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{{Infobox film
| name = Sarkar film series
| caption =
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| producer = Ram Gopal Varma [[Parag Sanghvi]] (''Sarkar'') Praveen Nischol (''Sarkar Raj'') Rahul Mittra Anand Pandit Gopal Shivram Dalvi Krishan Choudhary WeOne (''Sarkar 3'')
| writer = [[Manish Gupta (director)|Manish Gupta]] (''Sarkar'') [[Prashant Pandey]] (''Sarkar Raj'') [[P. Jaya Kumar]] Nilesh Girkar (''Sarkar 3'')
| screenplay = Ram Gopal Varma
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Abhishek Bachchan]] [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]] [[Supriya Pathak]] [[Jackie Shroff]] [[Manoj Bajpayee]] [[Yami Gautam]]
| music = [[Amar Mohile]] [[Bapi-Tutul]] Ravi Shankar (''Sarkar 3'')
| cinematography = Amit Roy Amol Rathod (''Sarkar 3'')
| editing = Amit Parmar Nitin Gupta (''Sarkar'') Nipun Ashok Gupta (''Sarkar Raj'') Anwar Ali (''Sarkar 3'')
| studio = Alumbra Entertainment Wave Cinemas Company Product [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation|AB Corp Ltd]]
| distributor = [[K Sera Sera]] [[Sahara One]] (''Sarkar'') Showman Pictures [[Balaji Motion Pictures]] (''Sarkar Raj'') [[Eros International]] (''Sarkar 3'')
| released = {{Nowrap|''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|1]]'': {{Start date|2005|7|1|df=y}}}} {{Nowrap|''[[Sarkar Raj|2]]'': {{Start date|2008|6|6|df=y}}}} {{Nowrap|''[[Sarkar 3|3]]'': {{Start date|2017|5|12|df=y}}}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|41|c}} (Two films)
| gross = {{INRConvert|100|c}} (Two films)
}}

'''''Sarkar''''' is a series of Indian [[political film|political]] [[crime thriller]] films set in the world of [[Shiv Sena|Marathi politics]] and [[Crime film|crime]], co-produced and directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The first part ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]'' released in 2005, the second part ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'' in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/30sarkar.htm|title=Sarkar is just Godfather, dumbed-down|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2008/05/23/bollywood_news_sarkar_cannes_feature.shtml|title=BBC - Shropshire - Entertainment - Sarkar Raj unveiled at Cannes|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-biggies-bet-big-on-cannes-1164120|title=Bollywood biggies bet big on Cannes|work=dna|date=13 May 2008}}</ref> and the third installment ''[[Sarkar 3]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/sarkar-3/movie-review/58629107.cms|title=Sarkar 3 Review {3/5}: Abhishek Bachchan is in top form, mesmerizing you with his grey shades and grey irises|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skjbollywoodnews.com/sarkar-3-movie-review-watch-sarkaar-3-way-varma-frames-familial-feud-flames-fury/|title=Sarkar 3 Movie Review- Watch Sarkaar 3 for the way Varma frames the familial feud in flames of fury! - SKJ Bollywood News|first=Subhash K .|last=Jha|date=11 May 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/tabloid/film/sarkar-3-film-review-1.2025637|title='Sarkar 3' film review|first=Manjusha Radhakrishnan, Senior|last=Reporter|date=11 May 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="sarkar3" />

==Overview==
===''Sarkar'' (2005)===
{{main| Sarkar (2005 film)}}

Subhash Nagre ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]), known by his followers as Sarkar, lives in [[Mumbai]]. The opening scenes show 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 henchmen. His son, Vishnu ([[Kay Kay Menon]]), plays a sleazy producer who is more interested in the film actress Sapna ([[Nisha Kothari]]) than his wife Amrita (Rukhsar). 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 later in the movie.

One day, a [[Dubai]]-based don, Rasheed ([[Zakir Hussain (actor)|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, Vishram Bhagat and Swami Virendra ([[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]]). Meanwhile, they trap Sarkar by assassinating a righteous, upright, [[Ahimsa]] political leader and an outspoken critic of Sarkar, Motilal Khurana ([[Anupam Kher]]). Everyone, including Vishnu believe that Sarkar is guilty but Shankar has deep faith in his father. Sarkar gets arrested. 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) who mocks him and his father besides not providing protection. By the time he 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.

Meanwhile, 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 (establishing justice by the way of his father). 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]]) also has a part in the attempt to end Sarkar and his rule. This results in legal action against the Chief Minister. The closing scenes show people approaching Shankar for justice and his father apparently retired.

