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Madaari (2016)

Not Rated | | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 22 July 2016 (India)
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When Nirmal loses his family in a disaster caused by government corruption, he embarks on a journey seeking accountability and revenge.

Director:

Nishikant Kamat

Writers:

Shailja Kejriwal (story), Ritesh Shah (screenplay and dialogue)

Stars:

Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Vishesh Bansal | See full cast & crew »
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Credited cast:
Irrfan Khan ... Nirmal Kumar
Jimmy Sheirgill ... Nachiket Verma (as Jimmy Shergill)
Vishesh Bansal ... Rohan Goswami
Tushar Dalvi ... Prashant Goswami
Nitish Pandey Nitish Pandey ... Sanjay Jagtap
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kedar Bagaria Kedar Bagaria ... Apurva Kumar
Manoj Bakshi ... Govind Bakshi
Sunil Bedi Sunil Bedi ... Shivender Singh
Rajat Bhalla Rajat Bhalla ... Political Aide
Satyajit Bhattacharya Satyajit Bhattacharya ... Abhay Sahani
Akash Dabas Akash Dabas ... Nachiket's assistant
Rahul Dhir Rahul Dhir ... Goon
Jitendra Gupta Jitendra Gupta ... Home Secretary
Rajiv Gupta Rajiv Gupta ... Mr. Bansal
Vikas Jain Vikas Jain ... Cop at the bus stand
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Storyline

'Madaari' is the story of a common man who sets out to avenge the death of his son caused by rampant corruption in the government. Losing the only family he had brings him to kidnap the home minister's son and bring those responsible to justice. Written by Keith Francis Bacon

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Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Babubhai Mistry directed the unreleased film Ratan Pictures "Madaari" in 1990. Starring Jeetendra, Jaya Pradha ,Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar,Satish Shah,Pran,Kunika, Shreepradha. Music by Kalyanji Anandji. See more »

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[first lines]
Nirmal Kumar: The Hawk swooped on the prey and carried it away... Story sounds believable, but you don't like to hear it... The prey then attacked the hawk. Sounds unbelievable, but is so pleasing to hear.
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Dama Dama Dam
Performed by Irrfan Khan
Sung by Vishal Dadlani
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyrics by Irshad Kamil
Produced by Shailesh R. Singh, Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar, Shailja Kejriwal
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Masterpiece
1 May 2020 | by prathampikku – See all my reviews

Masterpiece - Natural Acting, Plot Is Very Sentimental & Realastic. Story Is Above Expectation. Irrfan's Great Art Must Watch Every Body , Bollywood Should Make This Type Of Thought Provoking Movie.
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Release Date:

22 July 2016 (India) See more »

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