Madras Cafe
2013 Indian Hindi-language film by Shoojit Sircar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Madras Cafe is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film[7] directed by Shoojit Sircar and starring John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri with newcomer Raashi Khanna in lead roles.[1][8][9] The film is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the time of Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war and assassination of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The film deals with an Indian Army special officer who is appointed by the intelligence agency R&AW to head covert operations in Jaffna shortly after Indian peace-keeping force was forced to withdraw.[10][11]
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Directed by | Shoojit Sircar |
Written by | Story and Screenplay: Somnath Dey Shubendu Bhattacharya Dialogues: Juhi Chaturvedi Tushar Jain |
Produced by | John Abraham[1] Ronnie Lahiri[2][3] Sheel Kumar Sudhanshu Vats |
Starring | John Abraham Nargis Fakhri Raashi Khanna Siddharth Basu Prakash Belawadi |
Cinematography | Kamaljeet Negi |
Edited by | Chandrashekhar Prajapati |
Music by | Shantanu Moitra |
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Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 120 minutes[4] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹35 crore[5] |
Box office | ₹67 crore[6] |
Madras Cafe was released on 23 August 2013. Box Office India stated the film did above average business.[12] The film won the National Film Award for Best Audiography for Nihar Ranjan Samal (location sound recording) and Bishwadeep Chatterjee (sound design) at the 61st National Film Awards.[13]