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Sarkar Raj (2008)

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Genre: Foreign Films

Box Office: $909,771

Synopsis: A trio of Bollywood's biggest stars--Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Amitabh Bachchan--provide the marquee for this politically driven film. Rai-Bachchan plays Anita Rajan, the CEO... A trio of Bollywood's biggest stars--Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Amitabh Bachchan--provide the marquee for this politically driven film. Rai-Bachchan plays Anita Rajan, the CEO of a power company who wants to bring a plant into a rural region. Though it takes little to convince a young Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan) of the plant's positive effects, an older man (Amitabh Bachchan) is much more difficult to persuade. But it turns out that the elder man was the wise one when true motives are revealed. This Hindi-language film is a family affair: father and son actors Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan star along with the younger man's wife, Rai-Bachchan. [More]

Starring: Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan

Starring: Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Screenwriter: Prashant Pandey
Producer: Praveen Nischol, Ram Gopal Varma
Composer: Amar Mohile

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Oct 7, 2008

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  • When Anita Rajan, CEO of an international firm, brings a power plant proposal to set up in rural Maharashtra, before the Nagres, the insightful Shankar is quick to realize its benefits. After convincing Sarkar, Shankar along with Anita goes to the villages to mobilize support of the masses. However, things are not what they seem to be. From shady fixers with an eye on multi-million kick-backs to wannabes who are ready to incite millions of people against the highly controversial project, Shankar's dream project gradually becomes a political minefield. Evil forces gang up to bring down the regime of Sarkar and obliterate Shankar's name from the political horizon.
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    Ram Gopal Varma's... reworking of The Godfather... delivers the casting coup of Bollywood's royal family %u2013 Amitabh Bachhan, his son, Abhishek, and Abhishek's wife, Aishwarya Rai %u2013 ... [but] the result is overwrought and cliched.

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    This all-star concoction is as muddy as the Ganges and nowhere near as holy. Unless, of course, you're talking plot-holey.

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    06/11/08
    Frank Lovece
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    The combination of Ram Gopal Varma and the almighty Bachchan clan makes for an intense cinematic experience. Just don't go expecting any colourful Bollywood-esque song-and-dance numbers.

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