Madaari

Madaari
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byNishikant Kamat
Written byRitesh Shah
Story byShailja Kejriwal
Produced by
Irrfan Khan
Kshitiz Bhardwaj
Shailesh R Singh
Madan Paliwal
Sutapa Sikdar
Shailja Kejriwal
Starring
CinematographyAvinash Arun
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music bySongs:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Sunny–Inder Bawra
Score:
Sameer Phaterpekar
Production
companies
Paramhans Creations
EaseMyTrip
Saptarishi Cinevision
Distributed byPooja Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment (International)
Release date
  • 22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹287 million[1][2]

Madaari (transl. Puppeteer) is a 2016 Indian 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. 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 classic.[3][4][5]

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  4. ^ "Revealed: Here's What Irrfan Khan's Madaari Is Based On!". Yahoo Movies. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Irrfan Khan's Madaari to release in June". The Hindu. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.