedi
    • Shivender Singh
    Rajat Bhalla
    • Political Aide
    Satyajeet Bhattacharya
    • Abhay Sahani
    • (as Satyajit Bhattacharya)
    Akash Dabas
    • Nachiket's assistant
    Rahul Dhir
    • Goon
    Jitendra Gupta
    • Home Secretary
    Rajiv Gupta
    Rajiv Gupta
    • Mr. Bansal
    Vikas Jain
    • Cop at the bus stand
    Himanshu Joshi
    • Doctor
    Sadhil Kapoor
    • Cheeku
    Vijay Kaushik
    • Director
      • Nishikant Kamat
    • Writers
      • Shailja Kejriwal
      • Ritesh Shah
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    9daxiniravi

    Madaari is Irrfan Khan and Irrfan Khan is Madaari !

    It's a gem of a movie, largely carried on by Irrfan Khan and an expressive chunk of kid (Vishesh Bansal) & grit of Jimmy Shergill (he is wasted though). The depiction of Father-Son relation is directed beautifully ...u can actually fall for them 

    In here Irrfan doesn't try to be the one man army fighting against the system unlike almost all vigilante justice movie, instead he lets the situation, grief and purpose drive the movie with his exceptional acting (among the best v have seen) especially the post- accident hospital sequence is gut wrenching. The dialogues carry punch and tears apart our psyche.

    Nishikant Kamath's best direction after Mumbai Meri Jaan, though the movie falls short at some instances but they are well overlapped by Irrfan Khan's brilliance 

    If you loved A Wednesday u will admire Madaari

    P.S: it is a shame that such movie will hardly gather 10% of what BRAINLESS movies earn this days... no doubt we are living in denial !!!
    7prafullasrivastav

    Script spoil the chances to mark it magnum opus of Nishikant

    Nishikant tried to showcase the anger of common man against system and corruption similar Neeraj Pandey did in A Wednesday. Script was simply brilliant however climax need more thriller and more drama. Dialogues were really awesome and have punch. Nishikant has beautifully captured Father-son bonding in flashback. Impeccable performance from Irrfan with full emotions, grief,broken heart. Jimmy was terrific in the role of canny cop. Vishesh was good in role of kidnapped boy. Tushar was looking great in helpless father role as well as powerful home minister role. Nitesh role will remind you Deepal Shaw role in A Wednesday.There was not much scope for Music.
    10umair-41395

    super acting by IRFAN

    Madaari, a Social-Thriller film by Nishikant Kamath, is one more attempt by a filmmaker to take head-on with the corrupt systems existing in our country. It is very much inevitable to draw parrallels with Neeraj Pandey's 2008 film 'A Wednesday'. A Wednesday was an engaging thriller with an unimaginable and unpredictable dramatic twist, which was set on the premise of terrorism. The underlying concept of Madaari is also the same, i.e. when a common man decides to raise his voice against the powerful, it does make a difference. I would admit that Madaari might lack the action-packed thrilling sequences as that of Wednesday, but Madaari has its own strengths and it also very successfully conveys the message. Although as a viewer, I did feel disillusioned. Not because the film is not good, but because, the subject of the film is so relevant. We are aware of these shortcomings of our society, system, government, hardly doing anything to change the system, still unable to bring any changes. But at least an effort to convey a pertinent point through such films generate hopes of changes in the outlook towards world and also making world a better place to live.
    8puranjan163

    Another Maestro of Irrfan Khan

    Another meaningful movie of this year. Yet another time Irfan khan has proved his acting prowess. This is a story of a common man who stands against the corrupt system to search answers; answers which are harsh and even if we know them nothing will change. But knowing them are very much necessary for us. The story telling of the movie is good and I would say that would go to the brand of Nishikant Kamat. But what I personally liked the most about this movie is that it has pointed out the fact that what might happen in real-life and what we pay to see in reel-life if any commoner takes such a bold step. This movie emphasizes the fact that GOVERNMENT IS NOT CORRUPT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS FORMED TO DO CORRUPTION. People may change,leaders may change political colors may change but corruption survives and we the common people let it survive by paying with our lives in the end.
    9faisalfaves

    Actors like Irrfan are the kings of Bollywood

    Bollywood is a big industry and it is growing reaching Hollywood. People like Irrfan Khan in Bollywood are the real actors. Bollywood is reaching to Hollywood because of the actors like Him.

    There are some actors who are well known by all over the world, I don't want to show their names, everybody know them, those actors who are just curious about their image, curious about typical "Gunda" and many type of movies, but the real Heroes are these people like Irrfan, who just focus on real public issues.

    Director Nishikant Kamat is day by day progressing, and I congrats him for making this movie. The Music was less its OK, I am talking about slow Music that instantly touches the heart.

    Please Watch these kind of movies, and don't forget to tell people about this movie. and Irrfan Hats off to you sir.

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    • Trivia
      Irrfan Khan tweeted to Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi and Narendra modi as a publicity campaign saying that he wants to meet and he met Kejriwal who welcomed his invitation.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Nirmal Kumar: The Hawk swooped on the prey and carried it away... Story sounds believable, but you don't like to hear it... The prey then attacked the hawk. Sounds unbelievable, but is so pleasing to hear.

    • Soundtracks
      Dama Dama Dam
      Performed by Irrfan Khan

      Sung by Vishal Dadlani

      Music by Vishal Bhardwaj

      Lyrics by Irshad Kamil

      Produced by Shaailesh R Singh, Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar, Shailja Kejriwal

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    • Release date
      • July 22, 2016 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Puppeteer
    • Filming locations
      • Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
    • Production companies
      • Dore Films
      • Paramhans Creations
      • Saptarishi Cinevision
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,726,272
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 13m(133 min)
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