The gothic gloom which pervaded the Nagre household in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar(2005) and Sarkar Raj(2008) has darkened in Sarkar 3. It would have been a natural progression from the first two films which saw The Godfather-like Sarkar at the peak of his powers and the inevitable disintegration of his family. Instead, Varma gives us one recycled trope after another from Sarkar and Sarkar Raj and of numerous other films of the genre that have come before the series. The entry of a young, new family member as a possible scion to Sarkar’s dynasty: Shivaji/Chiku(Amit Sadh), Sarkar’s grandson from his elder son Vishnu, the Sonny to Sarkar’s Don Corleone. Since it is hard to take Sarkar 3 seriously, relief comes in the form of a track that revels in its randomness.

Source: Mint May 12, 2017 11:37 UTC