New era movie makers can bring almost any plot on the screen. When 'Vicky Donor' released, nobody could think of such an unimaginable story. Shoojit Sircar(director) does a fabulous job once again, and In all the 3 departments that make a movie brilliant, 1.Research--2.Screenplay--3.Editing.
A youth born after the assassination of Late Mr.Rajiv Gandhi (ex-P.M. of India) had only heard the story of his killing either from his/her parents or read somewhere in books/internet. Thus one could find great number of youth inside the hall and in the ticket line.
This film narrates the whole incident in a very interesting and brainy manner. The affliction and agony that the Sri Lankan people suffered at that time and the loss of the lives of the soldiers of I.P.K.F.(Indian Peace-keeping Force) has been brought to the screen wonderfully. After 'Ek tha Tiger', R&AW(Research & Analysis Wing, India) has come into limelight and several movies, like 'Agent Vinod', 'D-Day' and now Madras Cafe, have connoted the lives of R&AW agents. John Abraham(Major Vikram) plays the role of the same and you could relate his character from the one he played in 'Force', yet he was efficient and toned enough for it. After a poor exhibition of her acting skills and a dubbed voice in 'Rockstar', Nargis Fakhri gets a fair chance. She plays the role of a foreign war correspondent and gets to speak English dialogues in her own voice in this movie which she does, not so badly. The new face Rashi Khanna performs well as the wife of John. Non-actor persons like Siddharth Basu(Producer of game shows like K.B.C. and Dus ka Dum), Piyush Pandey(Chairman of O&M advertising agency) and Dibang(Senior Journalist) have also been given a chance to play the roles of the R&AW officials which they carry off well.
The film could not release in Tamil Nadu owing to the protests by Tamil diaspora as they felt that there is a poor depiction of the L.T.T.E.(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) rebels in the movie and Prabhakaran (Bhaskaran in the movie) has been shown as a villain. Still the movie could manage the first week collections close to Rs.30 Crores and well deserved 30 crores. One has to applaud John Abraham and his production house for coming up with such unique creations and the diversity in the direction of Shoojit Sircar.
In the end, the movie creates a feel of sympathy for Rajiv Gandhi which the anti-Congress people would mind in the on-going corrupt political scenario of the U.P.A.(United Progressive Alliance) lead country. On the other hand, the people aged 50+ who found an ideal leader in Rajiv Gandhi would love the movie. Yet the movie brings us closer to what changed the political history of India and which should be known to every Indian! Its time to get off the 'Chennai Express' and have a cup of 'Madras Cafe'!! 4 stars ****
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