Sarkar film series | |
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Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
Written by | Manish Gupta (Sarkar) Prashant Pandey (Sarkar Raj) P. Jaya Kumar Nilesh Girkar (Sarkar 3) |
Screenplay by | Ram Gopal Varma |
Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma Parag Sanghvi (Sarkar) Praveen Nischol (Sarkar Raj) Rahul Mittra Anand Pandit Gopal Shivram Dalvi Krishan Choudhary WeOne (Sarkar 3) |
Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Supriya Pathak Jackie Shroff Manoj Bajpayee Yami Gautam |
Cinematography | Amit Roy Amol Rathod (Sarkar 3) |
Edited by | Amit Parmar Nitin Gupta (Sarkar) Nipun Ashok Gupta (Sarkar Raj) Anwar Ali (Sarkar 3) |
Music by | Amar Mohile Bapi-Tutul Ravi Shankar (Sarkar 3) |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | K Sera Sera Sahara One (Sarkar) Showman Pictures Balaji Motion Pictures (Sarkar Raj) Eros International (Sarkar 3) |
Release dates | 1 : 1 July 2005 2 : 6 June 2008 3 : 12 May 2017 |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹41 crore (US$4.9 million) (Two films) |
Box office | ₹100 crore (US$12 million) (Two films) |
Sarkar is a series of Indian political crime thriller films set in the world of Marathi politics and crime, co-produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The first part Sarkar released in 2005, the second part Sarkar Raj in 2008, [1] [2] [3] and the third installment Sarkar 3 in 2017. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan), known to his followers as Sarkar, lives in Mumbai. The opening scenes show a rape victim's father (Veerendra Saxena) approaching Sarkar for justice (which the corrupt law and order system has failed to deliver) which Sarkar promptly establishes by having the rapist beaten up by his henchmen. His son, Vishnu (Kay Kay Menon), plays a sleazy producer who is more interested in the film actress Sapna (Nisha Kothari) than his wife Amrita (Rukhsar). Sarkar's other, more upright son, Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan), returns from the United States with his love Pooja (Katrina Kaif) after completing his education there. Pooja's doubts about Sarkar's image cause Shankar, who firmly believes in his father's righteousness, to break up with her later in the movie.
One day, a Dubai-based don, Rasheed (Zakir Hussain) tries to strike a deal with Sarkar; he promptly refuses on moral grounds and also forbids him from doing it himself. Rasheed tries to eliminate Sarkar's supremacy with the help of Selvar Mani (Kota Srinivasa Rao), Sarkar's former associate, Vishram Bhagat and Swami Virendra (Jeeva). Meanwhile, they trap Sarkar by assassinating a righteous, upright, Ahimsa political leader and an outspoken critic of Sarkar, Motilal Khurana (Anupam Kher). Everyone, including Vishnu believe that Sarkar is guilty but Shankar has deep faith in his father. Sarkar gets arrested. Shankar now takes over the position of Sarkar temporarily. On learning of a plot to murder his father in prison, he approaches the police commissioner (Anant Jog) who mocks him and his father besides not providing protection. By the time he reaches the prison and appropriate action is taken, the attempt on Sarkar's life is already made. Sarkar is later acquitted. He remains bedridden as Shankar takes on Sarkar's enemies.
Meanwhile, Selvar Mani, Swami, Vishram and Rasheed try to convince Vishnu to murder Sarkar. Vishnu was previously thrown out of Sarkar's house because he had murdered the actor who was having an affair with Sapna. Vishnu returns home pretending to have repented. When he approaches Sarkar in the dark of the night with the intent of murdering him, Shankar foils his plan and later kills him (establishing justice by the way of his father). Shankar eliminates Rasheed, Vishram and Selvar Mani. He also succeeds in making Swami his puppet. Shankar has also realised that Chief Minister Madan Rathore (Deepak Shirke) also has a part in the attempt to end Sarkar and his rule. This results in legal action against the Chief Minister. The closing scenes show people approaching Shankar for justice and his father apparently retired.
The sequel is chronologically set two years after the first film. Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), CEO of an international electrical power firm based in London, holds a meeting with Mike Rajan (Victor Banerjee), her father and boss and Hassan Qazi, as a seemingly shady adviser and facilitator; regarding an ambitious proposal to set up a multimillion-dollar power plant in rural parts of the state of Maharashtra in India.
Qazi states that this project will be impossible due to possible political entanglements. When Anita asks him for a solution, Qazi states that enlisting the support of Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan) (commonly referred to by his title of Sarkar), who he describes as a criminal in the garb of a popular and influential political leader, might help their cause. The resulting socio-political drama forms the crux of the story.
