Language: Hindi
Genre: Mafia, Action, Drama
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, K.K.Menon, Katrina Kaif, Supriya Pathak
Reasons to Watch: Vintage Ram Gopal Verma stuff, stunning performances, a gripping tale quite close to The Godfather. Francis Ford Coppola would have felt proud.!
Reasons not to: If you are too obsessed with The GodFather, Al Pacino and Marlon Brando.!(Do not compare this movie with the original masterpiece, this is a ‘declared’ inspiration, superbly adopted to the Indian way of life, and not a cheap rip-off)
Director: Ram Gopal Verma
Music: Sandeep Chowta creates a dark, brooding background score with “Govinda govinda…” haunting the screen time and again.
Storyline: Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan) – popularly known as Sarkar – is a wealthy and influential person in Mumbai, who does the ‘wrong things for the right reasons’ and imparts justice to the down-trodden and the helpless, being on the wrong side of the law. Still he is too powerful and politically connected and has a strong army of goons and support of the masses(read: Vote Bank). He has two sons, a foreign educated, Shankar Nagre (Abhishek Bachchan) and the ‘black sheep of the family’. Vishnu Nagre. Enter a drug dealer, ,Rashid (Zakir Hussain), who needs Sarkar’s help to operate. Sarkar refuses to allow this trade in his region and what follows is a tale of violence, betrayal and killing, which leaves Sarkar bruised and broken, his family and his power weakened. Shankar, then rises to the occasion, restoring his Father’s influence and respect, eliminating his enemies and becoming the next ‘Sarkar’.
Climax Handling: Climax is gripping yet predictable, but with a twist in the tale
Points: This is the closest any director can get to The GodFather, several have tried and failed miserably, watch it for the impeccable acting, cast and screenplay
Overall Rating: 8/10
Comment: If you have been disappointed by Ram Gopal Verma lately(AAG rings a bell..!) It reaffirms your faith in the director and also lays the groundwork for his sequel Sarkar 2, releasing soon in June.
