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{{Infobox film
| name = Madaari
| image = Madaari - 2016 Movie Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| native_name =
| director = [[Nishikant Kamat]]
| writer = [[Ritesh Shah]]
| story = Shailja Kejriwal
| based_on = 
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Irrfan Khan]]
* [[Vishesh Bansal]]
* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]]
* [[Tushar Dalvi]]
* Sadhil Kapoor
}}
| narrator =
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] [[Sunny–Inder Bawra]] '''Score:''' [[Sameer Phaterpekar]]
| cinematography = [[Avinash Arun]]
| editing = Aarif Sheikh
| studio = Paramhans Creations EaseMyTrip Saptarishi Cinevision
| distributor = [[Pooja Entertainment]] [[Reliance Entertainment]] (International)
| released = {{film date|2016|7|22|df=y|India}}
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross = {{INR|link=yes}}287{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web|title=Madaari - Movie|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3339|website=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/madaari/box-office/|title=Madaari - Box Office|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>
| producers = {{plainlist|[[Irrfan Khan]] Kshitiz Bhardwaj [[Shailesh R Singh]] [[Madan Paliwal]] Sutapa Sikdar Shailja Kejriwal}}
}}

'''''Madaari ''''' ({{translation|Puppeteer}}) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[social thriller]] film directed by [[Nishikant Kamat]]. It is produced by [[Shailesh R Singh]], Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar, and Shailja Kejriwal and co-produced by Nishant Pitti from [[EaseMyTrip|Easemytrip]]. The film stars [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Vishesh Bansal]], [[Jimmy Shergill]], [[Tushar Dalvi]] and [[Nitesh Pandey]] and was released on 22 July 2016. This was [[Nishikant Kamat]]'s last film as director before his death on 17 August 2020. Upon release, it received positive reviews and was a sleeper hit at the box office, but in later years it became a [[cult|cult classic]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Here's how Irrfan looks in a first from 'Madaari'|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Heres-how-Irrfan-looks-in-a-first-from-Madaari/articleshow/52189917.cms|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Revealed: Here's What Irrfan Khan's Madaari Is Based On!|url=https://in.movies.yahoo.com/revealed-irrfan-khan-madaari-based-081716241.html|website=[[Yahoo|Yahoo Movies]]|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Irrfan Khan's Madaari to release in June|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/irrfan-khans-madaari-to-release-in-june/article8462715.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=12 April 2016}}</ref>

== Plot ==
A 10-year-old child, Rohan, is kidnapped from his hostel. Rohan is the only son of the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]]. The army and the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] storm into action. CBI officer Nachiket Verma heads the case and gets restrain orders from all the other security agencies to make sure that the kidnappers don't panic and kill Rohan. Initially, the case is thought of mistaken identity wherein the kidnapper might have tried to kidnap the friend of Rohan, Cheeku who was also drugged while kidnapping.

For a long time, there is silence from the kidnapper and everyone is left guessing as who it might be, and at the same time the investigation is kept extremely secret, so as to keep the kidnapper(s) from killing Rohan. Behind the scenes, the security agencies try to find the location of the kidnapper without raising any kind of suspicion. Rohan is actually kidnapped by Nirmal after being drugged by him. Rohan shows his anger towards Nirmal for kidnapping him. Nirmal shows Rohan a pre-recorded video of his friend Cheeku who is in a drugged state struggling with fear. Nirmal tells Rohan that Cheeku will be killed if he refuses to co-operate with him. Nirmal keeps traveling via public transport to evade his location.

One day, Nirmal calls Cheeku's father to convey a message to the Home Minister, Prashant Goswami, that Rohan was abducted on purpose. His demand is that he wants his son, who was lost in an act of negligence by the government, to be found. It is then revealed that Nirmal had a happy family with his son, Apu (short for Apurva) after his wife left them. Apu died when a bridge collapsed on him on his way to school. Moved and depressed by his loss, Nirmal decided to seek revenge from the politicians and others responsible for the death of his son.

