So me and the missus went to watch Sarkar Raj. The Verdict: Disappointing.
I was mightily impressed with Sarkar, and was looking forward to Sarkar II. But this movie seemed more like an advertisement for the great Bachchan family, and their loyalty to the state of Maharashtra.
More about that later…
About the movie. Big Daddy Bachchan is still going strong; a kingmaker who blesses the government as well as anything of importance that happens in the state. Small Bachhan (Chhote Sarkar, anyone?) meanwhile has grown up and is taking the ‘business’ forward.
Who is Sarkar? Is he a gangster? Seems too socially inclined to be that. He is the Hero, and portrayed as a people’s hero. But whats the place for such characters in a democracy? A person who is so poweful that he is bigger than the government?
Anyway, the Bacchan bahu rani Aishwarya (NRI industrialist) wants to setup a power plant in the state that would displace just some 40,000 people. Sarkar doesn’t like this social injustice, but Chhote Sarkar feels this is good for the long term benefit of the state. And this is the movie’s entire premise.
“It will solve all our power problems”
“For long term gains we would have to overlook short term losses”
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Here the electrical engineer in me winced at some numbers. The project cost is Rs 200,000 crore, which translates into 50 billion dollars. All this money for just 5000 MW. As far as i know this money might get you some 10 times that much electricity. Plus there is mention of Rs 20,000 crore profit in the first year! Power plants have long gestation periods and take a long time to make money. Little technicalities…
This movie is a family drama…the Bachchan family drama. Hum saath saath hain they sang…
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