In 2009 Ram Gopal Verma stated that he had no plans finalised for the third instalment in the series and shelved Sarkar 3. [8] However, in 2012 it was reported that the sequel would go ahead once again and currently is in the pre production stage where the script is being written. The film is expected to go on floors at the end of 2013, primarily with the same cast of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan although his character dies at the end of this film and also Aishwarya Rai is to be left out. [9] [10]
In August, 2016 director Ram Gopal Varma confirmed Sarkar 3. [11] He told on his Twitter that Abhishek and Aishwarya will not be a part of the third installment. [7]
Character | Film | |||
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Sarkar (2005) | Sarkar Raj (2008) | Sarkar 3 (2017) | ||
Subhash Nagre Sarkar | Amitabh Bachchan | |||
Pushpa Nagre | Supriya Pathak | |||
Shankar Nagre | Abhishek Bachchan | Abhishek Bachchan (Archived footage) | ||
Avantika | Tanisha Mukherjee | |||
Chander | Ravi Kale | |||
Vishnu Nagre | Kay Kay Menon | Kay Kay Menon (Archived footage) | ||
Pooja | Katrina Kaif | |||
Motilal Khuana | Anupam Kher | |||
Amrita | Rukhsaar Rehman | |||
Khan Saab | Ishrat Ali | |||
Vishram Bhagat | Raju Mavani | |||
Rashid | Zakir Hussain | |||
Selver Mani | Kota Srinivasa Rao | |||
Girl's father | Virendra Saxena | |||
Police Commissioner | Anant Jog | |||
Chief Minister Madan Rathod | Deepak Shirke | |||
Hero in Vishnu's film | Carran Kapoor | |||
Heroine in Vishnu's film | Nisha Kothari | |||
Virendra Swami | Jeeva | |||
Shobha | Mangal Kenkre | |||
Pooja's father | Saurabh Dubey | |||
Anita Rajan | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | |||
Hassan Qazi | Govind Namdeo | |||
Mike Rajan | Victor Banerjee | |||
Karunesh Kaanga | Sayaji Shinde | |||
Rao Saab | Dilip Prabhavalkar | |||
Bala | Sumeet Nijhawan | |||
Kantilal Vora | Upendra Limaye | |||
Sanjay Somji | Rajesh Sringarpure | |||
Chief Minister Sunil Shinde | Shishir Sharma | |||
Negi (the mystery man) | Javed Ansari | |||
Shivaji "Cheeku" Nagre | Chintan Atul Shah | Amit Sadh | ||
Annu Karkare | Yami Gautam | |||
Govind Deshpande | Manoj Bajpayee | |||
Gokul Satam | Ronit Roy | |||
Michael Vallya (Sir) | Jackie Shroff | |||
Raman Guru | Parag Tyagi | |||
Gorakh Rampur | Bharat Dhabolkar | |||
Rukku Bai Devi | Rohini Hattangadi | |||
Occupation | Film | ||
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Sarkar (2005) | Sarkar Raj (2008) | Sarkar 3 (2017) | |
Director | Ram Gopal Varma | ||
Producer(s) | Ram Gopal Varma Parag Sanghvi | Ram Gopal Varma Praveen Nischol | Rahul Mittra Anand Pandit Gopal Shivram Dalvi Krishan Choudhary WeOne |
Screenplay | Manish Gupta Ram Gopal Varma | Prashant Pandey Ram Gopal Varma | Ram Gopal Varma P. Jaya Kumar |
Story | Manish Gupta Ram Gopal Varma | Prashant Pandey Ram Gopal Varma | Nilesh Girkar Ram Gopal Varma |
Composer(s) | Amar Mohile Bapi-Tutul | Ravi Shankar | |
Cinematography | Amit Roy | Amol Rathod | |
Editor | Amit Parmar Nitin Gupta | Amit Parmar Nipun Ashok Gupta | Anwar Ali |
The first film, Sarkar (2005), is often said to be a remake of The Godfather (1972).
Debutante Rajesh Shringarpore's character of Sanjay Somji in its sequel Sarkar Raj (2008) was also reportedly based on Raj Thackeray, the estranged nephew of political leader Bal Thackeray; thus furthering the general viewpoint that the series is based on Bal Thackeray and his family. Apparently Ram Gopal Verma had even shown Raj Thackeray rushes of the film to allay his fears of being wrongly portrayed. [12]
Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
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Sarkar | 1 July 2005 | ₹130 million (US$1.6 million) [13] | ₹400 million (US$4.8 million) [13] |
Sarkar Raj | 6 June 2008 | ₹280 million (US$3.4 million) | ₹594.6 million (US$7.1 million) [14] |
Total | ₹410 million (US$4.9 million) Two films | ₹994.6 million (US$12 million) Two films |
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A promotional mobile video game based on the Sarkar Raj was released by Mauj Mobile in 2008. [15]
The Telugu sequel, titled Rowdy, in the backdrop of south Indian factionism, was released on 4 April 2014. Rowdy had also received equally positive reviews from critics but was a moderate commercial success, grossing approximately ₹8 crores in its full run.
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