===''Sarkar Raj'' (2008)===
{{main| Sarkar Raj}}

The sequel is chronologically set two years after the first film. Anita Rajan ([[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]]), CEO of an international electrical power firm based in London, holds a meeting with Mike Rajan ([[Victor Banerjee]]), her father and boss and Hassan Qazi, as a seemingly shady adviser and facilitator; regarding an ambitious proposal to set up a multimillion-dollar power plant in rural parts of the state of [[Maharashtra]] in India.

Qazi states that this project will be impossible due to possible political entanglements. When Anita asks him for a solution, Qazi states that enlisting the support of Subhash Nagre ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) (commonly referred to by his title of Sarkar), who he describes as a criminal in the garb of a popular and influential political leader, might help their cause. The resulting socio-political drama forms the crux of the story.

===''Sarkar 3'' (2017)===
{{main|Sarkar 3}}

In 2009 Ram Gopal Verma stated that he had no plans finalised for the third instalment in the series and shelved ''Sarkar 3''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Iyer|first=Meena|title=Sarkar 3 shelved!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sarkar-3-shelved/iplarticleshow/4801701.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=9 August 2011|date=21 July 2009}}</ref> However, in 2012 it was reported that the sequel would go ahead once again and currently is in the [[pre production]] stage where the script is being written. The film is expected to go on floors at the end of 2013, primarily with the same cast of [[Amitabh Bachchan|Amitabh]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]] although his character dies at the end of this film and also [[Aishwarya Rai]] is to be left out.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amitabh, Abhishek to star in Sarkar 3|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-26/news-interviews/31399630|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707040953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-26/news-interviews/31399630|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=26 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Sarkar 3' on cards, sans Aishwarya: Ram Gopal Varma|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sarkar-3-on-cards-sans-aishwarya-rgv/252284-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428062724/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sarkar-3-on-cards-sans-aishwarya-rgv/252284-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2012|publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=26 April 2012|accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref>

In August, 2016 director Ram Gopal Varma confirmed ''Sarkar 3''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ram-gopal-varma-announces-sarkar-3/|title=Ram Gopal Varma announces Sarkar 3 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|date=22 August 2016}}</ref> He told on his Twitter that Abhishek and Aishwarya will not be a part of the third installment.<ref name="sarkar3">[http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ram-Gopal-Varma-on-Sarkar-3-Reports-on-rest-of-cast-apart-from-Amitji-are-wrong/articleshow/53823525.cms Ram Gopal Varma on Sarkar 3 - Reports on rest of cast apart from Amitji are wrong]. [[Times of India]].</ref>

==Cast and characters==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="60%"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character
! colspan="3" | Film
|-
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]'' (2005)
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'' (2008)
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar 3]]'' (2017)
|-
! Subhash Nagre {{small|Sarkar}}
| colspan="3" | [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|-
! Pushpa Nagre
| colspan="3" | [[Supriya Pathak]]
|-
! Shankar Nagre
| colspan="2" | [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
| Abhishek Bachchan {{small|(Archived footage)}}
|-
! Avantika
| colspan="2" | [[Tanisha Mukherjee]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Chander
| colspan="2" | [[Ravi Kale]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Vishnu Nagre
| [[Kay Kay Menon]]
| Kay Kay Menon {{small|(Archived footage)}}
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Pooja
| [[Katrina Kaif]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Motilal Khuana
| [[Anupam Kher]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Amrita
| [[Rukhsaar Rehman]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Khan Saab
| [[Ishrat Ali]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Vishram Bhagat
| [[Raju Mavani]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Rashid
| [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Selver Mani
| [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Girl's father
| [[Virendra Saxena]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Police Commissioner
| [[Anant Jog]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] Madan Rathod
| [[Deepak Shirke]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Hero in Vishnu's film
| [[Carran Kapoor]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Heroine in Vishnu's film
| [[Nisha Kothari]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Virendra Swami
| [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Shobha
| [[Mangal Kenkre]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Pooja's father
| [[Saurabh Dubey (actor)|Saurabh Dubey]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Anita Rajan
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]]
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Hassan Qazi
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Govind Namdeo]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Mike Rajan
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Victor Banerjee]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Karunesh Kaanga
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Sayaji Shinde]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Rao Saab
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Bala
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Sumeet Nijhawan]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Kantilal Vora
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Upendra Limaye]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Sanjay Somji
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Rajesh Sringarpure]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Chief Minister Sunil Shinde
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Shishir Sharma]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Negi (the mystery man)
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Javed Ansari]]
| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
|-
! Shivaji "Cheeku" Nagre
| Chintan Atul Shah
| style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Amit Sadh]]
|-
! Annu Karkare
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Yami Gautam]]
|-
! Govind Deshpande
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Manoj Bajpayee]]
|-
! Gokul Satam
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Ronit Roy]]
|-
! Michael Vallya (Sir)
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Jackie Shroff]]
|-
! Raman Guru
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Parag Tyagi]]
|-
! Gorakh Rampur
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Bharat Dhabolkar]]
|-
! Rukku Bai Devi
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"|
| [[Rohini Hattangadi]]
|}

