Movie Review | Madras Cafe

Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna, Siddharth Basu, Ajay Rathnam

Direction: Shoojit Sircar

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes

Straight up, Madras Cafe couldn't be more different to director Shoojit
Sircar's Vicky Donor. Political, tense, finally explosive, Madras Cafe
is no picnic in the neighborhood park. Major Vikram
Singh (Abraham lands in Sri Lanka,
heading RAW's covert operations. He must
work with colleague Bala to get Anna Bhaskaran (Rathnam),
head of the rebel LTF group - "Also known
as Tigers" - to accept a peaceful
resolution. Vikram knows Anna will be a
huge challenge - what surprises him is
how many others he must face.

Madras Cafe dives boldly into terrain
Bollywood hasn't touched before. Its
arsenal features research, respect and
bravely, no songs. But it's not arty or
preachy anywhere. Its first half is layered,
complex trails - leaks, foreign interests, domestic rivals - slowly revealed to
Vikram. As RAW boss Robin Dutt (Basu)
ups the pressure, Vikram must move fast
through sultry, dangerous airs. His foreign
journalist friend Jaya (Fakhri, apparently
playing real-life journalist Anita Pratap, who first interviewed LTTE chief
Prabhakaran) knows this conflict's heart
even better than Vikram, whose
discoveries, from Sri Lanka to South Block,
grow traumatic.

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, except those of relationships involving
respect - but no
romance - between Vikram and Jaya,
duty, victory and loss. Its second half
grows more fraught and taut,
conspiracies and compulsions becoming
clearer. John stays low-key and competent as Vikram while supporting
actors, like agents Bala, SP and Vasu,
stand out. Restrained performances by
the LTF suicide bombers are chilling.

The cinematography is remarkable, shots
of huge naval warships, helicopters
floating across hills, sunshine on a deadly
sea, haunting. Commendably, Sircar never
overindulges in gore, keeping Madras Cafe a shifting site of mental
violence. Madras Cafe deserves an extra half-star
for guts, going for the gunpowder - but
with a restrained hand.

Note: If you like typical Hindi movie
masala, unrealistic action or melodrama,
this movie is not for you.

‘Besharam’ Ranbir Kapoor copies ‘Veer’ Salman Khan!

Bollywood's chocolaty Barfi Ranbir Kapoor is leaving no stone unturned
to market his upcoming film Besharam. The actor was recently in Punjab
where he promoted his film in Black t-shirt which has the film's title
on it.

Meanwhile, if you are thinking that this is RK's unique idea of
promotion then you are completely mistaken! Yes, Ranbir has imitated
the same from Salman Khan, who promoted his flick 'Veer' in the same
way.

However this is something stunning for all of us as there was a cold
war going on between Salman and Ranbir due to the Rockstar actor's
closeness with Sallu's ex Katrina Kaif. And amid all the war of words,
Ranbir aping Salman is something strange. Isn't it?

Meanwhile, the film had already lured enough limelight after it was
alleged that music director Lalit Pandit copied an Italian song for
Love Ki Ghanti.

Directed by Abhinav Kashyap, Besharam stars Ranbir Kapoor and Pallavi
Sharda. The film is scheduled to release on October 2, 2013.

Chennai Express Crosses 200 Cr In India, 300 Cr Worldwide!

Within 2 weeks of its release, Shah
Rukh Khan's Chennai Express, becomes
the second movie after Aamir Khan's
3 Idiots, to cross the coveted 200
crores at the Box Office. Already
having broken every possible Box Office record in India., this action
comedy till Thursday evening, had
already collected 3.57 Crores, making
its grand total rise to 200.17 crore and
thereby, breaking the record of
Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger, which released last year.

The release of Once Upon A Time In
Mumbai Dobara, didn't have any
effect on the collections of the movie
and its collections have suffered
because of it. As a result of great
marketing by the King and the overall likability of the movie the movie has
become a blockbuster.

Here are the details of the collections:
Film crossed 200cr in India and 100cr
in
overseas today in just 14 days !
Boxoffice
details after 2 weeks:

Total Domestic Collections 201.01 cr
nett
Total Overseas Collections 100.50 cr
Total Worldwide nett 301.51 cr
Total Worldwide Gross 371.00 cr

It is just a matter of time that the film
breaks the record of 3 Idiots and
becomes the highest grossing film
ever in Bollywood history. A grand
salute to SRK and its a moment of
great joy for all his fans! Congratulations team Chennai
Express!

Parneeti Chopra Will Surprise You In Shuddh Desi Romance

The promotional trailers of Shuddh Desi
Romance may be showing Parineeti
Chopra as a chirpy young girl, but
actually she plays a quiet and sensible
girl in the movie.

We now understand that unlike what is
evident in the songs and trailers of the
upcoming movie, Parineeti Chopra is
going to surprise many in Shuddh Desi
Romance. So far in the trailers, Parineeti
is portrayed as a happy-go-lucky girl but she says that in the film
she playing a
completely different person.

"I am a very sensible and sorted human
being, probably more sorted than the
other two (characters - played by
Sushant Singh Rajput and Vaani Kapoor)
with me. Very quiet, so you will see a
new side of me," explained Parineeti whio is Gayitri in Shuddh Desi romance.

The actress gave away these details
when she was seen in a college
promoting the film along with her co-
stars. The film also marks the Bollywood
debut of Vaani Kapoor.

The 24-year-old's cousin actress
Priyanka Chopra is as excited as
Parineeti for this upcoming movie which
will release on September 6. When
asked about this to Parineeti, she said,
"Yes, my sister watched it (promos) and she really loved it. She is
waiting for me
to have a trial and we have also not
seen the film yet. So, she is totally
supportive."