Sarkar Raj: My View of the Film

There is often a huge hype riding a particular movie. A few deliver and a huge chunk disappoint. You could say Sarkar Raj is riding this hype. It not only stars the Bacchan family (well almost, discounting Jaya Bacchan from it), acting together in a movie (not caounting any sort of item number). After the dismal movie Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, the director Ram Gopal Varma had a lot stake riding on this movie.

So does the movie deliver? In my view I would say it didn't. Hey I am no expert at critiquing an film and secondly no big fan of the Bachan clan or even Ash (I don't like her though). Plus I've not seen the earlier movie, Sarkar, to which the movie is a sequel. But then after taking this is the same dirctor who gave us the gritty movies like Satya, Company and yes the entertaining masala Rangeela, this movie doesn't seem to deliver.

The Big B takes the back seat in the movie with the spotlight is on the Baby B and his real wife. Abhishek seems to be sullen and grim throughout the movie (and doesn't shave throughout the movie), seems like he's already sulking the impending death of his wife, thought we told that he is sulking for having to kill his elder bro. Mrs. Ash is supposed to be a business woman, an NRI, but then surprisingly she doesn't feel like either. Except for the beginning where she shows some of the edginess of a business woman but after the initial scene her character is given emmotion that shouldn't have been the case. Her character should have the icy bitchiness (which would have come naturally to her), her character should have been cool and calculating, that would required of a business woman. She seems to be crying a lot. Plus the stage seems to be set a romance between the real life couple. That means killing off the poor Tanisha halfway through the film (she anyway didn't have anything to do).

On the whole the movie doesn't seem to have anything new to offer. Scheming politicians, betrayed henchman, a negative Muslim character, name them you have them in the film. Business giving a contract to kill character. Henchman feeling bad because he was left out. Nothing that you haven't seen in other film. The background is kind of jarring and the character tends to scream a lot. Still nursing that headache from the movie. Even the mad camera angles seems to make you feel kind off giddy. And glaring fact when Tanisha is bumped off the car is a total mangled wreck but the house is unharmed and Abhishek just some minor bruises.

It is left to the Big B to save the day in the climax, which he does with a coldness that I would expect of the character. The end when he ties up all the knot is quite interesting. But even the plot doesn't seem quite plausible because the character in question is never shown with the other negative character.

So on the whole the movie disappointing. The only positive point I can take from this viewing experience was that the theater was really good. And the other thing was watching the movie with someone special that made watching the movie worth it.