Madaari [2016]

Director - Nishikant Kamat
Language - Hindi
Run Time - 2 hours, 13 minutes
Genre - Drama/Thriller
Starring - Irrfan Khan and Jimmy Shergill

Irrfan Khan's films, although off-beat, hardly ever disappoint. Such is not the case with Madaari. I had high expectations from the film, the trailer promised a movie somewhere on the lines of  'A Wednesday'. But sadly, the movie delves too much into the 'message' and thus, the plot suffers. Irrfan's acting, top notch as always, is the only thing that carried the movie forward. The movie overall turns out be quite dull affair rather than the thriller that was promised.

Irrfan Khan plays the Madaari, aka Nirmal, a common man and lone father who takes life as it comes. Until, tragedy strikes, and he decides to take matters in his own hands. Skip to kidnapping the son of the home minister of the country. Can he change the system?

The build-up that one expects from the movie is missing, so is the mystery which should be surrounding a thriller. It stretched 30-45 longer than it should have. The flashbacks as well as the songs were quite irritating and unnecessary additions to the plot.

Irrfan Khan and Jimmy Shergill are provide the silver lining in the movie, and yes, the climax to an instant. But how much can two brilliant actors do, without a good script that should be bringing them together? Irrfan Khan stirs the audience's emotions with his portrayal of a father who has lost the only source of happiness in his life - the son and is hellbent on revenge. Vishesh Bansal as Rohan, the kidnapped kid is quite irritating, and not a character I would have liked to see in such a serious film. The director tries to makeup for the serious overtone with Rohan's character, but that adds more poison to the film.

The idea was right, but the execution was miserable.

One should avoid this movie.

My Rating - 5.8/10 (Only because of Irrfan and Jimmy)