Madras Cafe

4.00

Madras Cafe dives boldly into terrain Bollywood hasn't touched before

Director highlights India's ambiguous role, moving sensitively, taking no sides, except those of relationships involving respect - but no romance - between Vikram Singh and Jaya Sahni, duty, victory and loss(more)

Source: Srijana Mitra Das , Times Of India

3.00

Madras Cafe is flawed but ambitious and brave.

Madras Cafe works as an effective portrait of the futility of war. Shoojit and his writers, Shubhendu Bhattacharya and Somnath Dey, ably illustrate why there are no winners here. Ideologies are marred by corruption and brutality. (more)

Source: reviews Anupama Chopra, Hindustan Times

3.75

Madras cafe does not serve the usual bollywood brew

, Sircar turns the clock back, breaking new ground for Hindi cinema. Keeping the jingoistic flavour aside, he plays the game of shadows as it is played with all its muck and grime. Drawing from the pages of our geopolitical history, Sircar tries to show how a political assassination could be prevent...(more)

Source: Anuj Kumar , The Hindu

3.50

The film meshes fact and fiction competently

Solidly directed by Sircar, who steers clear of typical Bollywood machismo and avoids oversimplifying characters or their motives, the film - at a little over two hours - is a compelling watch(more)

Source: Rajeev Mansad, CNN-IBN

3.50

Madras Cafe deserves an audience

Shoojit Sircar's Madras Cafe is a swift, smart and serious study of an inglorious chapter of political history. It doesn't take names but doesn't hold back either. (more)

Source: sukanya verma, Rediff.com