Sarkar Raj
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by |
Ram Gopal Varma Praveen Nischol |
| Written by | Prashant Pandey |
| Screenplay by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Starring |
Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Dilip Prabhavalkar Supriya Pathak |
| Music by |
Background Score: Amar Mohile Songs: Bapi-Tutul |
| Cinematography | Amit Roy |
| Edited by | Nipun Ashok Gupta Amit Parmar |
| Distributed by | Showman Pictures Balaji Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹280 million (US$4.2 million) |
| Box office | ₹594.6 million (US$8.8 million) |
Sarkar Raj (English: Reign of the Overlord) is a 2008 Indian political thriller film set in the world of Marathi politics and crime, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a direct sequel to the 2005 film Sarkar and the second installment of Sarkar film series. The film was premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, and the 9th IIFA World Premiere-Bangkok.
The film was archived at the Academy of Motion Pictures library. The primary cast features Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan (who reprise their roles from the original) and new entrant Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Supriya Pathak, Tanisha Mukherjee and Ravi Kale also reappeared in their respective roles from Sarkar. The film released on 6 June 2008 and was critically and commercially successful.
The sequel is chronologically set two years after the original 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.
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