Ians Rating: ****
Most of the gangster dramas are loaded with guns, violence, foul language, loud characters and weak screenplay, but this one is smart, sleek, dark and gritty, which sort of give the film an edge over every other crime drama.
A power shift is never easy, whether its in the corporate or any other field. When the young replace the old, there is always friction as it threatens positions of privilege and livelihoods. The old grappling with the idea of power and the young using the same power with brutality has been the norm of society for the longest time
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An old and ailing mafia don, Nawab Khan (Raza Murad), is bed-ridden, and will eventually die. His son, Kadar Pathan (Abhimanyu Singh), is the rightful heir of the crime syndicate, but with old boss dying, everyone is conspiring and eyeing the ultimate chair.
Nawab Khan, along with his four associates — Shakir Sheikh,...
Most of the gangster dramas are loaded with guns, violence, foul language, loud characters and weak screenplay, but this one is smart, sleek, dark and gritty, which sort of give the film an edge over every other crime drama.
A power shift is never easy, whether its in the corporate or any other field. When the young replace the old, there is always friction as it threatens positions of privilege and livelihoods. The old grappling with the idea of power and the young using the same power with brutality has been the norm of society for the longest time
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An old and ailing mafia don, Nawab Khan (Raza Murad), is bed-ridden, and will eventually die. His son, Kadar Pathan (Abhimanyu Singh), is the rightful heir of the crime syndicate, but with old boss dying, everyone is conspiring and eyeing the ultimate chair.
Nawab Khan, along with his four associates — Shakir Sheikh,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Amitabh Bachchan, the Shehanshah of bollywood who turns sixty- eight years of age today, is being presented a 68 pound cake from his fan club in Allahabad. Big B has already sent his consent for the appointment to fan club and is likely to meet today at his residence. Javed Ansari of the fan club is also coming with a rare painting of Amitabh Bachchan’s parents—Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan—which belongs to year 1945. Besides this special gift from home town, Big B has already been acknowledging the good wishes from his fans and well- wishers in front of his residence. As always, he came out of his house and accepted the greetings by acknowledging their presence. Amitabh Bachchan has been a legend of the industry for a long time and commands respect across the industry for his towering personality and down to earth modesty. Today is very important day for Big B,...
- 10/11/2010
- Stardust Bollywood
October 9, 2010 : Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will turn 68 on this October 11, has millions of fans all over the country as well as abroad. One of such fan clubs from the megastar’s hometown has decided to gift their idol a 68-pound cake on his 68th birthday, which falls on this Monday.
M A Javed Ansari, director of this ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ fan club has been quoted saying that the members of the fan club has taken permission from Big B to present him this 68-pound cake along with a painting of his parents.
The members of the club will travel all the way to Mumbai to present the cake and the painting to the megastar. They received a letter from Bachchan, who invited them to Mumbai at.
M A Javed Ansari, director of this ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ fan club has been quoted saying that the members of the fan club has taken permission from Big B to present him this 68-pound cake along with a painting of his parents.
The members of the club will travel all the way to Mumbai to present the cake and the painting to the megastar. They received a letter from Bachchan, who invited them to Mumbai at.
- 10/9/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Members of a Bareilly fan club are on their way to Mumbai to gift Amitabh Bachchan a 68-pound cake and mark his 68 th birthday. The screen icon will also be gifted a painting of his parents. The painting was made when Bachchan was just three years old.“Members of the fan club had requested the megastar to allow them to gift him a 68-pound cake and a painting of Big B's parents at his residence on October 11, which he has accepted,” says M A Javed Ansari, club director. Bachchan also wrote back inviting them to Mumbai. ...
- 10/8/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will turn 68 on this October 11, has millions of fans all over the country as well as abroad. One of such fan clubs from the megastar’s hometown has decided to gift their idol a 68-pound cake on his 68th birthday, which falls on this Monday.
M A Javed Ansari, director of this Amitabh Bachchan fan club, has been quoted saying that the members of the fan club has taken permission from Big B to present him this 68-pound cake along with a painting of his parents.
The members of the club will travel all the way to Mumbai to gift the cake and the painting to the megastar. They received a letter from Bachchan, who invited them to Mumbai at his residence.
Ansari added that in his letter Amitabh stated that his parents memories are associated with this city and the intention of the fans...
M A Javed Ansari, director of this Amitabh Bachchan fan club, has been quoted saying that the members of the fan club has taken permission from Big B to present him this 68-pound cake along with a painting of his parents.
The members of the club will travel all the way to Mumbai to gift the cake and the painting to the megastar. They received a letter from Bachchan, who invited them to Mumbai at his residence.
