amitab bachchan::The principal actors are back, specifically, reallife father and son actors amitabh and abhishek bachchan amitab bachchan

amitab bachchan::The principal actors are back, specifically, reallife father and son actors amitabh and abhishek bachchan.
Much like in the godfather, the citizens of mumbai approached subhash for a solution or an arbitration to their difficulties.
Sarkar raj opens a few years later, with shankar nagare having settled into his new role, changed and hardened and more decisive.
Yet he still very much cares for the welfare of his people.
However, the optimum site for the power plant lies in rural maharashtra, which means that 40,000 villagers would have to be displaced for the plant to be built.
But shankar is quick to see the long term advantages for the ever struggling populace of maharashtra.
He talks his reluctant father into consenting to the project, and off shankar goes to talk to the villagers.
But he soon meets resistance in the form of local dissident sanjay somji, who has his own daunting connections.
Somji uses verbal histrionics to sway the masses to his side, and the violent demonstrations promptly begin.
Insidiously, an unknown agent starts to whittle away at that power base.
There are some serious machinations going down in this film.
Sarkar raj explores the nature of power the wielding of it, the erosion it has on the soul, the jealousies it instills in others.
The nagares have remained true to their ideals, even if it means that those ideals are kept alive thru ruthless acts.
In a gray world, the nagares are who the common people turn to, for succor and for judgment.
That is power, willingly granted.
Sarkar raj boasts stylish filmmaking, polished cinematography, confident acting.
The movie looks very good on screen, awash in sepia tones and in brooding shadows, most of which dramatically frame the many closeups of the bachchans.
Her last scene, as she comfortably asks for tea in the nagare household, helps to set up a possible sequel.
By the way, this is the first film which costars aish and abhishek since they got married.
Okay, now the downside.
The story really takes its sweet time developing.
There are several scenes between abhishek and aishwarya which come off as trite, specifically those dealing with shankar confiding to anita, where you could see the subtext of anita beginning to feel sappy emotions.
All in all, the romantic subplot between shankar and anita is kind of kicked to the curb.
Come to think of it, the same goes for the relationship between shankar and his wife.
I say, three and a half stars for sarkar raj, as again the bachchans demonstrate why they are the preeminent acting family in india.