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Starring: Abhishek
Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Tanisha
Mukerji, Govind Namdeo, Supriya Pathak, Victor Banerjee
Director - Ram Gopal Varma
Sarkar Raj is sequel of film
Sarkar directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The plot has
surprising twists and turns. It has tight screenplay,
powerful dialogues, excellent cinematography and
impressive close ups.
However, things are not what they seem to be and
Shankar's dream project runs into troubles. The evil
forces, mightier than ever, mushroom and gang up to bring
down the regime of Sarkar and wipe off Shankar's political
career. Obstacles unfold one after another and the
characters are used as a pawn for a completely different
game!
A specific dialogue in the film like "Insaan ko maarna
jurm hai, lekin insaan ko sahi waqt pe maarna, rajnithi"
leaves a powerful impact. The
cinematography by Amit Roy is supreme, but it appears the
director’s fixation for low angle shots, lighting and use
of sunlight reflections which he used in earlier films, is
repeated here. Prashant Pandey's screenplay is admirable.
CREDITS:
Presenter - Adlabs Films
Producer - Pravin Nischol, Z Picture Company, Ram Gopal
Varma
Director - Ram Gopal Varma
Music Director - Bapi - Tutul
Writers - :Prashant Pandey, Ram Gopal Varma
Editor - Prashant Pandey
Technical Credits
Line Producers - Nitin Chandrachud, Abhijit Ghatak
Original Music by Amar Mohile
Cinematography by Amit Roy
Film Editing by Nipun Gupta
Costume Design by Urmilla Lal Motwani
First Assistant Director - Sameer Sadhwani
Art Director - Sunil Nigvekar
Action Director - Allan Amin
Sound Designer - Debashish Mishra
Background Sound - Amar Mohile
Stunts Director - Allan Amin
Editorial Department
Digital Intermediate Colourist - Ken Metzker
Finance Controller - Abhijit Chawathe
Assitant to Director - Karan Rawat
Production Manager - Simran Sawhney
First Assistant Director - Sameer Sadhwani
Second Assistant Directors - Javed Ansari, Neha Sharma
Third Assistant Director - Sandeep Modi
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Right from the opening sequence in the film, Shankar (Abhishek
Bachchan) is seen holding a cup of tea in front of his
face. It is similar to Sarkar in the original as a
symbolic gesture that he has now taken over the command
from his father Sarkar (Amitabh Bachchan).
The story is that Anita
Rajan (Aishwarya Rai) is the CEO of a Sheppard Power
Plant, an international company brings a power plant
proposal to set up in rural Maharashtra before the
Nagres, something the state desperately needs in times
of power shortage. A similarity with the Enron project
in Maharashtra, which has its opposition and troubles.
Anyway, it is vague that the CEO of a Multinational
company large enough to set up a Rupees 20,000 crore
power plant, the company seems to be run only by a
father daughter duo with no one else taking decisions.
The insightful Shankar is
quick to realize the benefits the power plant can bring
to the people. After convincing his father, Sarkar, who
isn’t keen on it for various reasons, Shankar undertakes
a journey along with Anita to the villages of
Maharashtra to mobilize support from the masses.
Amitabh Bachchan in the
character of Subhash Nagre aka Sarkar in the original
part, this time the evolution in his character from the
semi retired, almost philosophical Subhash Nagre into
the revenge seeking Sarkar is so subtle and real. His
son Abhishek underplays and is a man of fewer words.
Aishwarya Rai is the surprise character and delivered
brilliant performance in this film. Supriya Pathak and
Tanisha do create an impact. Debutant actor Rajesh
Shringapure as Sanjay Somji is refreshing but a bit loud
in his role.
Sarkar Raj may have the background of power politics but
Ram Gopal Verma pulls out his 'Aces', one after another
to dish out a gripping fare. The final 'Ace' he delivers
at Sarkar's house is mind numbing! There is the
unnecessary resemblance of the film's characters to
certain real life politicians.
- Shaami M. Irfan
Cast
Shankar Nagare - Abhishek Bachchan
Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar' - Amitabh Bachchan
Mike Rajan - Victor Banerjee
Anita Rajan - Aishwarya Rai
Pushpa Nagre - Supriya Pathak
Mystery Man - Javed Ansari
Kantilal Vora - Upendra Limaye
Hassan Qazi - Govind Namdeo
Bala - Sumeet Nijhawan
Rao Saab - Dilip Prabhavalkar
Sunil Shinde - Shishir Sharma
Karunesh Kaanga - Sayaji Shinde
Sanjay Somji - Rajesh Shringarpore
Avantika - Tanisha
Ravi Kale
Other Credits
Sound
Re-recording mixer - Leslie Fernandes
Sound Designers - Kunal Mehta, Debasish Mishra
Visual Effects by Muthu Stalin
Publicity Designer - Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda
Visual Effects - Adlabs
Music Company - T-Series |
