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A Still from 'Sarkar'

And junior Bachchan? Well he (Shankar) is happy to live in his father's shadow and even refuses to return to America after this attack on his father. As a result he loses his girlfriend but gets another one- Tanisha. He also comes closer to his father. The climax shows him sipping chai while listening to a distraught woman telling him about her husband's killing.

The new Don is born but unfortunately the teacup looks more imposing than him. The film too opens with Senior listening to a distraught father talking about his daughter's rape by a rich brat. Justice is done then and now also. Shankar's character has no graph. There is no change in him considering he makes a transition from a foreign-returned son to a Don. We forgot the chant, 'Govinda Govinda' in the background that further irritates you. As if you haven't had enough 'underplaying' by the Bachchan's to drive you nuts!

The film is irritatingly slow. RGV has definitely attempted to capture the same mood as in Godfather but there was an underlying tension in that one to give that edge-of-the-seat feel. Here the pace and pauses are very irritating! But one man who has really performed and almost walked away with the film is Kay Kay. He rocks and is the only memorable thing about it. A pity that this talented actor still hasn't got his due in Bollywood. But hopefully things might get rosy for him now. To sum it up, 'Sarkar' is yet another film with great style but no content! Cannot predict its fate at the box office but will surely not last after the initial hype is over.

* * (TWO STARS)
*poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent

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