Madras Cafe

Madras Cafe is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by John Abraham and Ronnie Lahiri under the banners JA Entertainment and Rising Sun Films. The film stars John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri and Raashii Khanna (in her film debut) in the lead roles. The film is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the time of Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war and assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The film revolves around an Indian soldier who is appointed by the intelligence agency R&AW to head covert operations in Jaffna shortly after Indian peace-keeping force was forced to withdraw.

Madras Cafe was released on 23 August 2013, to positive reviews from critics. The film was declared as an above average grosser at the box office. The film won the National Film Award for Best Audiography for Nihar Ranjan Samal and Bishwadeep Chatterjee at the 61st National Film Awards.