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To be honest after Ram Gopal Verma's "Aag," I was a bit hesitant to watch this movie even though it had the top actors and also because, normally, I am not very fond of sequels as I believe that they ruin the original.

An overseas based company wants to build a power plant in Maharashtra but the owners, Mike Rajsn and his daughter, Anita Rajan face a lot of opposition and the only man who can help them is Subash Nagre and his son, Shankar. Shankar and his father believe that the plant should be built in Maharashtra and persuade people of the villages where the plant is to be built to accept the plans. But events turn ugly, when one day Avantika, Subash's daughter – in – law is killed when her car is detonated by a bomb.

The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Supriya Pathak, Victor Bannerjee and Tanisha.

Not as good as the original, Ram Gopal Verma, still has managed to put in some ghosts of Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" more so with reference to bombing of the vehicle and to some extent, he has put in some ghosts of "Sarkar" as well. What was a bit disappointing was that sound track, "Govinda" has not lived to the expectations as it did in the previous one and this is where, perhaps, the music director, Amar Mohile, could have done more to revive the original version.

Be warned there is violence but never the less a good movie to watch with elder children and adult family members.

I've just got back from watching the movie and I must say I was thrilled with the way the director, Ram Gopal Verma has laid out the film in pure brilliance.

I wasn't expecting much as sequels never do great. I thought the first installment was excellent but this sequel really out-did the first movie.

The three Bachchan's really put in outstanding performances. I must applaud Amitabh Bachchan for just being so natural in the movie, and have never seen a better performance by him in this kind of a role.

So you guys, if you've seen the first film and liked the plot then, I'm sure you'll love the second one. And for you guys who have not watched the first movie (Sarkar) and are planning to just get to this one (Sarkar Raj), get through the first one first, then hit the screens for this one as the film runs in a flow!! My rating ; 8.5/10 Seriously, it was that good!!

This movie brings RGV back on track after quite a few miserable movies. This is a sequel to a 2005 hit Sarkar and it fulfills all the requirement of a great sequel.Besides its strong content, SARKAR RAJ has been filmed exceptionally well too. In fact, SARKAR RAJ has the trademark RGV stamp in every sequence. The review would be incomplete without giving the due credit to writer Prashant Pandey's incredible and almost flawless script. Amar Mohile's background score is topnotch. The by-now-famous 'Govinda' chant in the background only enhances the impact. Amit Roy's cinematography is exceptional. The DoP succeeds in giving the film the raw-n-rustic look, which works very well. Action Allan Amin, in minimal doses, is perfect. SARKAR RAJ is embellished with superb performances! Amitabh Bachchan, expectedly, comes up with a terrific performance. He's as ferocious as a wounded tiger in the finale and takes the film to great heights.

First YUVA, then GURU, now SARKAR RAJ. Abhishek Bachchan is cast opposite the finest actor of this country, yet he sparkles in every sequence. This time, the father and son go neck to neck as far as acting honors go. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is fabulous and delivers her career-best performance in SARKAR RAJ. Enough has been written about her looks, but not much space has been devoted to her performances. HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM, DEVDAS, PROVOKED, GURU, JODHAA AKBAR and now SARKAR RAJ - she's only got better with every film.

Every supporting actor in SARKAR RAJ stands out - Dilip Prabhawalkar was superb, Govind Namdev was first-rate, Sayaji Shinde was perfect, Ravi Kale and Supriya Pathak were OK.Tanisha is alright. The actor enacting the role of Dilip Prabhawalkar's grandson makes a strong impact.

I personally really liked the movie.

True, it may not have been as fast-paced or powerful as the first one, but it definitely leaves an impact, and a big one too. I not only enjoyed every minute of this movie, but learned a lot from it too.

The background music was good, it suited the scenes and the genre and the religious temperament of Subhash Nagre, who after all IS the protagonist. Everything eventually, does revolve around him. Dialogues were amazing. So what if they were philosophical and unrealistic at times? They were meaningful and thought-provoking. I have to admit, even after the movie and during dinner with my family, I was pondering over some of Subhash Nagre's words. I especially loved the dialog "There is very thin line between profuse loyalty and betrayal." Honestly, it made a lot of sense and got me thinking about something I had never realised. Whoever wrote the dialogs deserves special praise! I think they were one of the film's strongest aspects.

