Ram Gopal Varma’s so called tribute to The Godfather – officially this time—and, while he is at it, also expresses his admiration for Balasaheb Thackeray. But the filmed failed big time ! Despite being inspired from three classic , Sarkar is like a big balloon with a leak .
Varma’s attitude towards the part real-part fictional character he has created in SarKAR looks childish .Why so many people are running after this sarkar which is actually bekar .
Subash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan) is “Sarkar [bekar]”—the man who provide instant justice, makes and breaks governments, keeps a coalition of thugs under control. How he acquired his power and what is the source of his wealth, is not clear.SARKAR JAISE AASMAN SE TAPAK AAYA HO !
When the girlfriend (KATRINA)of his US returned son Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan) asks him if his father is a “gunda”, Shankar explains, without a trace of irony that his father works for the good of the people.
What people? What good?What bad ? Why is Sarkar that powerful? Will you tell us most over rated film maker of India Mr.Ram Gopal Verma ?
Forget answering these questions, Varma does not even bring them up—as if the idea of anyone actually doubting Sarkar’s iconic status of challenging his methods is sacrilegious.
Varma seeks to bring the audience to his side by starting the film with a scene (from The Godfather) in which a distraught father begs for justice for his daughter who was raped by a rich brat. Nagre’s men go and break the man’s bones.
Of course the guy was guilty and from the point of view of the powerless underdogs in the audience, he deserved to be battered to death. Is it all right for self-appointed vigilantes to go around killing criminals? Who cares?
This SARKAR is no different from GOONDA MAWALI !
In this seemingly happy world of Sarkar – the women acts like helpless donkey serving food, a kid blithely cycles around all the time—there are two problems.
The older Nagre son Vishnu (Kay Kay Menon) is starting to rebel, and a deadpan rival Rashid (Zakir Hussain) triggers a mutiny because Nagre won’t permit him to do his nefarious dhanda, whatever that might be.
Rashid’s ragtag bunch of cohorts kill an opponent (Anupam Kher), pin the blame on Nagre, organise his arrest and then try to kill him.
Apart from the usual smooth technical support that Varma always gets from his crew, the film is not even interesting viewing .Evething has just gone wrong for the film .The film is painful for your eyes and is a true nightmare .
Amitabh Bachchan fails to make up with his personal weakness what is lacking in characterization. He has started to irritate me with his bekar acing .
Both Kay Kay Menon and Abhishek Bachchan are strictly okay. All said and done, Sarkar is neither entertaining nor provocative.
Final words to Amitabh -quit bollywood ! Better watch PAHELI for second time .