This movie belongs to the "Not for export !" category. What a piece of unadulterated crap !!. If this is what passes for movie making in Bollywood, I wish they get into the porno business. This way all the movies will be tax-free since Govt of India really loves import substitution. As for the Bacchan family, I guess you have made enough money. Why don't you folks just pack up and leave ? If I see anymore closeups of you two, I am going to loose it. I bet that retard "Kim Jong-il" can make a better movie. You think making scary serious faces at the camera is all it takes !!! Why don't you get a bunch of constipated people squeezing it out in the loo to star in your next excuse for a movie ?

I saw the movie in the theater the day it was released. I had great expectation as sarkar was a massive hit in box office. I very disappointed in the first half of the movie. First half of movie is nail growing slow AMITABH BACHCHAN the man of few words in SANKAR was wasted in the movie with too much of dialogs and doing nothing. ABHISHEK had a lead but was not able to direct this power in his words. The direction was not up to the mark, same old still camera and dark background as all ram gopal verma movie has. Overall its just one time watchable movie with poor finish at the end. cheers....

The Bachchans: The new first family of Bollywood.Dad Amitabh was the undisputed superstar in the 70's and 80's;the most prolific actor in his second innings in the new millennium doing as many as 10 movies a year.Son Abhishek after giving 13 duds has given successful movies like GURU and the DHOOM series.He has not given a hit in quite some time and hence needs a relaunch.Daughter-in-law Aishwarya was an international beauty queen and a few makeovers later is one of the highest paid actress around.She has sent the glamor quotient of the family soaring upwards.Poor mom Jaya Bachchan cant keep up and is rarely seen in the public with the family instead spends time hobnobbing with the likes of Amar Singh.The Bachchans have recently come under attack for not contributing to the progress of Maharashtra.The Nagres:The first family in the power politics of Maharashtra.Father Subhash is the original man of Honor,dispensing justice and running the state through the chief Minister.Son Shankar is the heir managing most of the family's mysterious business.In the words of Abhishek Bachchan,"He is a futuristic man in the sense he thinks about the future."He is already more successful his Dad,or so his Dad claims.Both Dad and son have committed themselves to the progress of the Maharashtra.Mom Nagre stays in background making tea and "puris" for the freak characters that come to the house.Enter Anita,an international entrepreneur,who wants to step out of her father's shadow with a power plant project(an obvious metaphor for the power struggles in the plot.) In Sarkar Raj,the ironies and the parallels just don't stop coming. The director: Ram Gopal Verma. Once known as a maverick director, he has reduced himself to his own parody.His legacy of movies like Satya,Rangeela,Company and Bhoot was destroyed by Shiva and "RGV Ki Aag."After Sarkar Raj he is finished.One suggests a five year holiday when RGV can still afford it.The movie:Entirely shot in minimal colors with the camera at the RGV angles which can be:a) extreme close-ups of characters or b)the camera below glass tops,chairs,beds, giving the effect of a sting operation.All of which is supposed to hide the fact that the entire plot comprises solely of set-piece situations.First half-The father-son conflict.Dad Amitabh is against the power plant being made on land taken from the poor villagers.Son is all for taking hard decisions for development.Dad reposes his faith in son finally.Son goes about the easy job of convincing people to give up their lands.Then the bad guys blow up the car in which the pregnant wife Tanissha(yes, we were tortured with her close-ups as well) was traveling,which paves the way for Nagre junior to take revenge and find love in Anita.At which point in second half Nagre junior is bumped off as well,in turn clearing the way for Nagre Sr to take revenge and explain away all the consistencies in the plot with some Tarkash-Ke-Teer,Shatranj-Ki-Bisaat type of dialogs.Every twist in the plot in the movie is predictable.One knows that man-Friday will turn up to be the mole and Gandhian mentor the mastermind of the carnage.There are only two good moments in the movie. First when Abhishek remorse for killing Bhaiyya in the previous edition and last when he stands up to a mob which calls his father a thief.Any review of Sarkar Raj will be incomplete without the mention of the three typical Ramu type villains.Sayaji Shinde(Bachu Yadav of Shool) plays a crooked politician who screams and jumps without any provocation.Giving him company is Govind Namdeo playing a power broker who spews euphemisms by the dozen and when asked to explain just says "Aise hi Kah Diya".Sample these:-Govind Namdeo:-"Shaadi Se Pehle Hi Pataakhe Mat Chodiye"Aishwarya:-"Kya Matlab?"Govind Namdeo:-"Aise Hi Kah Diya"Govind Namdeo:-"Yeh foreign companies Keel Ki Tarah Hoti Hain"Abhishek:-"Kahna Kya Chahte ho?"Govind:-"Aise Hi Kah Diya"And my favoriteGovind:-"Bina Ande Ke Omlette Nahi Banta"Sayaji:-"Matlab Shankar Anda,Mumbai omelet?"Govind;-"Aur hum Masala."But the freakiest bad guy is a Gujrati business called Vohra who keeps singing 70's hits under his breath all the time in the movie.The funniest scene in the movie is in which Vohra sings "Gapucchi Gapucchi gum gum" while threatening to bump off Abhishek. A future project that brings together the Bachchans should be a Hindi remake of the run-away Bhojpuri hit "Sasura Bada Paisewala"

The power game continues. The first part 'Sarkar' may have been inspired from the movie 'Godfather', but the second part is much more impressive than 'Godfather 2'. It theoretically depicts the mind games that take place when power needs to be taken in hands. This movie combines the 2 most powerful aspects that attract movie goers to theaters....first being power and second being suspense. ...People who say that the story of Sarkar Raj isn't strong enough have not understood the first part either. It is all Politics. Lives are taken in the name of power , not in the name of money. Money is just the goal , not the path. The movie portrays an aging politician (for say) and his anxiety with his son to take over power from him . There are a few characters who have single handedly caught the audience by their breath....kudos to Rajesh Shringarpore , who plays the role of Somji....where has this actor been all this while ? ....A beautiful sketch of an opposing politician and the fire in his blood to take over the reigns of Maharashtra. Dilip Prabhavalkar shows his soft style but impacting acting as he does in every film. The Sepia touch to the movie really keeps you intact in your seat and your eyes searching for answers. The Background score is more powerful than the first part and rightly so . There are a few flaws in the movie too , may be the Aag effect hasn't totally worn off Ram Gopal Verma. The most obvious flaw of over portraying a character is the serial murderer who wears a rubber glove , and that too it has been shown that he disguises himself as a reporter in the press conference but still wears the glove and holds the pen....Somji's habit of drinking water (The director hasn't shown him ever going to the Toilet).Despite being a billionaire NRI Aishwarya Rai doesn't show a slight Accent....(Come On !) to earn those billions of dollars one might have stayed at least 5 years , and eventually developed that accent. To top it off she speaks more fluent Hindi than Kantilal 'V'ohra.