Sarkar -1 (2005-Movie) : Film Detail and Trailer :

Sarkar movie is a 2005 Bollywood political crime thriller film and directer is Ram Gopal Varma. This film leading star cast is Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan ,Kay Kay Menon, Katrina Kaif, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak and Tanisha Mukherjee.It is the first part of Sarkar film series. This film become Highly successful and Later makes sequel of this film Sarkar Raj(2008) and Sarkar 3(2017).

This film is known as an inspire highly from The Godfather, along with film’s sequels, Sarkar Raj, released on 6 June 2008, and Sarkar 3, released on 12 May 2017. First film is Highly successful as compared to 2nd part and 3rd part and Amitabh Bachchan Character is famous among youth at that time.

• Directer : Ram Gopal Varma
• Producer : Ram Gopal Varma,Parag Sanghvi
• Writer : Manish Gupta
• Screenplay : Ram Gopal Varma
• Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Abhishek Bachchan,Katrina Kaif,Kota Srinivasa Rao,Kay Kay Menon,Tanisha Mukherjee,Anupam Kher
• Music : Amar Mohile
• Cinematography : Amit Roy
• Editor : Nitin Gupta,Amit Parmar
• Distributor : K Sera Sera,Sahara One
• Release date : 1 July 2005
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Sarkar -1 Film Trailer :

Sarkar -1 : film story :

Sarkar (Amitabh Bachchan), Character original name is Subhash Nagre,lives in Mumbai. A rape victim’s father (Veerendra Saxena) approaching Sarkar for justice (which the corrupt law and order system has failed to deliver) which Sarkar promptly establishes by having the rapist beaten up by his followers. His son, Vishnu (Kay Kay Menon), plays a sleazy producer who is more interested in the film actress Sapna (Priyanka Kothari) than his wife Amrita (Rukhsaar Rehman). Sarkar’s other, more upright son, Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan), returns from the United States with his love Pooja (Katrina Kaif) after completing his education there. Pooja’s doubts about Sarkar’s image cause Shankar, who firmly believes in his father’s righteousness, to break up with her.

A Dubai-based don, Rasheed (Zakir Hussain) tries to strike a deal with Sarkar; he promptly refuses on moral grounds and also forbids him from doing it himself. Rasheed tries to eliminate Sarkar’s supremacy with the help of Selvar Mani (Kota Srinivasa Rao), Sarkar’s former associate, MLA Vishram Bhagat and Swami Virendra (Jeeva). Meanwhile, they trap Sarkar by assassinating a righteous, upright, Ahinsa political leader and an outspoken critic of Sarkar, Motilal Khurana (Anupam Kher), and frame Sarkar for the murder. Everyone, including Vishnu, believes that Sarkar is guilty but Shankar has deep faith in his father. Sarkar gets arrested and is imprisoned. Shankar now takes over the position of Sarkar temporarily. On learning of a plot to murder his father in prison, he approaches the police commissioner (Anant Jog) and asks him to arrange stronger security for his father, only for the commissioner to mock Shankar and his father beside not providing protection.

Shankar gets a feeling that the police commissioner wants Sarkar to get murdered. Shankar and Khansaab, one of Sarkar’s men, try to ask Selvar Mani for help to prevent possible murder, but Mani ultimately betrays them when he reveals that he is in an alliance with Rasheed. Rasheed prepares to kill Shankar and Khansaab but only Khansaab is killed when he decides to sacrifice himself for Shankar. By the time Shankar reaches the prison and appropriate action is taken, the attempt on Sarkar’s life is already made. Sarkar is later acquitted. He remains bedridden as Shankar takes on Sarkar’s enemies.

After that, Selvar Mani, Swami, Vishram and Rasheed try to convince Vishnu to murder Sarkar. Vishnu was previously thrown out of Sarkar’s house because he had murdered the actor who was having an affair with Sapna. Vishnu returns home pretending to have repented. When he approaches Sarkar in the dark of the night with the intent of murdering him, Shankar foils his plan and later kills him. Shankar eliminates Rasheed, Vishram and Selvar Mani. He also succeeds in making Swami his puppet. Shankar has also realised that Chief Minister Madan Rathore (Deepak Shirke) was really behind everything; Rasheed and everyone else were merely pawns. This results in legal action against the Chief Minister. The closing scenes show a woman approaching Shankar for justice to a fake encounter of her husband by the police and calling Shankar the Sarkar, while Subhash is busy with family.

