Sarkar Raj was tremendously hyped as the first film with the Bachchan trio…and believe me it is just that. There are Bachchans in every frame of the film even at the cost of making the story unconvincing but ya there is one goodnews… Ram gopal Verma is BACK…Abhishek bachchan has got another author backed role after GURU but still seems he doesn’t have a third expression (the two you can see in all his films including this one).Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the CEO of the company that wants to set up the power plant but surprisingly the CEO never takes a decision herself and always look upto the Sarkars for everything. The character is badly written. And Ramu ji please explain why is she present in all the emotional and personal meetings of the Sarkars….the scenes where abhishek’s wife dies and finally abhishek’s death scene, the mother (Supriya Pathak Kapur , completely wasted to accomodate the bachchan trio) is nowhere to be seen but Sarkar saabcry with the CEO sahiba… With such CEOs, no project could ever be completed.
So Sarkar Raj is made with the sole aim to showcase the Bachchans… And only Amitabh Bachchan, expectedly, comes up with a terrific performance. He underplays the role of Sarkar brilliantly. All the villains look like buffoons instead of looking menacing. Only Dilip Prabhawalkar plays his part convincingly. The actor enacting the role of Dilip Prabhawalkar’s grandson is very good.
The film falters at the climax. From a political conspiracy story, it suddenly becomes a revenge drama and this looks abrupt.
RGV is back in his elements after the AAG debacle, but wish he would’ve worked harder on the script. It is nicely shot and the cinematography is excellent. And what is it with the Extreme Close Ups and the done to death monochromatic frames Ramu? We understand such shots create an excellent impact…but excess of anything could be bad. And here the entire film is in extreme close ups which sometimes looks jarring, especially when it shows the wrinkles of Amitabh and also when we have to closely bear with the same deadpan expression of Abhishek Bachchan. When there are no ECUs, there are wide angled shots giving it a ‘ghostly’ look. We are not against the changing of grammar of cinematography, but experimenting should be with proper reasoning.
Though their is no chance of Sarkar Raj ruling the box office, we welcome back the good ol’ Ramu…
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