Of course, in order to give justice to notable dialogs, you need apt actors who can deliver them perfectly. And thank goodness, the dialogs don't go to waste! Big B, Abs and Aish were all top-notch in this movie. They proved themselves, once again, to be one of the finest actors in the film industry. They also proved their versatility because their roles were definitely not easy and very different to other roles they had taken on in the past. Everything about them was perfect...no criticisms or complaints! The story and plot were interesting and although the pace may have slackened at various points, I would not regard it as one of the film's (if there are any), minus points. I think the slow scenes were a much needed contrast to the fast and violent scenes that the film comprised of otherwise. They made the audience realise that the characters in the film, no matter how heroic or powerful they may be, are humans, with emotions and moments where they simply need to be with each other and express themselves. It added a realistic and human touch to the film. The twists and the climaxes were extremely well executed and definitely had the intended effect on the viewer. All the characters and situations in the film contributed to the happening of the twists and climax brilliantly. Nothing made me question - but how can that happen...or why did that happen? I was satisfied and convinced throughout.

Overall, Sarkar Raj was a remarkable piece of cinema that will have a deep impact on the audience, and although you may not want to watch it again, it will take longer than you think to escape your mind

Sarkar was a brilliant tribute from RGV to the Godfather. So is its sequel Sarkar Raj. It's just the presence of both the real life Father Son duo's awesome screen presence that makes it very much watch worthy. And yes Ash Rai Bachan comes out with a note worthy performance.

The villains pitted against the Sarkar need to be more realistic and challenging. They seem strong, brainy but simply perish to the Sarkar. The plot isn't great but you'll be assured of surprises. The cinematography is simply revolutionary. The mood and tone of this film is simply visible in every shot incidentally a little overdone.

The father-son contrasting style of ideals comes into forte. The Older Sarkar(Big B) is on post retirement and the new one(Bachan Jr.) handles it all with expertise. Enters Ash with a project beneficial to Maharashtra and what follows is the plot.

I am eagerly awaiting another better written RGV Sarkar sequel.

I am not a fan of RGV's films but this movie is a great make. amazing suspense,correct hold on the direction. as the name suggest( rule of Almighty), it rocks as how mastermind thinks. Good thing about the movie is that it leaves a good message to be true,straight and to think about good of community. movie has low pace but all the characters are strong enough to hold you. some time movie goes in predictable manner and you can guess what would be the next dialog. but after all the movie is good(full of violence,without showing much blood). dialog delivery is superb,and ya .... i didn't see Ash's goggles worth 50 Lacs in the movie :(. i liked the movie for it's best direction, thrilling story, good delivery and best length.

The new Sarkar Raj sure has RGV's touch to it, Before watching i thought this would be a big disappointment for all 'Sarkar' fans but i was wrong. The movie does not dazzles you but keeps you sit tight throughout, except for the some portions where it gets real slow. you could go out and get popcorns once again :) Performance wise, RGV has dug a lot and got some nice actors for extra roles. some of them are small time soap opera actors but they did well. "Abhishek" and "Amithab" do their best. "Aishwarya" looks smart in formals. Some scenes in the movie are really breathtaking though. Well, the movie is actually full of suspenses thats why i cant say much since i did not mark 'Contains Spoiler' tag. after i finish this review i have to add 'Suspense' in genre of movie. great camera work and background scores are really catchy. the dialogs are supposed to be "legendary phrases", but some of them does not make that sense. In all i thought the movie was gonna blew up like 'RGV's Sholay' but its not that bad. i would go for it.

7 stars from me nirzar

The Cast consists of all the Bachchans (except for Jaya Bacchan whom RGV couldn't fit in with an appropriate mafia role) After the agony and widespread damage caused by Ram Gopal Varrma's AAG, people wanted to see whether RGV and the Big B can resurrect themselves. Plus this movie was a sequel to 2005's Sarkar which was RGV's tribute to 'The Godfather'

To make sequels in Bollywood has always been a very tricky issue as the comparisons are too critical in nature with the first part.Lage Raho Munnabhai was probably the first Big Hindi movie which became a major success when compared to its prequel...

