Release date(s) August 23, 2013
Cast
John Abraham - Captain Vikram Singh (Indian army Captain appointed by the Research and Analysis Wing). Captain 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”.
Nargis Fakhri - Jaya (a British war correspondent) (inspired by many war correspondents, including Anita Pratap
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Rashi Khanna
Leena Maria
Tinu Menachery
Siddharth Basu
Agnello Dias
Synopsis
As per John Arbaham "Madras Cafe brings us closer to what changed the political history of India."
The film, set in India and Sri Lanka, is a political spy thriller set against backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war.Vikram Singh (John Abraham) is an Indian Army special officer who is appointed by the intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing to conduct covert operations in Sri Lanka shortly after Indian Peace Keeping Force was forced to withdraw.As he journeys to Sri Lanka, with the intention of disrupting a rebel group, he discover the larger issue. There he meets a British journalist (Jaya)who is there to reveal the truth about the civil war, and in the process uncovers a conspiracy.
Casting
Shoojit Sircar contacted model Sheetal Mallar for the film,but as things did not work out newcomer, Rashi Khanna was signed for the role, who makes her debut.Leena Maria said that she plays a female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam member.For the role of foreign war correspondent, Nargis Fakhri was chosen because the director required "a girl who looked Indian but had an accent." Thus this was the first film were her voice wasn't dubbed.
Filming
Film was shot in India, where the town of Jaffna was also recreated. In Delhi/NCR the shoot was done at IHDP Business Park, Sector 127, Noida, which is one of the finest buildings in NCR and is famous for exhibition and events. Here the shoot was conducted by Om Raizada
| adras Cafe | |
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| Directed by | Shoojit Sircar |
| Produced by | John Abraham Ronnie Lahiri Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
| Starring | John Abraham Nargis Fakhri Leena Mari |
| Music by | Shantanu Moitra |
| Cinematography | Kamaljeet Negi |
| Editing by | Shekhar Prajapati |
| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget |  350 million(US$5.9 million) |
Madras Cafe theatrical trailer
Madras Cafe official trailer
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