Sarkar Raj - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu |Meetu’s Review: A treat for Bachchan fans and an intense story for the non-believers. If you are mentally prepared for that noise the background music creates and the camera being held in the weirdest possible positions and angles, you can actually enjoy the drama despite all its flaws.
Rating: Wait for video release
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Here is what 33 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 3.6 / 5.0: 22 thumbs up, 3 so-so, 8 thumbs down.
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| Subhash K Jha, All Bollywood …Varma cuts across the life and times of the Nagare family, slicing their emotions into messy portions of writhing anguish…. See full review |
Nikhil Kumar Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice …Amitabh Bachchan, the true boss of the film, steps out from the shadows in the second half when he literally rolls up his sleeves and keeps you riveted to the screen with his remarkably expressive performance… See full review |
| Razeen Shameem, Bollyvista.com …Congrats to Ramu for getting the monkey off his back and salvaging his career!… See full review |
Daliya Daspurkayastha, Bollywood Mantra …Aishwarya Bachchan is like never seen before. She has given her all time best…. See full review |
| Fatema H Kagalwala, Business of Cinema …Paced and measured, Sarkar Raj takes us through the political doings and un-doings of the Nagre family with the constant dialectic of good vs. greed… See full review |
Preeti Arora, Buzz18 …Abhishek Bacchan is probably best suited to these kind of roles…. See full review |
| Hiral Sachde, DearCinema …even Mrs. Rai Bachchan with her limited set of expressions does justice to her part but her larger than life persona only kills the climax…. See full review |
Deep, Deep’s Home …I really liked the camera angles. .just way too good, the lights.. everything there was perfect.. awesome cinematography….. See full review |
| Shubra Gupta, Express India …But the film does deliver some surprises, and that’s why it’s much better, and tauter, than the first… See full review |
Filmiholic …Maybe Ramu feels that these are the kind of villains Indian audiences want and expect in their movies, but I personally wouldn?t have minded a little more subtlety… See full review |
| Martin D’souza, Glamsham.com …The background score by Debashish Mishra is commendable…. See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …How you hope this is Varma’s last mistake. Because there have been enough…. See full review |
| Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …excessive talk seldom makes for exciting viewing… See full review |
Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …Besides its strong content, SARKAR RAJ has been filmed exceptionally well too…. See full review |
| Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz …What impresses even more is the set of character artists who are terrific and just apt be it- Ravi Kale, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sayaji Shinde and Supriya Pathak. Tanisha is ok…. See full review |
Gaurav Malani, indiatimes …the screenplay is moulded in the vein of the forerunner film when Shankar wages a political war against his opponents… See full review |
| Indicine …Aishwarya Rai looks great, performs well throughout…. See full review |
Intermission, The Bookeazy Blog …It asks you to look a little deeper into the scenario. It urges you to take action about the corrupt and devilish politicians…. See full review |
| Amit R Agarwal, merinews …Sarkar was more gripping, but Sarkar Raj has more meat; its only that it hasnt been written quite convincingly…. See full review |
Movie Talkies …The performances are like the fine thread that pulls everything together… See full review |
| Vijay, MovieWalah …Some of the scenes and twists will leave you awestruck and will remind you of his genius… See full review |
Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai Mirror …he’s walked in to shoot with a strong material; one that largely honours creative intentions over mere effects and gimmickry… See full review |
| musicNmovies.info …Superb screenplay, classic close up cinematography and dynamic performance by every cast… See full review |
Raizada Rohit Jaising Vaid, Passion for Cinema …What a convoluted plot was planned and penned by RGV to create Sarkar Raj and to go into a spate of unhindered violence and callous uncensored darkness… See full review |
| Joxily John, Planet Bollywood …Aishwarya Rai was just a shameless add on. The whole Anita-Shankar track seems terribly forced… See full review |
Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …Abhishek Bachchan has come of age from Refugee to Sarkar Raj… See full review |
| Greatbong, Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind …RGV asserts his directorial presence by making his camera snake about objects and dive below a seat where it waits till a few artistically apposite rays of light come in through the darkness… See full review |
Raja Sen, Rediff … if every single scene of a film drips with high drama, the impact is lost…. See full review |
| SearchIndia.com …Made worse by cliched dialogs … the effete story just does not - and cannot - hold our interest…. See full review |
Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …Abhishek holds his own, though with a more filled-out character, he could have taken it to another level… See full review |
| Pankaj Shukla, SmasHits.com …’Sarkar Raj’ falls short of expectations that Ramu’s fans had gathered since his ‘Sarkar’, but it’s a much, much better than most of Ramu’s recent films…. See full review |
Kavita Ogale, Times Now …This is a glorious showcasing of what the Bachchans are capable of when put together… See full review |
| Upper Stall …There are positives, if one looks through the chaos…. See full review |