Sarkar Raj (2008)
6/10
A moderate sequel
13 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I reluctantly went along with my dad for this movie. Don't get me wrong. I liked the first part a lot. It was a gripping, spine-chilling movie by RGV. But after that, he has made a number of debacles such as RGv ki AAG, Go and the list goes on and on.

After the film got over, I was satisfied. No, I don't mean satisfied with the film. I mean satisfied that it got over. It wasn't the best sequel nor very good. It just managed to level the bar. Sarkar Raj has its good points and its bad ones.

Good: 1) Amitabh Bachchan has acted wonderfully. I thought that his dialogs could've been a bit shorter ( sometimes, his monologues get too monotonous). But he hasn't lost his charm, and has mesmerized me in some of the scenes.

2) Abhishek does a good job, in parts of the film.

3) Some of the killings are brutal, especially when one of the character shoots the other. I kept looking at the gun and so just went back for a second as the gun fired.

4) Aishwaria was good in the emotional scenes. She should stick to movies like Joddha Akbar etc.

Bad: 1) The person who played Somji barked, barked and kept barking. Please shut up for a moment. You do not have to shout all the time to show that you are a good actor. I was glad when he sobered down.

2) As I mentioned above, the dialogs could be shortened. I was literally fidgeting and twitching myself during the conversation towards the end between Amitabh and Aishwaria.

3) Many of the conversations had the same camera effects and background music but unlike the first part, it did not cast the same effect. I was so irked off by hearing the tired chant 'Govinda' and the sudden shriek of a female 'Govindaaaa!' whenever Abhishek entered.

4) Aishwaria fumbles in some of the dialogs and scenes trying to portray the rough and tough business woman.

5) The story line isn't very interesting, especially towards the end, when Amitabh tells that the power plant plant was to actually bring down Sarkar. What the ....! And showing Aishwaria's father as a part of the plan to kill Sarkar was dumb. And how did Sarkar's men go international, killing his father somewhere out of the country? His power was just over Mumbai.

6) And finally, why the heck did they show that the contract killer who killed Abhishek was just another unknown guy? I mean, they hid his face for some silly reason, so that we think he is a person from inside. Then we realize that he is just another bad guy!

It was a good sequel, but nothing magnificent. 6 out of 10.
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