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Sarkar Raj

  • 20082008
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 5m
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6.7/10
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Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
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An even more powerful gang emerges to wipe out Sarkar from the playground. A power plant proposal becomes a cause for greater political turmoil around him. What happens to the Family?An even more powerful gang emerges to wipe out Sarkar from the playground. A power plant proposal becomes a cause for greater political turmoil around him. What happens to the Family?An even more powerful gang emerges to wipe out Sarkar from the playground. A power plant proposal becomes a cause for greater political turmoil around him. What happens to the Family?
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
44,524
5,484
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    • Director
      • Ram Gopal Varma
    • Writer
      • Prashant Pandey
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Abhishek Bachchan
      • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ram Gopal Varma
    • Writer
      • Prashant Pandey
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Abhishek Bachchan
      • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 9 nominations

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    Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
    Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
    Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
    Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)
    Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar Raj (2008)

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    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Subhash 'Sarkar' Nagare
    Abhishek Bachchan
    Abhishek Bachchan
    • Shankar Nagre
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
    • Anita Rajan
    • (as Aishwarya Rai)
    Ravi Kale
    Ravi Kale
    • Chandar
    Govind Namdeo
    Govind Namdeo
    • Hassan Qazi
    Victor Banerjee
    Victor Banerjee
    • Mike Rajan
    Dilip Prabhavalkar
    Dilip Prabhavalkar
    • Rao Saab
    Supriya Pathak
    Supriya Pathak
    • Pushpa
    Tanishaa Mukerji
    Tanishaa Mukerji
    • Avantika
    • (as Tanisha)
    Upendra Limaye
    Upendra Limaye
    • Kantilal Vora
    Shokri Amirali
    • Amir
    Javed Ansari
    • Negi (Mystery Killer)
    Diwakar Dhyani
    • Ashwin
    • (as Diwakar Dhayani)
    Kay Kay Menon
    Kay Kay Menon
    • Vishnu
    • (archive footage)
    Sumit Nijhawan
    Sumit Nijhawan
    • Bala
    • (as Sumeet Nijhawan)
    Shree Rammy Pandey
    • Copy of Shankar Nagre
    Shishir Sharma
    Shishir Sharma
    • C.M. Sunil Shinde
    Sayaji Shinde
    Sayaji Shinde
    • Karunesh Kaanga
    • Director
      • Ram Gopal Varma
    • Writer
      • Prashant Pandey
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      First film to star Abhishek and Aishwarya after wedding.
    • Connections
      Followed by Sarkar 3 (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Jhini Jhinisi Subah Aahti Hai
      Performed by Shweta Pandit, Roop Kumar Rathod

      Lyrics by Prashant Pandey

      Music by Bapi, Bapi-Tutul

    User reviews52

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    9/10
    A Must Watch
    The Cast consists of all the Bachchans (except for Jaya Bacchan whom RGV couldn't fit in with an appropriate mafia role) After the agony and widespread damage caused by Ram Gopal Varrma's AAG, people wanted to see whether RGV and the Big B can resurrect themselves. Plus this movie was a sequel to 2005's Sarkar which was RGV's tribute to 'The Godfather'

    To make sequels in Bollywood has always been a very tricky issue as the comparisons are too critical in nature with the first part.Lage Raho Munnabhai was probably the first Big Hindi movie which became a major success when compared to its prequel...

    If any of you guys thought that Sarkar Raj was based on another one of the Godfather series, well then you are grossly mistaken! Writers Prashant Pandey and Ram Gopal Varma have come up with a fresh,new and brilliant plot to assure the audience of 125 entertaining minutes....

    I don't believe in blogging movie spoilers, so i'll be as vague as possible....cause this movie is a must see!!

    The movie mainly revolves around three characters ( The Bachchan Arena) Subash Nagre (Big B), Shankar Nagre (Abishek) and Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai)...Subash has full faith in his son Shankar though he finds it difficult to deal with the fact that its Shankar who is the actual 'Sarkar'...Shankar wants what is best for Maharashtra and Anita Rajan steps in from London as a CEO of Sheperd group...her aim is to make India's largest power plant. Anita realizes Maharashtra as a potential site.Even though Subhas is against the proposition, Shankar strongly believes it is for the state's betterment and he decides to support Anita and her project no matter what stands in their way...

    When so many crores of rupees are at stake, the plant project becomes a battleground for dirty politics, deceit and corruption.I do not wish to disclose any more facts of the movie !!u should see it.....The villains are convincing and the supporting cast has small roles with clearly defined characters....The 3 Bachchans have given subtle yet strong performances and it is difficult to see who is the real Sarkar amongst them....

    The Dialogues of the movie are powerful and crisp and act as the real Forte of the movie...The background score is impressive though the 'Govinda Govinda' chantings do tend to get annoyingly over used!!

    RGV gets full marks for his direction...the editing is perfect as well.....even though there are no song and dance sequences the movie doesn't bore you one bit...

    The movie is self explanatory and one need not have seen Sarkar to follow Sarkar Raj...thats another plus point...

    The action scenes are spectacular and more importantly 'Very Realistic'!!! RGV clearly demonstrates that the Bullet penetrates both- the Hero and the Villain.

    The first half is kinda slow but RGV constructs a proper platform to carry the movie further with ease...the second half is totally gripping and moves at a fairly quick pace...No matter what happens don't miss the 2nd half...especially the part where the suspense of the entire plot will be revealed by Subhas Nagre....thats an amazing scene that will take all by surprise!!

    Overall, a brilliant movie which i totally enjoyed !!!

    VERDICT: Sarkar Raj - will extinguish the agony caused by RGV's AAG!!! A must see!!!

    FOR MORE REVIEWS ON MOVIES AND MUSIC ALBUMS PLEASE VISIT MY BLOG http://themusicandmoviezone.blogspot.com/
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    • Nov 1, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2008 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Reign of Government
    • Filming locations
      • Hyderabad, Telangana, India
    • Production companies
      • Adlabs Films
      • Balaji Motion Pictures
      • K Sera Sera
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,009,065
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $642,523
      • Jun 8, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,722,998
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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