Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdeo, Tanisha Mukherjee, Victor Banerjee, Supriya Pathak,Sayaji Shinde, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Upyendra Limaye,Rajesh Shringapure and others Director:Ram Gopal Varma Producer:Ram Gopal Varma and Praveen Nischol Music:Bappi Tutul Date of Release:June 6th, 2008
'Sarkar Raj' is Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Ramgopal Varma has come back with a vengeance, it is without doubt that his handling of the subject and the powerful presentation of the story is par excellence. He is directed this film as not just a political thriller but also an equally emotional tale of feelings and relationships.
An excellent tale, the story continues from the Nagre household with the only difference that Shankar Nagre (Abhishek Bachchan) has taken the reins of power but always under the watchful eye of Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan). Things change when Anita (Aishwarya Rai) enters the scene, she happens to be the CEO of Sheppard Power plant and comes up with a proposal of a power plant for which she requires the support of the masses. The deep thinking Shankar sees a lot of promise and growth opportunities for the people around and is impressed with the idea but it is not the same opinion expressed from Subhash.
However, Shankar manages to convince Sarkar and both Shankar, Anita set out on a mission visiting various villages in Maharashtra to gain mass support. They find their share of opposition from Somji (Rajesh Shringapure) one of the local lads in the village. However, in his quest for the welfare of his people what Shankar fails to realize is that all this is actually a snare which is getting deeper and deeper as the movement thickens. Is he in a position to wriggle out of the situation before it is too late? Does Sarkar come to the rescue of Shankar? And what happens hereafter is to be seen on the screen.
Performances:
Even the narration aspect takes you to a real high and with some mind blowing background score added with some deftly handled editing, the technical part of the film has surpassed even the prequel. The script was written good and it has blended very well with some master screenplay. The cinematography has been able to capture the emotions at its best ntensity and the locations were captured very well and so was the presentation of the characters. Amitabh has yet again proved that he is still the ruling icon to portray enigmatic roles and has come up with a powerhouse performance. Equally good was Abhishek who competed with his dad at every frame and gave a good show. Aishwarya has overshadowed her pretty looks with some classy performance and her peak performance comes while performing the sentimental scenes. Sayaji Shinde was superb, Govind Namdeo was too good, Rajesh was excellent, Upyendra Limaye was a show stealer, Dilip Prabhawalkar was a revelation. Tanishaa looked apt in the household role and Supriya Pathak gave a memorable performance. The others were good in their own aspects.
