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Sarkar Raj

Sarkar Raj

Power Cannot Be Given It Has To Be Taken

20086.52h 5m

Overview

When Anita Raja, CEO of Sheppard power plant, brings a power plant proposal to set up in rural Mahrashtra before the Nagres, insightful Shankar is quick to realise the benefits the power plant can bring to the people.

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Written by Prashant Pandey
Produced by Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol
Box OfficeBudget: $820KRevenue: $8.1M

Top Cast

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar'

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Shankar Nagare

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Anita Rajan

Govind Namdeo

Govind Namdeo

Hassan Qazi

Tanishaa Mukerji

Tanishaa Mukerji

Avantika

Victor Banerjee

Victor Banerjee

Mike Rajan

Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak

Pushpa Nagre

Sayaji Shinde

Sayaji Shinde

Karunesh Kaanga

Dilip Prabhavalkar

Dilip Prabhavalkar

Rao Saab

S

Sumeet Nijhawan

Bala

Themes & Keywords

corruption

About Sarkar Raj

Sarkar Raj is a action, adventure, crime, drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of corruption. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, it stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. When Anita Raja, CEO of Sheppard power plant, brings a power plant proposal to set up in rural Mahrashtra before the Nagres, insightful Shankar is quick to realise the benefits the power plant can bring to the people.

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