Movie Review : Sarkar Raj

A much awaited sequel to the "God father " inspired Sarkar(2005) in which Subhash Nagare(Amitabh Bachchan) redefined the Indian politics by posing an indecisive resemblance to the Shiv Sena head.RGV, after a hat-trick of flops with Nishabd,RGV ki aag and Darling needed a much needed breather which he gets in the form of this film.

A movie which sees the Bachchan trio together for the first time after the marriage of the unlikely duo, starts from where the last one ends.Shankar (Abhishek) has taken over the reign from his dad and proves to be better than his dad in leadership qualities and better political understanding.Both Shankar and Subhash r seen to be immensely concerned over the progress of Maharashtra which is shown in a respect to give Raj Thackrey an answer to his criticism of the family.Moving on the movie introduces a highly business oriented Anita Rajan(Aishwarya) and his profit oriented dad Mike(Victor Banerjee) who plan to setup a power plant in Thackervari area of Maharashtra which would result in displacement of over 40,000 villagers.The power plant which is inspired by an infamous Enron project of Maharashtra seems to be in deep trouble when Sanjay Somji(Rajesh Shringarpore) ,who poses a striking resemblance the Thackrey son, ignites a state wide protest against the Nagares.Somji is the grandson of Rao Saab(Dilip Prabhavalkar, the Gandhi of LRMB fame) who is shown as the mentor of Sarkar and responsible for the latter's current fame and position.Hassan Qazi(Govind Namdeo) who is the new villain as usual tries to establish himself at the cost of sarkar and his son.

After the less story oriented first half, the second half turns to be a well made and brilliantly crafted half with everything slowly falling in line and making sense.The events unfold at fast pace and characterization is as brilliant as it can be.Amitabh is the perfect blend of power and emotions and is equally matched with Abhishek who tries to match his dad's intensity and succeeds quite a few no. of times.As like its predecessor this one has some very impressive one-liners accompanied by a loud yet brilliant background score.The unique style of RGV direction proves to be a key factors along with the perfect characterization of roles(and the flawless Amitabh Bachchan).Aishwarya delivers a fine performance and could have done better comparing with the other two of the trio.The cinematography is brilliant with some brilliantly taken shots.The movie is let down by a couple of basic mistakes which don't seem to catch the eye of audience during the 125 min intense thriller.RGV seems to be back on track and is also helped by some typically good performances by the rest of villains and a brilliant Rajesh Shringarpore. The movie surely will get success at the box-office but the question about Sarkar 3 still remains unanswered.

TO GO OR NOT: A must watch. SARKAR RAJ, is an understated approach of the powerful machinations of those wanting to grab a piece of the pie.

MY RATING: 4.0 / 5