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 Renowned Indian film director Ram Gopal
Varma retrieved his glorious kingdom of talent, creativity and achievements
giving the taste of true Indian Cinema through his recent movie Sarkar Raj. Starring indian film icons Amitabh Bachchan,
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the film was premiered at
International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) 2008 in Bangkok on June, 6, creating a
global audience.
Sarkar Raj is based on a strong political
performance of treachery, revenge, passion, courage, love or relationships and
is to all intents and purposes a study of power; it explores the politics of
development and takes a fresh look at the tradition versus modernity dispute.
Legend actor Amitabh played the vital role
as (Shubash Sarkar Nagre) in the first half of the movie while his son Abhishek
attracted the audience performing his brilliant performance rest of the time.
The story of the movie revealed that Anita
Ranjan (Aishwarya Rai) Chief Executive Officer of the International Company,
Sheppard Power Plant proposes a power plant project, which is to be setup in
rural Maharastra at a land owned by Sarkar.
 Sarkar disapproves the projects as the land
chosen is home to over 40,000 villagers, including the residence of Sarkar's
mentor Rao Saab. Shankar Nagre (Abhishek Bachchan) son of Sarkar Nagre is quick
to realise all the benefits the power plant can bring to the people of Maharastra
and to the growth of the state.
After convincing his father Sarkar and
asking Rao Saab, Anita and Shanker get sanctioned for the project. Shankar
undertakes a journey along with Anita to the villages of Maharashtra to
mobilize support from the villagers.
The dream however, faded as things are not
what they seem to be and Shankar's dream project gradually becomes a political
minefield and transforms into a political battle field of power and corruption.
Sarkar's enemies, two political leaders,
Hassan Qazi and deputy Chief Minister Kanga, who make plans to get rid of Sarkar
through power plant gang up to bring down the Sarkar legacy and displace
Shankar. He has taken power over inherited.
A political character Sanjay Somji who
matches real life Raj Thackeray (...in looks) is expert at provoking villagers
against the project and one day the political rivalry leads to explosion in
Shankar's car leaving his kid expecting wife kill.
Repeated disfavour incidents causing a
heart attack of Sarkar and he admit to a hospital where he has meeting with the
newsmen.
On the other hand, Anita falls in love with
already married Shankar and she later faces Shankar's wife over the accusation
of her alleged relation with Shankar.
Varma again proves his eligibility sketching
a true political drama of India. The movie is blown up with excellent
performance by legend Amitabh Bachchan, expectedly, comes up with a terrific
performance. The super star as ferocious as a wounded tiger in the climax and
takes the film to towering stage.
His son Abhishek Bachchan is cast opposite
the finest actor of this country, yet he sparkles in every sequence as the
father and son go neck to neck as far as acting honours go.
Aishwarya is fabulous and delivers her
career-best performance spreading her looks, but not much space has been
devoted to her performances. But she got better day by day.
The other sidekicks and usual henchmen
Dilip Prabhawalkar, Govind Namdev, Sayaji Shinde, Ravi Kale, Supriya Pathak and
Tanisha in the story add a degree of realism, comedy and depth to the movie
which makes it an attention-grabbing creation of the creator.
T he actor enacting the role of Dilip
Prabhawalkar's grandson makes a tremendous impact.
The background sounds ‘Govinda ...Govinda' in the film definitely
inspiration of arts. Time to time many twists and turns the story gets to the
climax enlightening the actual plot behind all the performance.
The screenplay by Prashant Pandey's is
appealing; background by Amar Mohile's is brilliant; Amit Roy's cinematography
is outstanding and remarkable.
Sarkar Raj has been mostly shot in Indian
village based of locations. The close-up shots, in abundance throughout the
movie, have been captured and performed well. The editing is crisp and
luminous. Allan Amin, as action director in minimal doses, is perfect. Music is
average and acceptable.
In conclusion, the audience, who were
disappointed enjoying the last attempt of Ram Gopal Varma, will regain their
confidence on him as he has tried his best to make up with his mistakes in
previous films and done justice to a sequel of a good movie Sarkar Raj.
Banner: K Sera Sera, Adlabs Films Ltd
Producer: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Casting: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdeo, Tanisha Mukherjee
Music: Bappi-Tutul
Cinematography: Amit Roy
Action: Allan Amin
Art: Sunil Nigvekar
Sound: Debasish Mishra
Story: Prashant Pandey
Raafia Sultana Shoma
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