Sarkar Raj

I was never a great fan of RGV especially his films post Naach, I always thought he was overrated just on the basis of three or 4 of his previous films . But Ram Gopal varma has finally redeemed himself with Sequel of Sarkar . yes , the man who gave us some gems like Rangeela , Satya , Company is somewhat back to almost his best  with his latest political movie . Sarkar Raj a follow-up to Sarkar is definitely a better movie & a larger one from script point of view . the story of a father & a son whose position as a political powerhouse is challenged after  they support a power plant project headed by a  foreign company of Anita & the tribulations & losses   the family has to face is brilliantly scripted   . It is the script & screenplay alongwith the twist & the turns that make the movie a superb watch . Taking examples from things that happened in Nandigram , the Raj Thackrey incidents Ramu creates a pulsating Political drama & takes risk no other filmmaker would dare to take . there are twists & turns that keep u on the hook all the time . full marks to the screenplay writer .

                        But the film does have some problem from the execution point of view . though RGV shows some of his old sparks in the initial portions  right from The two B & the Bahu entrance scene to the scenes of Dilip Prabhalkar to Rajesh’s excellent outburst scene & kidnap scene until the superbly executed  Tanisha death scene , it is from here that  his post NAACH fascination with camera  angles & long pauses betwee Dialouges continues . this is exactly why the pace the film has so nicely maintained slows down considerably in these periods  . a film like this should have a well maintained pace.. but what saves the movie are the alarming  twist & turn right from the shock one to the  surprising one (should not reveal them ) . this  is where the latter poirtions scores heavily .

                    The film also has some superb performances from the Outstanding Big B to The Brooding Abishek but the scene stealers are Aihwariya Rai who gives  a superbly restrained performance & the brilliant Dilip Prabbahalkar . the supporting cast is good as well from Govind Namdeo (menancing) , Victor Banerjee ( sophisticated) , to Rajesh ( a brilliant Debut) to everyone even the man playing Abishek’s sidekick with no single dialogue is superb . a little complaint is the wastage of the superb Supriya Pathak in the movie .  

       The Cinematography is brilliant & different from the usual one we expect from  a RGV film ,  the background score is loud at times , Dialouges are well written , screenplay is tight & superbly bold , the costumes go with the look of the movie .  

         At the end hopefully RGV’s Sarkar Raj is a reincarnation of the filmamaker that will make us forget his duds from Naach to Aag