Sarkar (2018)

Original title

சர்கார்

Directed by

A. R. Murugadoss

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 44m

Rated

12A

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corporate raider returns from the United States to vote in an Indian state election. He discovers his vote has already been cast by someone else and decides to fight electoral fraud by running for office himself. The movie follows his campaign against powerful opponents who try to stop him.

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What happens

Sarkar (transl. Government) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language political action film directed by A. R. Murugadoss, who co-wrote the dialogues with B. Jeyamohan, and produced by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures. The film stars Vijay, Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the lead roles, alongside Yogi Babu, Tulasi, Radha Ravi and Pala. Karuppiah. In the film, a corporate raider arrives in Tamil Nadu from the United States to cast his vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, only to find out that his vote has already been recorded as cast. This leads to him raising awareness against electoral fraud and contesting as a non-partisan politician in the elections amidst several attempts made on his life and reputation. Principal photography for the film began in January 2018. Murugadoss collaborated with Vijay for the third time with Sarkar, which was the latter's 62nd film and given the tentative title of Thalapathy 62. In early December 2017, Sun Pictures agreed to produce the film. While Girish Gangadharan handled the cinematography, A. Sreekar Prasad served as the editor. In August, a few scenes were shot at Las Vegas. Filming was completed by September 2018. The film's soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Vivek. After various complications, including protests and allegations of plagiarism, Sarkar was released on 6 November 2018 on the week of Diwali. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Post-release, the film involved in controversies with reference to J. Jayalalithaa in the audio track and other sequences from the film led to protests by members of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. After lawsuits were registered against the makers, they said the allusions were muted. Sarkar has grossed ₹243.90–253 crore worldwide in its entire run and emerged as a commercial success but it suffered financial losses in specific regions. Sarkar became Vijay's third film to collect $1 million at the US box office, following Theri and Mersal. As a result of the film's success, the Election Commission of India created awareness regarding Section 49P of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 that allows a voter to have the right to get back his/her ballot back and vote if someone else voted in that individual's name. Sarkar was screened at Grand Rex, France and was also screened in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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