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Sarkar Raj (2008)

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Rated: 12A

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:06-06-2008

Synopsis: A trio of Bollywood's biggest stars--Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Amitabh Bachchan--provide the marquee for this politically driven film. Rai-Bachchan plays Anita Rajan, the CEO... A trio of Bollywood's biggest stars--Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Amitabh Bachchan--provide the marquee for this politically driven film. Rai-Bachchan plays Anita Rajan, the CEO of a power company who wants to bring a plant into a rural region. Though it takes little to convince a young Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan) of the plant's positive effects, an older man (Amitabh Bachchan) is much more difficult to persuade. But it turns out that the elder man was the wise one when true motives are revealed. This Hindi-language film is a family affair: father and son actors Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan star along with the younger man's wife, Rai-Bachchan. [More]

Starring: Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan

Starring: Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Screenwriter: Prashant Pandey
Producer: Praveen Nischol, Ram Gopal Varma
Composer: Amar Mohile

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The combination of Ram Gopal Varma and the almighty Bachchan clan makes for an intense cinematic experience. Just don't go expecting any colourful Bollywood-esque song-and-dance numbers.

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06/06/08
Poonam Joshi
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Ram Gopal Varma's... reworking of The Godfather... delivers the casting coup of Bollywood's royal family %u2013 Amitabh Bachhan, his son, Abhishek, and Abhishek's wife, Aishwarya Rai %u2013 ... [but] the result is overwrought and cliched.

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03/01/09
Maitland McDonagh
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This all-star concoction is as muddy as the Ganges and nowhere near as holy. Unless, of course, you're talking plot-holey.

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06/11/08
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