If any of you guys thought that Sarkar Raj was based on another one of the Godfather series, well then you are grossly mistaken! Writers Prashant Pandey and Ram Gopal Varma have come up with a fresh,new and brilliant plot to assure the audience of 125 entertaining minutes....

I don't believe in blogging movie spoilers, so i'll be as vague as possible....cause this movie is a must see!!

The movie mainly revolves around three characters ( The Bachchan Arena) Subash Nagre (Big B), Shankar Nagre (Abishek) and Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai)...Subash has full faith in his son Shankar though he finds it difficult to deal with the fact that its Shankar who is the actual 'Sarkar'...Shankar wants what is best for Maharashtra and Anita Rajan steps in from London as a CEO of Sheperd group...her aim is to make India's largest power plant. Anita realizes Maharashtra as a potential site.Even though Subhas is against the proposition, Shankar strongly believes it is for the state's betterment and he decides to support Anita and her project no matter what stands in their way...

When so many crores of rupees are at stake, the plant project becomes a battleground for dirty politics, deceit and corruption.I do not wish to disclose any more facts of the movie !!u should see it.....The villains are convincing and the supporting cast has small roles with clearly defined characters....The 3 Bachchans have given subtle yet strong performances and it is difficult to see who is the real Sarkar amongst them....

The Dialogues of the movie are powerful and crisp and act as the real Forte of the movie...The background score is impressive though the 'Govinda Govinda' chantings do tend to get annoyingly over used!!

RGV gets full marks for his direction...the editing is perfect as well.....even though there are no song and dance sequences the movie doesn't bore you one bit...

The movie is self explanatory and one need not have seen Sarkar to follow Sarkar Raj...thats another plus point...

The action scenes are spectacular and more importantly 'Very Realistic'!!! RGV clearly demonstrates that the Bullet penetrates both- the Hero and the Villain.

The first half is kinda slow but RGV constructs a proper platform to carry the movie further with ease...the second half is totally gripping and moves at a fairly quick pace...No matter what happens don't miss the 2nd half...especially the part where the suspense of the entire plot will be revealed by Subhas Nagre....thats an amazing scene that will take all by surprise!!

Overall, a brilliant movie which i totally enjoyed !!!

VERDICT: Sarkar Raj - will extinguish the agony caused by RGV's AAG!!! A must see!!!

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There was very much hype surrounding this movie but I will have to say it is not up to the mark. Story is very slow and very predictable.I feel like RGV (Ram Gopal Verma)was in hurry to wrap the later part of the movie.

In acting department all the actors have done good. Especially Abhishek, He proved that he is capable of stepping into his father's shoe.What to say about Amitabh he is always good.Aishwarya looks beautiful in roll of corporate woman.

In my opinion I like Sarkar better than Sarkar Raj.If you have nothing to do this weekend than i suggest watch this movie. But don't expect much you will be disappointed. For those busy bees nothing to loose if you miss this movie.

To RGV if you decide to make another Sarkar movie please please please give more attention to good story.

Sarkar Raj is disappointing. More so because it is the sequel of Sarkar, which though copied largely from Godfather, was a good film.

Three things let down the film - slow pace, unimaginative cinematography and jarring background score.

Ram Gopal Varma has a story in his hands but it is not long enough to stretch to the duration that he wants it to. As a result, he compromises on the pace. The film is slow and at times just drags on. In this endeavor, the camera comes to his support. Each shot just keeps on moving at snails pace. The camera lingers and moves slowly at acute angles. There is an overkill of the use of lighting, shadows and silhouettes. Add to this the background score which seems to be taken from a temple fair. The energy of the music and the dead slow pace of camera and story are divergent contrasts.

The dialogs are unrealistic, philosophical and indirect most of the times. There was not need to complicate the film with such devices. Do a father and son never talk in straight language? Saving grace of the film is the performances. Inspite of the lighting and camera angles which try every bit to take away the quality from the natural performances of the Bachchans, they manage to survive.

Ram Gopal Varma needs a break. He probably needs to go on a long vacation and then come back to do something completely out of his style - cast Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in a romantic comedy set in Europe or Manhattan. I hope, he will then rediscover his lost touch. I so much want him to, like many of his other fans.

