SARKAR RAJ

Film: Sarkar Raj
Dir: RGV
Banner: K SERA SERA
Featuring: Amitabh Bachhan, Abhishek Bachhan, Aishwariya Bachhan
Rating: **1/2(2.5/5)
REVIEW
We are talking about a much hyped film, in which a great director was supposed to make a comeback. A film which is a challenge to make because it is a sequel to a very well made and successful film. So does Ramu get it right? Well he definitely makes a film better than ‘RGV ki Aag’ but this was a smaller challenge. Now does the sequel captivate you as the original did? Lets analyse.

The script, which is the base, is very good throughout. It keeps up with Sarkar quality. But drags along where the film should have ended much earlier. I read recently that the film was chopped off from2.48hrs to just slightly more than 2 hours. A thought comes that the film could have been trimmed off slightly more at places especially the last 10-15 minutes.

Ramu succeeds as a director too. He gets some gem of performances not only from the lead but also the supporting cast as well. All the bachhans are in top form. Editng is two paced. The bullet fast first hour loses pace in the last few reels. Cinematography is very good.

But the point is that the film did not move me anywhere. It looked like a body beautiful film. Why this happened? Sadly the background score never remains in background. It tries its best to make sure that people know that there is something called as background score in every scene. I felt it took away a lot of beauty of the film.

Two corrections would have taken the film to a zone totally different. Slightly low profile score and slight lively pace in the last few minutes

But it is worth a watch for the performers.