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Madaari

Madaari

Sshhh… The country is asleep

20167.42h 14m

Overview

A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.

Directed by Nishikant Kamat
Written by Ritesh Shah, Shailja Kejriwal
Produced by Madan Paliwal, Shailesh R. Singh, Shailja Kejriwal
Box Office0Revenue: $4.2M

Top Cast

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Nirmal Kumar

Jimmy Shergill

Jimmy Shergill

Nachiket Verma

T

Tushar Dalvi

Prashant Goswami

Vishesh Bansal

Vishesh Bansal

Rohan 'Spidi' Goswami

K

Kedar Bagaria

Apurva Kumar

S

Sadhil Kapoor

Cheeku

Nitesh Pandey

Nitesh Pandey

Sanjay Jagtap

Akash Dabas

Akash Dabas

Nachiket's assistant

Rajiv Gupta

Rajiv Gupta

Mr. Bansal

Themes & Keywords

child kidnappinggovernment corruption

About Madaari

Madaari is a thriller, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of child kidnapping, government corruption. Directed by Nishikant Kamat, it stars Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Tushar Dalvi. A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.

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