Though i never really had much expectation from this movie, it really delivered at some levels. The Background Score, narration, ambiance, and a strong storyline. This movie continues with the journey of Shankar Nagre to becoming a full fledged Godfather (aka Sarkar of Maharashtra,India). The first half of the movie dwells into the deep rooted politics and the problems that it brought along for the Nagre family,giving a feeling that it could proliferate into something massive. Unfortunately, the plot starts to cool down from thereon and does not turn into the same exhilarating second half that the first one had. Direction from Ram Gopal Varma is good in this movie which should be a relief for his fans as his last few attempts did not go down too well with the critics and casual moviegoers alike. Overall, i would say that Sarkar Raj has everything a good movie should have, but just falls short of becoming that extra special. I give it a weak 7 / 10.

This movie feels like a collage of all of the director's favorite scenes from The Godfather 1 and 2 stitched together with a plot that seems added on at the last minute. The basic gist is that Aishwarya and her Dad (a sorely underutilized Victor Banerjee) want to set up India's biggest power plant in Maharashtra. The duo come to Sarkar (AB Sr.) for help and after some initial doubts, he relents. There's also a trio of baddies all of whom overact horribly (and mind you, they are all fine character actors from Hindi films and Marathi Theatre) and conspire to bring down the Sarkar family. What follows is basically a a movie that seems content to build up the characters of the Sarkar family as do-gooders with purely altruistic motives. Both, father and son launch into Maharshtra loving monologues at the drop of a hat and in the wake of the Raj Thakeray outburst against the Bachans this seems like a calculated piece of subliminal propaganda. The monologues are badly written but then the writing and the dialogs are terrible anyway.

The acting is uniformly bad. Amitabh looks tired and is just going through the motions here. It is at best a performance that has been phoned in by one of our finest actors. Abhishek was a lot better in the first movie and I actually thought he's learned to act but he's very disappointing here. Aishwarya could never act and she continues in the same vein.

Another thing that really hurt the movie was the final conversation between Amitabh and Aishwarya where Sarkar joins the dots and explains the conspiracy against his family. It seemed like a ridiculous last minute add on and was any body else reminded of the scene from Godfather where Michael has his last conversation with his brother -in-law? A word must also be said about RGV's directing of this film. While the content itself seems pretty weak, his over reliance on weird camera angles and even weirder lighting makes this movie irritating to watch. Sarkar Raj in fact feels like a movie made by a director who has lost his power over the medium. I'd blame the failing of this film mainly on RGV, Abhishek (who comes up with a truly bland performance) and Aishwarya (who desperately over emotes in her quest to come across as a tough as nails business woman).

This is a weak, dull and ultimately boring sequel to a movie that was pretty good. Re-watch Sarkar but stay away from this sequel.

Shiva, Kshana Kshanam, Satya, Company.... you might want to add Sarkar Raj which yells for top position in RGV's portfolio. Yep – he is indeed baptised by fire and attempts to silence his critics and biggest detractors in his latest bout.

Big B:: After "Black", this is another wow performance. Pay attention for the subtle nuances.

Jr B:: Extension of his character from Part-I and does it effortlessly. Silence and resilience suits him (akin to Big B from Deewar and Kaala Patthar).

Ash:: There are no bad actors only bad directors.

Dilip Prabhavalkar::: My dream of seeing Big B and Prabhavalkar Saaheb together was fulfilled. Amazing actor and fantastic performance. Anybody utters "Rao Saab" next time, your mind will instantly bring up his image.

Supriya Pathak & Tanisha:: Pity they don't get much scope between the Bachchan's.

Victor Banerjee:: RGV's favourite but didn't have much scope to exhibit his talent.

Ravi Kale, Govind Namdeo, Sayaji Shine & Upendra Limaye:: Dependable as usual.

Rajesh Shringarpore:: Promising.

Cinematography:: Captivating. Critics complaining of close-up shots will probably crucify Kubrick, Scorsese, Kurosawa, Tarantino, Bergman. Maybe never heard of style.

Music:: Ties in well with the screenplay.

Pity the media is leaving no stone unturned to label this as a flop (happened to "Black" too!). Time will tell and results will speak for itself. Until then lets watch the barking dogs.

