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Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Writer:

Manish Gupta (writer)

Release Date:

1 July 2005 (India) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

'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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Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations more

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Fine movie about a not-so-obvious criminal more (75 total)


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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Additional Details

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Marathi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Company:

K Sera Sera more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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

Quotes:

Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar': Power is gained by joining people together, not by making them go against you. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pyare Mohan (2006) more


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Fine movie about a not-so-obvious criminal, 25 May 2009
7/10
Author: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan) from Opoczno, Poland

An interesting movie. I like it, not only because of the excellent work of the actors, but also for the music. However, is has a few minuses.

First of all, for a "hommage" to Godfather, it looks pretty much like an ordinary remake. Not that I have a problem with remakes, au contraire, but the whole story, including the minor characters, were copied almost literally. And in comparison to the original Godfather, Sarkar surely won't hold.

Secondly, I'm not quite sure what kind of a criminal Sarkar really is. Amitabh Bachchan played his role wonderfully, for which he deserves to be praised, but as a mafioso the Sarkar character does not convince me at all. What on Earth are the crimes he has committed? Sure, his cronies beat up a boy, who had brutally raped a girl and gone unpunished for that because of a corrupt police. He might have had him killed! And what else? Sarkar has his gang and his own private army, but keeps far from murders, drug trade, probably also from arms trade... in other words, what crimes does he really commit? Smuggling teddy-bears? What money does he pay his people from? No, in Sarkar the Godfather is portrayed as a people's hero, who is about as dangerous as Mickey Mouse. I like the political dimension of the movie, but in my opinion it would have been more effective if Sarkar had been the leader of a more obviously criminal organisation. From this point of view, the original Godfather did a better job.

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