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Writer:
Manish Gupta (writer)
Release Date:
1 July 2005 (India) more
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'There are no Rights and Wrongs. Only Power' - Sarkar
Plot:
The Indian version of The Godfather, with the focus on SARKAR, an Indian politician. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins & 5 nominations more
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Wishing Abhishek Bachchan a very happy Birthday
 (From BollywoodHungama. 5 February 2010, 12:05 AM, PST)

Wishing Abhishek Bachchan a very happy Birthday
 (From BollywoodHungama. 5 February 2010, 12:05 AM, PST)

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Cast

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Amitabh Bachchan ... Subhash Nagre 'Sarkar'
Abhishek Bachchan ... Shankar Nagre
Kay Kay Menon ... Vishnu Nagre
Supriya Pathak ... Mrs. Pushpa Subhash Nagre
Rukhsar ... Mrs. Amrita Vishnu Nagre

Katrina Kaif ... Pooja
Tanisha ... Avantika
Anupam Kher ... Motilal Khurana
Srinivasa Rao Kota ... Selva Mani
Zakir Hussain ... Rashid
Ravi Kale ... Chander
Raju Mavani ... Vishram Bhagat
Jeeva ... Swami Virendra
Ishrat Ali ... Khan
Veerendra Saxena ... Rape Victim's Father
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Runtime:
124 min
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The term "Sarkar" (pronounced "sur-kaar") is a title, used in Hindi, to address someone of authority. It is also the Hindi word for government. more
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Selva Mani: I, Selva Mani... Style South, operation complete North... more
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References Karam (2005) more

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10 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Powerful, 5 July 2005
7/10
Author: Nylongods from India

Ram Gopal Verma has not intended to actually remake "The Godfather". Its his tribute to the original great story & subsequent adaptation for Indian audiences. Hence, if one thinks that Sarkar is an Indian remake of Coppola's "The Godfather" he might get disappointed as for fact even the director has not intended to revive the original Master piece.

"Sarkar" is an Acting galore. After Agneepath, we see the best performance of Amitabh Bachchan of his career. Here is an absolutely unique genre of Acting skill depicted by Amitabh Bachchan, playing Subhash Nagare (Sarkar) illustrating all emotions through his Eyes. With very less dialogs spoken, Amitabh Bachchan proficiently establishes a massive screen presence captivating the audience throughout the movie.

Its finally proved that, its only Amitabh Bachchan who can reach or excel the act of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone from the original.

Sarkar begins with a common man visiting Subhash Nagare seeking justice for his rape-victim daughter. The first 30 minutes is an explosive drama. The meeting with Rashid & Sarkar is riveting. The villains in the movie are like any other Hindi movie Villains and are shown larger than life which possibly was a setback unexpected from R.G.Verma Film.

The strength of the movie drama again slightly suppresses by pale acting from Kay-Kay, who plays Sarkar's elder son. Abhishek as Sarkar's younger son is shown as obedient & modest as Al Pacino in The Godfather.

The Script is then changed from the Original, and in a better fashion to suit Indian cinema. The Elder son joins the Baddies & Sarkar is caught in a conspiracy of killing a honest politician. Sarkar is arrested and an attempt to murder Sarkar in Jail is planned by the baddies just when the younger son saves his father. The gradual transformation of Abhisekh's humble human person to the tough-guy is splendid.

The major drawback of the film includes the lack of display of the Operations & Business Conducts carried out by Sarkar. We don't come to know primarily what are their various source of income. What governs the strength of "Sarkar" ? What are the mutual benefits deriving from relationships of the Politicians with Sarkar ? In R.G.Verma's Satya & Company, they perfectly dispayed the operations which the gangs conduct, their source of income & various businesses they do.

Finally the film is a journey revived through "Agneepath" where we relish the powerful performance of Superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

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