Star cast of the film :

• Amitabh Bachchan as a Subhash Nagre (Sarkar)
• Abhishek Bachchan as a Shankar Nagre
• Kay Kay Menon as a Vishnu Nagre
• Katrina Kaif as a Pooja
• Tanisha Mukherjee as a Avantika
• Anupam Kher as a Motilal Khurana
• Supriya Pathak as a Pushpa Nagre
• Rukhsaar Rehman as a Amrita (Vishnu’s wife)
• Ishrat Ali as a Khansaab
• Raju Mavani as a Vishram Bhagat
• Zakir Hussain as a Rashid
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as a Selvar Mani
• Ravi Kale as a Chander
• Virendra Saxena as a Girl’s Father
• Anant Jog as a Police Commissioner
• Deepak Shirke as a Madan Rathod
• Carran Kapoor as a Hero in Vishnu’s film
• Nisha Kothari as a Heroine in Vishnu’s film
• Jeeva as a Virendra Swami
• Mangal Kenkre as a Shoba
• Chintan Atul Shah as a Cheeku (Sarkar’s Grandson)
• Saurabh Dubey as a Pooja’s Father

Review of the film :

Sarkar was greeted very well by critics. Critics liked the way the movie tell the story, The Godfather and introduced a political angle to it. The actors, particularly the trio of Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon, were lavished with praise for their controlled yet intense performances. Abhishek Bachchan in particular, was rewarded for his portrayal as a son who is inexperienced but enters an unknown world so as to save his father. This film also was superhit at the box office.

William Thomas of Empire Online gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 saying that, “Constructed with flair and crackling with intelligence, this is one of the most edgiest and grittiest releases to come out of Bollywood in years.”

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised the movie saying that, “SARKAR is without doubt an interesting film. The story, its execution, the performances, the drama… The outcome leaves you spellbound.” but criticized the slow pacing of the film and gave it a rating of 3.5 out of 5.

Sarkar 1 movie Song/ Music :

The music of Sarkar consists of 10 songs composer is Bapi-Tutul & Prasanna Shekhar the lyricist is Sandeep Nath.

• “Deen Bandhu”……………………..Reeta Ganguly
• “Deen Bandhu Theme”
• “Govinda – Song”………………………Amitabh Bachchan, Kailash Kher, Bapi, Tutul
• “Govinda – Trance”…………………………….Bapi, Tutul, Janaki
• “Jitni Oochaeeyan”……………………………Krishna, Farhad
• “Mujhe Jo Sahi Lagta Hai”…………………Amitabh Bachchan, Kailash Kher
• “Sam Dam Bhed”………………………………Kailash Kher
• “Shaher, Shaher Ke Hazaron Sawal”……………………..Kailash Kher
• “The Govinda Omen”…………………………….Choir
• “The Want For Power”……………………….Krishna, Farhad, Prasana Shekhar

Box Office Collection of the film :

• First Day : Rs. 2.43 crores
• Saturday : Rs. 1.97 crores
• Sunday : Rs. 2.46 crores
• First Weekend : Rs. 6.86 crores
• First Week : Rs. 11.57 crores
• Second Week : Rs. 6.21 crores
• Third Week : Rs. 3.08 crores
• Lifetime India (net) : Rs. 25 crores
• Worldwide Gross : Rs. 40 crores

Remake of the film :

A Telugu remake, film name is Rowdy was made replacing the background of Marathi politics with that of South Indian factionism. Veteran actor Mohan Babu reprised the role of Amitabh Bachchan while his son Vishnu Manchu reprised the role of Abhishek Bachchan. Rowdy released on 4 April 2014 to positive reviews from critics but was a moderate commercial success, grossing approximately Rs 8 Crores in its full collection.

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