The news becomes a hot item in the media. Towards the end, Nirmal travels back to his house in Mumbai with Rohan, and calls a TV news channel from there and demands all those who were involved in the bridge collapse, including the Home Minister, come to his house and also the news anchor to broadcast it to the people, threatening to kill Rohan and himself if they don't. He makes the bridge contractor, Goswami, and the ruling party's money man , confess their corrupt activities on a live broadcast on TV. Rohan indicates he understands why Nirmal did what he did and Rohan and Nirmal hug before Rohan leaves with his father. Nirmal surrenders to the police and is later seen immersing the articles his son was wearing (and the remains of his son in a schoolbag) when he died, in sea while being under the custody of the police.

==Cast==
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Nirmal Kumar
* [[Vishesh Bansal]] as Rohan Goswami
* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] as Nachiket Verma
* [[Tushar Dalvi]] as Prashant Goswami
* [[Uday Tikekar]] as Pratap Nimbalkar
* [[Nitesh Pandey]] as Sanjay Jagtap
* Rajeev Gupta as Mr. Bansal
* Sadhil Kapoor as Cheeku
*[[Ayesha Raza Mishra]] as Jaya Goswami, Rohan's mother and Prashant's wife

==Production==
===Filming===
The film was shot in [[New Delhi]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Dehradun]], [[Shimla]] and [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Irrfan unveils first poster of 'Madaari'|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/articles.php?name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Fcontent%2F545551%2Firrfan-unveils-first-poster-madaari.html|website=Deccan Herald|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=10 May 2016}}</ref>

==Music==
The first song "Dama Dama Dam" from ''Madaari'' was released on 10 June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Irrfan Khan(We miss you)to lip-sync in 'Madaari' | work = The Indian Express | date = 10 June 2016 | accessdate = 2016-07-10 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/irrfan-khan-to-lip-sync-in-madaari-2845848/ }}</ref>
Both Songs Written by [[Irshad Kamil]].

{{tracklist
|headline = Track Listing
|extra_column = Singer(s)
|total_length = 10:43
| title1 = Masoom Sa
| music1 = [[Inder Bawra]], [[Sunny Bawra]]
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length1 = 6:24
| title2 = Dama Dama Dam
| music2 = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
| extra2 = [[Vishal Dadlani]]
| length2 = 4:19
}}

==Release==
===Marketing===
The first look poster of the film was unveiled through [[Twitter]] by [[Irrfan Khan]] and later the teaser of the film was revealed on [[YouTube]] on 10 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=10 May 2016|title=Irrfan Khan's Madaari is based on a real life event|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/irrfan-khans-madaari-is-based-on-a-real-life-event-2787356/|accessdate=10 May 2016|website=The Indian box Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Sreeju Sudhakaran|title=Madaari teaser: Ssshhh! The nation is sleeping and Irrfan Khan doesn't want to wake us up!|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/madaari-teaser-ssshhh-the-nation-is-sleeping-and-irrfan-khan-doesnt-want-to-wake-us-up/|website=BollywoodLife.com|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madaari: Irrfan Khan unveils first box office: 872 million poster|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/entertainment/madaari-irrfan-khan-unveils-first-poster/141536.html|website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|accessdate=10 May 2016|date=10 May 2016}}</ref> The trailer was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] on 11 May 2016 on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rajani Chandel|title='Madaari' trailer: Irrfan Khan stuns you with his performance|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Prachi-Desai-Reality-based-films-are-not-dry-films/articleshow/52223796.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161029121338/http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Prachi-Desai-Reality-based-films-are-not-dry-films/articleshow/52223796.cms|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2016|website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=11 May 2016|date=11 May 2016}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 78% based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/madaari |title=Madaari (2016) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango Media]] |access-date=16 March 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5713232}}

{{Nishikant Kamat}}

[https://anicow.com/madaari-dialogues/ Madaari Dialogues]

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Ajay Kumar at 08:41, 20 August 2023