A Stroke Of Brilliance. Review on Sarkar

Politics is a dirty game. The complications involved in politics makes the portrayal of this circus even dirties. What lied beneath those complexes remains and mere mystery, and maybe even an enigma. Attempts galore in the past have been made like Hu Tu Tu and Satta to explain politics, but it certainly made it more complicated on a personal note. Yuva portrayed what politics atually should be, i.e who should run it. Sarkar not only defines it, in 2 hours it explains it.

Enter the world of Subhash Nagare aka SARKAR (Amitabh Bachchan), a close to real life portrayal of Balasaheb Thakrey. He has two offsprings, Vishnu (Kay Kay Menon) and Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan) along with a host of followers who are been made level headed only by the wisdom of their Sarkar. Sarkar runs a parallel government as compared to the ruling party. He settles the differences keeping in mind what is right and all future consequences of it. Yet, differences of opinions will always be there and it is one such major difference of opinion between another personality that leads to a series of complex incidents and ultimately the degradation of Sarkar.

Sparking off those complexes is his short tempered elder son Vishnu, as he orders his son to abandon the family because of a criminal offence and even goes against him to filing a court case, he gives rise to another enemy. But as they say, a common enemies of one, become friends of eachother's. Hence start a series of complexes which leads to Subhash Nagare being disrespected and finally ending up behind bars. Yet, Sarkar had never misused power, it is just his exodus of power that is there in his head which leads to the rise of a political vendetta raised by non-political issues.

Now the mantle to bring back the position of respect and trust of the common masses is passed to his younger son Shankar. His journey towards solving those complexes, and finally showing the clearer image along with taking revenge while finding who his father's true friends were, and the whole set of politics involved behind it all, as he rises from the ashes to become the newest Sarkar is what the movie is all about.

Throughout my life as a teenager who has been an avid lover of movies, I have failed to figure out what exactly is this legend named Amitabh Bachchan. If Black really cleared all doubts as to why this man has been hailed as the best ever actor that the film industry has produced, Sarkar underlines it, again. I am undecided as to what his better performance was, but I can assure that there is a minute few who can come to giving such brilliant performances this year, or any for that matter.

The younger Bachchan has come close to matching his father, but the veteran's touch can never be bettered by anyone. All said and done, this role clearly shows Abhishek Bachchan as an actor who has certainly come off age and gives a performance better than that of Yuva. Kay Kay in the role of Vishnu does an amazing job, and no one could've suited this role better. He is certainly one of the most talented actors around, who does have the potential to go places.

Although the role of Katrina Kaif as Pooja playing Shankar's love interest is in a utility role, and not a performance which is one to remember, yet she does drive everyone away with her beauty coupled with the tinge of innocence. Other female performers like Rukshar as Vishnu's wife, Tanisha as Subhash's adopted daughter and Supriya Pathak as his wife Pushpa have done justice to thier roles.

Other male characters like Anupan Kher as the current chief minister, and countless others who either play Sarkar's followers or oppositions fit the bill ever so perfectly.

The plot of the movie is gripping, although I would beg to differ it being a direct copy of Mario Puzo's epic, as I have never lead to believe Ram Gopal Verma will lead to copying any movie. He might end up with an idea which would draw parallels due to the sheer volumes of plots that movies have been made on, yet it would never be a direct copy. Hats off to him for delivering such an epic. If one thought Company was the tip of the iceberg, you ain't seen nothing. He delivers his best ever movie till date, and he again like Bhansali earlier this year shows a thing or two to other directors about movie making and the art behind it.

Right from the glaring stares of the father and son duo, every sip of the tea from the saucer, the remote silence on the orders of the Sarkar, the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the shocks, they are a masterstroke. The gripping background score, the cut-throat dialogues which would lead you wanting for more.

A Special mention to the cinematographer as he has shown each and every close take and each and every shot through various angles which adds to the experience much more than what one would imagine. It might even better Lakshya in that department, yes, the world renowned Christopher Popp.

This is India's answer to Francis Coppola's classic is well and truly comparable, and is unique in itself.

The country today is devoid of creative spark in movies, and Ram Gopal Verma is one of the few camels in this deserted world. Setting benchmarks when it comes to movie making, this man has given us experiences like Rangeela, Satya, Company for starters. With D-Company, speculation increased about his wand losing it's magical touch. With the aid of Sarkar, he might have pulled a rabbit out, yet, no one really thought the tricks were all over, more of a writer's block.

Cut all the iten numbers, the skin show and glamour stars of yesteryears as they quite frankly have become a cliche and a certainly not something I would buy for as one of the audiences. In two hours of hard hitting portrayal of excellence, RGV has delivered something which I would be craving for more. A second screening for me? The answer would be a definite yes without any hesitation