I am a huge fan of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan and they were the only reason why I wanted to see this movie since I am not a fan of the genre. They both performed very well and the story was OK. What ruined it for me in a major way was that excessive "background" music. It was so bad that I had to block my ears at one point. It's as if the filmmaker thought that the audience was so stupid that, unless he used overly dramatic music to underline either what was said or what just happened, then the audience would not grasp the importance of it. I also did not care for the weird camera angles. Since I do not understand Hindi, I had to rely on the subtitles and quite a few times, they were unreadable because the words were blended in with the background. As for Amitabh Bachchan, I don't know what all the fuss is about!

SARKAR RAJ has been filmed exceptionally well too. In fact, SARKAR RAJ has the trademark RGV stamp in every sequence. The review would be incomplete without giving the due credit to writer Prashant Pandey is incredible and almost flawless script. Amar Mohiles background score is topnotch. The by-now-famous 'Govinda' chant in the background only enhances the impact. Amit Roy s cinematography is exceptional. The DoP succeeds in giving the film the raw-n-rustic look, which works very well. Action, in minimal doses, is perfect.

its embellished with superb performances! Amitabh Bachchan, expectedly, comes up with a terrific performance. He is as ferocious as a wounded tiger in the finale and takes the film to great heights. First YUVA, then GURU, now SARKAR RAJ. Abhishek Bachchan is cast opposite the finest actor of this country, yet he sparkles in every sequence. This time, the father and son go neck to neck as far as acting honors go. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is fabulous and delivers her career-best performance in SARKAR RAJ. Enough has been written about her looks, but not much space has been devoted to her performances. HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM, DEVDAS, PROVOKED, GURU, JODHAA AKBAR and now SARKAR RAJ - she's only got better with every film. On the whole, SARKAR RAJ is an exceptional film in all respects

I had the opportunity to see this movie – First day first show, but I did not go. This was a blessing in disguise, because the one week of delay gave me the opportunity to observe the battle of words and review debate - for and against Sarkar Raj. I have read most of the review available on the net – Amitabh comments on his blog and Ram Gopal Varma attempting interesting, funny and humorous reviews on film critics – everything was on my plate to relish. With all memories of positive and negative reviews in front of me I went to see Sarkar Raj after a week.

Sarkar Raj plot goes ahead from where it ends in Sarkar – Anita Rajan (Aishwarya Rai), daughter of UK based business man Mike Rajan (Victor Bannerjee) comes to Maharashtra to start an electricity generation power plant; for which they need to vacate villages and 40,000 people. They approach Nagare family – Sarkar Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan) and Shankar Nagre (Abhishek Bachchan) for approval. Shankar takes on himself as a mission to help Anita build the power plant, but gets caught in the dirty game of power politics. The results are devastating for Nagre family, and Sarkar has to enter the centre stage of power politics to resolve the mess.

The movie is not as bad as some reviewers are dismissing it; nor it is as great as some Bachchan fans are garlanding it with. For me, it is a good movie but not as good as Sarkar – the part one. Part two does not have any awe stucking moments that we saw in Sarkar one. Everyone has acted well – especially both the Bachchans – senior and junior – shoulder to shoulder, they stand on their own and keeps the tempo going with the depth of their glimpse and intensity of persona. Other characters are caricatures, including Aishwarya, whose character is not so well developed.

This is a typical Ram Gopal Varma movie. It has RGV stamp all over it. I think I had written in my Nishabd movie review that RGV is trying to be in league with International great and reputed directors. Yes, he is trying and we can see how close he is to it. He has developed the style, he understands the strength of scene and psychology of audiences, he uses enthralling images to capture close-ups of great actors as never before – but still he misses on those few things that would help him break the glass ceiling of world reputation.

The biggest let down for me was the background score (not to be mistaken with the musical score of songs or the Govindam chants) – the background score does not vibrate and resound of power – but it deafens you. Some restrain would have surely pushed the movie to higher psychological power play on audiences' minds.

It seems that Bachchans have made many enemies, and his blog does not help him to turn to friends either, and the self indulgent and arrogancy that comes of RGV's persona – I think, both factors together are creating an negative reaction to his movie.

