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Director:
Writer:
Manish Gupta (writer)
Release Date:
1 July 2005 (India) 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
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
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(43 articles)
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Fine movie about a not-so-obvious criminal more (75 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Filming Locations:
School For the Blind, Jogeshwari, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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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
Quotes:
Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar': Power is gained by joining people together, not by making them go against you. more
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Referenced in Pyare Mohan (2006) more
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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.