techtsp Review of Madaari

Madaari (2016)

Madaari is a priceless depiction of love, separation, revenge, and India's hypocrite politics

[8/10 · 24 July 2016]

Directed by Nishikant Kamat, Madaari is a must-watch socio-thriller film of 2016. The story begins with a breaking news of the kidnapping of Home Minister's son. No Indian thriller completes without having a cop as important character in the story. There comes a clean CBI officer Nachiket Verma (played by Jimmy Shergill) in the picture, who is given responsibility for ensuring the safety of minister's son throughout the case and hunting down the kidnapper Nirmal (played by Irrfan Khan). As the story proceeds, CBI's role loses dominance in the story as the kidnapper himself takes care of minister's son and solves the entire case to get caught (or let's say…surrender). Sounds stupid, isn't it? Well, that's just about one side of the coin. The other side is about kidnapper Nirmal, a common man, who has lost his son in a bridge collapse caused by negligence and high-level corruption by authorities. Nirmal's intentions and demands out of the kidnapping remain secret until he reveals his painful story to minister's son who later sympathizes with Nirmal. Madaari is a priceless depiction of love, separation, revenge, and most importantly, India's hypocrite politics. The movie lacks action, and the first half feels somewhat dull. However, Nishikant Kamat's superb direction and Irrfan Khan's phenomenal acting has proved it (once again) that this masterpiece couldn't be any better.