As RGV is only making movies and not playing himself from reel life characters and stories; the film reviewers are writing critics and not making movies like RGV. Everyone is playing some role in this life, so let RGV make movies as he wishes, and let critics praise or thrash his movies – as an audience, if the movie is good I would surely go and see it.

Until and unless the reviews are extremely bad like RGV ki Aag, I will surely go and see the movie – because it has a brand of Amitabh and a fantastic director of Satya – RGV - behind it.

For me this was a good movie – but not great. It had the potential of becoming great.

This movie has it all - unexpected incidents, a not-so-great but can't-be-better soundtrack, up-to-the-mark acting, and an absorbing storyline. Let's face it - we all hate politics. At least the majority. And here we have a whole film based on the same and not a second makes you feel that it is being dragged forward unnecessarily! Seeing it that way - imagine yourself - it must have SOMETHING that makes me praise it so much?

Maybe Aishwarya was the only disappointing factor of the film... the cinematography, editing, choreography and whatever other -ings or -graphies are there were close to perfect.

A worthy 9/10.

And yes, the ending DOES promote a sequel for those who think it doesn't.

The movie isn't bad mind you. Abhishek and Amitabh all the way.. no let downs here. They deserve their applause.

A sequel of Sarkar (RGV's tribute to the Godfather movies). Aishwarya is the daughter of a profit mongering power tycoon, who intends to setup a power plant for the entire state, that will displace truckloads of villagers from a rural area. This is used as a facade for a ruthless power struggle to displace the vice-like grip of the Godfather family.

The body count keeps piling up.. The movie has pace and a plot.. The minions mayhave had a bit of more character building.. The second half could have been stronger. I can't get my finger on what I would have liked to be diff.. For me the bad guys could have used a little more work with the detailing - They pale in comparison with The aging don and his 'man of few words heir to the throne' son are well done. Ash is a prop.. The unveiling of the entire plot seemed a bit far fetched or too sudden to believe...

For me not as captivating as Sarkar... but a sequel has a tougher job that the first movie.. no hiding from that.

Let me start by saying that this is the first film that I'm writing a negative review for. But what else can I say about this much anticipated film? It is not only a waste of time, but a waste of talent and a potentially good story and screenplay.

There are other reviews on this page that give a brief description of the plot, however I can summarise by saying that it is a tale of a family engulfed in a mire of politics and scandal. It is heavily inspired by the true story of the Enron power plant fiasco in Maharashtra, featuring Bal Thackeray and Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche (from Enron).

So why does this film fail? Ram Gopal Verma took a bold step in directing a sequel to a very successful and well-made film called Sarkar. I am a great fan of the Godfather and even though Sarkar draws heavily from it, it was still an enjoyable film, especially in an Indian setting. Sarkar Raj, however, is loud and poorly written. The camera angles are incomprehensible and so is the choice of some of the actors and their characters. One of the most ridiculous dialogues in the film goes something like "Electricity is made to give shocks"...or something on those lines. The portrayal of some of the characters is so tacky and clichéd that you wonder if RGV has really directed this film. The film is also replete with "dialogues" as opposed to actual conversation - another one that comes to mind goes something like "Plant ke liye paise chahiye..paise plant ke liye nahin". I would have imagined that RGV, above all, would have realised the value of a good script and camera work. The acting is poor, except for Amitabh Bachchan, who is the saving grace of this film. Abhishek Bachchan tries his best but what can one do when he is asked to deliver dialogues. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has made a decent effort as well but the most gnawing factor has to be the supporting cast - people with clichéd mannerisms makes the film looks C-grade. Sorry Ram Gopal Verma, you could have done such a job with what seemed like an interesting story. You had a good cast and crew too, but you got it wrong this time. What a waste!

This was a good movie, no doubt...But I don't know if I would call it as great as Sarkar (The first part). Sarkar, the first film of the series, was awesome! Sarkar Raj is also a well made movie with a good story and great acting, however Sarkar definitely has a few more memorable scenes and dialogs than this film. Sarkar was also less predictable than this film. The audience may not agree with a few things in this film since the story seems to take a drastic turn. Also the last few scenes aren't as exciting when compared to the first movie. However, overall Sarkar Raj is a good sequel and the ending is decent (not great)...Looking forward to the 3rd film!