==Crew==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Occupation
! colspan="3" | Film
|-
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]'' (2005)
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'' (2008)
! width:10%;"| ''[[Sarkar 3]]'' (2017)
|-
! Director
| colspan="3" | Ram Gopal Varma
|-
! Producer(s)
| Ram Gopal Varma [[Parag Sanghvi]]
| Ram Gopal Varma Praveen Nischol
| Rahul Mittra Anand Pandit Gopal Shivram Dalvi [https://www.krishanchaudhary.com Krishan Choudhary] WeOne
|-
! Screenplay
| [[Manish Gupta (director)|Manish Gupta]] Ram Gopal Varma
| [[Prashant Pandey]] Ram Gopal Varma
| Ram Gopal Varma [[P. Jaya Kumar]]
|-
! Story
| [[Manish Gupta (director)|Manish Gupta]] Ram Gopal Varma
| [[Prashant Pandey]] Ram Gopal Varma
| Nilesh Girkar Ram Gopal Varma
|-
! Composer(s)
| colspan="2" | [[Amar Mohile]] [[Bapi-Tutul]]
| Ravi Shankar
|-
! Cinematography
| colspan="2" | Amit Roy
| [[Amol Rathod]]
|-
! Editor
| Amit Parmar Nitin Gupta
| Amit Parmar Nipun Ashok Gupta
| Anwar Ali
|-
|}

== Production ==
The first film, ''Sarkar'' (2005), is often said to be a remake of ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972).

Debutante Rajesh Shringarpore's character of Sanjay Somji in its sequel ''Sarkar Raj'' (2008) was also reportedly based on [[Raj Thackeray]], the estranged nephew of political leader [[Bal Thackeray]]; thus furthering the general viewpoint that the series is based on [[Bal Thackeray]] and his family. Apparently [[Ram Gopal Verma]] had even shown Raj Thackeray rushes of the film to allay his fears of being wrongly portrayed.<ref name="adaptation">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=30&contentid=20080509200805090206278538342fe46|work=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|last=Shah|first=Kunal|title=Why Raj wants to see Sarkar...|date=9 May 2008|accessdate=5 June 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024183614/http://mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article|archivedate=24 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Release and revenue==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| Film
! style="text-align:center;"| Release date
! style="text-align:center;"| Budget
! style="text-align:center;"| Box office revenue
|-
| ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]'' || 1 July 2005 || {{INRConvert|130|m}}<ref name="sarkar">http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Sarkar</ref> || {{INRConvert|400|m}}<ref name="sarkar" />
|-
| ''[[Sarkar Raj]]'' || 6 June 2008 || {{INRConvert|280|m}} || {{INRConvert|594.6|m}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU=|title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)|website=Box Office India|accessdate=9 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021202725/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D|archivedate=21 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| Total
! style="text-align:center;"|
! style="text-align:center;"| {{INRConvert|410|m}} {{small|Two films}}
! style="text-align:center;"| {{INRConvert|994.6|m}} {{small|Two films}}
|}

==Awards and nominations==

===''Sarkar''===
* [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award]] for [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* [[Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male]] for [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* [[IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award|IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for [[Abhishek Bachchan]]

===''Sarkar Raj''===

==== Star Screen Awards ====

'''Nominated'''

* Screen Award for Best Film (2009)
* Screen Award for Best Director (2009)- [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
* Screen Award for Best Actor (2009)- [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
* Screen Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (2009)- [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female) (2009)- Dilip Prabhawalkar
* Screen Award for Best Background Music (2009)- Amar Mohile

==== Stardust Awards ====

'''Nominated'''

* Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Male (2009)- Amitabh Bachchan
* Stardust Award for The New Menace (2009)- Rajesh Shringapure
* Stardust Award for Best Director (2009)- Ram Gopal Varma
* Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Male (2009)- Abhishek Bachchan
* Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Female (2009)- [[Aishwarya Rai]]

==== Filmfare Awards ====

'''Nominated'''

* Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Supporting Role (2009)- Abhishek Bachchan

==== IIFA Awards ====

'''Nominated'''

* IIFA Award for Best Actor in Supporting Role (2009)- Abhishek Bachchan

==Remake==
The [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] sequel, titled [[Rowdy (2014 film)|Rowdy]], in the backdrop of south Indian factionism, was released on 4 April 2014. ''Rowdy'' had also received equally positive reviews from critics but was a moderate commercial success, grossing approximately {{INR|8}} [[crore]]s in its full run.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0432047|Sarkar}}
* {{IMDb title|0490210|Sarkar Raj}}

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