Ansari added that in his letter Amitabh stated that his parents memories are associated with this city and the intention of the fans...
- 10/7/2010
- by babul.shah@sampurn.com (Babul)
- TellyCafe
Opened: June 6 U.S., India, U.K. (Adlabs Films)
OAKLAND, California -- Sixty-five-year-old Amitabh Bachchan, India's vibrant and virile living legend, is riveting in nearly every film he does. But even a true fan's ardor is tested by the tedious political thriller, "Sarkar Raj".
The film is inspired by the real-life, intricate machinations of power in the country's richest state, Maharashtra, where the fortunes of many a billionaire have flourished and faltered under the eyes of religious, turbaned old men like Rao-saab (Dilip Prabhavalkar). Rao holds the rights to a huge plot of land where a multinational corporation wants to build India's largest power plant; some 40,000 villagers will have to be displaced, but the project guarantees glory to whoever is attached to it.
The power company's clever CEO, Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai), soon learns that no progress can be made until the egos and bank accounts of "Sarkar" (leader) Subhash Nagre (Bachchan) and Nagre's son and successor, Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan, the actor's son and Rai's real-life husband), are sated. Sarkar himself, who holds chief ministers and other VIPs in the palm of his hand, has to defer to Rao-saab.
Add to this the fact that social activists and bitter ex-employees are set on destroying the project -- and Sarkar himself -- and one can see the film's potential as an aware, contemporary thriller. This film is a sequel to the 2005 drama "Sarkar".
Iconoclastic director-writer Ram Gopal Varma is single-handedly credited with introducing a coarse, profane realism to Bollywood films ("Satya", 1998, "Company", 2002) that was refreshing for its time. But Varma seems to have fallen into a rut, relying here on excessive close-ups, blaring background music and long, pretentious speeches instead of character development.
Viewers should seek out Mani Ratnam's 2007 film "Guru" instead, to appreciate the on-screen chemistry of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and to get a far more interesting take on the ways power is brokered in India.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Javed Ansari, Victor Banerjee, Upendra Limaye, Govid Namdeo.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Screenwriters: Ram Gopal Varma, Prashant Pandey.
Executive producers: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol.
Director of photography: Amit Roy.
Production designer: Sunil Nigvekar.
Music: Amar Mohile.
Costume designer: Urmilla Lal Motwani.
Editor: Nitin Gupta.
125 minutes.
OAKLAND, California -- Sixty-five-year-old Amitabh Bachchan, India's vibrant and virile living legend, is riveting in nearly every film he does. But even a true fan's ardor is tested by the tedious political thriller, "Sarkar Raj".
The film is inspired by the real-life, intricate machinations of power in the country's richest state, Maharashtra, where the fortunes of many a billionaire have flourished and faltered under the eyes of religious, turbaned old men like Rao-saab (Dilip Prabhavalkar). Rao holds the rights to a huge plot of land where a multinational corporation wants to build India's largest power plant; some 40,000 villagers will have to be displaced, but the project guarantees glory to whoever is attached to it.
The power company's clever CEO, Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai), soon learns that no progress can be made until the egos and bank accounts of "Sarkar" (leader) Subhash Nagre (Bachchan) and Nagre's son and successor, Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan, the actor's son and Rai's real-life husband), are sated. Sarkar himself, who holds chief ministers and other VIPs in the palm of his hand, has to defer to Rao-saab.
Add to this the fact that social activists and bitter ex-employees are set on destroying the project -- and Sarkar himself -- and one can see the film's potential as an aware, contemporary thriller. This film is a sequel to the 2005 drama "Sarkar".
Iconoclastic director-writer Ram Gopal Varma is single-handedly credited with introducing a coarse, profane realism to Bollywood films ("Satya", 1998, "Company", 2002) that was refreshing for its time. But Varma seems to have fallen into a rut, relying here on excessive close-ups, blaring background music and long, pretentious speeches instead of character development.
Viewers should seek out Mani Ratnam's 2007 film "Guru" instead, to appreciate the on-screen chemistry of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and to get a far more interesting take on the ways power is brokered in India.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Javed Ansari, Victor Banerjee, Upendra Limaye, Govid Namdeo.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Screenwriters: Ram Gopal Varma, Prashant Pandey.
Executive producers: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol.
Director of photography: Amit Roy.
Production designer: Sunil Nigvekar.
Music: Amar Mohile.
Costume designer: Urmilla Lal Motwani.
Editor: Nitin Gupta.
125 minutes.
- 6/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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