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Madras Cafe is a 2013 Indian political espionage thriller film directed by Shoojit Sircar and starring John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri and Rashi Khanna in lead roles.[1][6][7][8] The film is set in the late 1980s and early '90s, during the time of Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war and assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.[9][10]
Madras Cafe was released on August 23, 2013. The film impressed most of the Indian critics and finished its theatrical run at the box office with 42 cr nett.[11][12]
As per John Abraham, "Madras Cafe brings us closer to what changed the political history of India."[13] The film, set in India and Sri Lanka, is a political spy thriller with the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war.[6] Major Vikram Singh (John Abraham) is an Indian Army special officer who is appointed by the intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing to head covert operations in Jaffna shortly after Indian peace-keeping force was forced to withdraw.[6][14][15] As he journeys to Sri Lanka, with the intention of disrupting the LTF rebels, he becomes entangled in rebel and military politics.[16] There he meets a British journalist (Jaya Sahni)[17] who wants to reveal the truth about the civil war, and in the process he uncovers a conspiracy to assassinate "a former Indian prime minister".[16]
"The film is a work of fiction, but it is based on research into real events, it has a resemblance to actual political events, dealing with civil war and the ideology of a rebel group.", said director Sirkar.[16]
John Abraham as Major Vikram Singh (Indian army officer appointed by the Research and Analysis Wing to carry out operations in Jaffna). Singh is fictitious, Sircar said he had "used real references, portrayed rebel groups, revolutionary freedom fighters, Indian Peace Keeping Forces and shown how India got involved and the chaos".[14] "I didn't want to make glitzy thriller like Ek Tha Tiger or Agent Vinod, which seem inspired by the James Bond template. I want to show that intelligence officers are ordinary people who live amongst us. It is only that they have to solve issues where national security is at stake," says Sircar. Sircar says he needed an actor who can easily get lost in the crowd but with John Abraham it seems next to impossible. "The role also requires a certain level of physicality and John Abraham has worked for the role. I agree this is a new territory for him but I think he has pitched it right. Let's see how the audiences take him."[18]
Nargis Fakhri as Jaya Sahni (a British war correspondent in Sri Lanka, inspired by many war correspondents, including Anita Pratap[13]) As for Fakhri, Sircar says her voice has not been dubbed. "Nargis Fakhri is playing a foreign war correspondent. I needed a girl who looks Indian journalist but has an accent so there is no chance that audience will remember her Rockstar performance while watching Madras Café. She will converse in English and she is familiar with the language," says Sircar.[18]
Rashi Khanna as Ruby Singh,[19] wife of Singh[20]
Siddhartha Basu as Robin Dutt (RD), Chief of Research and Analysis Wing.[21] He is Major Singh’s mentor and appoints him to take sole responsibility of executing the covert operations in Sri Lanka
Ajay Rathnam as Anna Bhaskaran, the leader of the fictional LTF rebels. The character closely resembles the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.[22][23]
Prakash Belawadi[24] as Bala, Major Vikram Singh's superior in Jaffna. Due to his long stint in Sri Lanka, Bala is the only one who has first-hand information on the reality of the situation. As Major Singh arrives to execute his covert operation, Bala and his team helps him to get access to locations and people who are crucial to make the operation successful.
Tinu Menachery[25] as a Tamil rebel
Agnello Dias[26] as a Sri Lankan minister
Piyush Pandey as the Cabinet Secretary of India[27]
Dibang[28] as a former intelligence officer
Leena Maria Paul as a Tamil rebel
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