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Sarkar

  • 2018
  • 2h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
23K
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Joseph Vijay, Radha Ravi, Livingston, Prem Kumar, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu, Keerthy Suresh, and Pala Karuppaiah in Sarkar (2018)
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One-Person Army ActionPolitical DramaActionDrama

An NRI businessman learns his vote has been cast by someone else and decides to investigate the matter, eventually finding himself pitted against two corrupt politicians.An NRI businessman learns his vote has been cast by someone else and decides to investigate the matter, eventually finding himself pitted against two corrupt politicians.An NRI businessman learns his vote has been cast by someone else and decides to investigate the matter, eventually finding himself pitted against two corrupt politicians.

  • Director
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Writers
    • Jayamohan
    • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Krish Thirukumaran
  • Stars
    • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Joseph Vijay
    • Yogi Babu
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    23K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writers
      • Jayamohan
      • A.R. Murugadoss
      • Krish Thirukumaran
    • Stars
      • A.R. Murugadoss
      • Joseph Vijay
      • Yogi Babu
    • 399User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations total

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    A.R. Murugadoss
    A.R. Murugadoss
    • Cameo appearance
    Joseph Vijay
    Joseph Vijay
    • Sundar Ramasamy
    Yogi Babu
    Yogi Babu
    • Kaushik
    Keerthy Suresh
    Keerthy Suresh
    • Nila
    Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
    Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
    • Komalavalli (Pappa)
    Prem Kumar
    Prem Kumar
    • Sundar Ramasamy's Brother
    • (as Prem)
    Kalyani Natarajan
    • Sundar Ramasamy's Mother
    • (as Kalyani N.)
    Tulasi
    • M. Masilamani's wife
    Livingston
    Livingston
    • Nila's Father
    Lallu
    • IIT Student
    Joy Badlani
    Joy Badlani
    • Bar Club Owner
    Radha Ravi
    Radha Ravi
    • Malarvannan
    Vaishali Thaniga
    • A voter
    Simran Gupta
    Naattu Raja Durai
    • Tenant
    Jay Adithya
    • Kaushal (Vijay's nephew)
    • (as Jayaditya Kang)
    Karthik Nagarajan
    • IIT Student
    Aarash Shah
    • Personal Bodyguard
    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writers
      • Jayamohan
      • A.R. Murugadoss
      • Krish Thirukumaran
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    User reviews399

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    8apn126

    Great Message. Execution could have been better.

    Sarkar - A decently made political drama/thriller film. Thalapathy Vijay proves to be the savior once again with his class. Kudos to the director for taking up such a sensitive topic as story and also to Vijay for enacting this drama. Full marks for that. I'm giving it a 10 for just that.

    Negatives - Logic might be found missing in some of the scenes. I found one fight sequence unnecessary and an other fight sequence could have been shortened. Varalakshmi Sarathkumar's character had a great villain potential, but screen time was really less and the character went under utilised. Keerthi Suresh and Yogi Babu didn't have much role to play. The first song felt unnecessary.

    Overall a decent one time watch.
    7vinsebby

    ONCE WATCHABLE!

    Typical Vijay fans movie, even though the story-line is good and Vijay carries it well. Few fight scenes are very heroic and the last 20mins of the movie becomes too commercial (things as usual kind). Overall this movie will be a success but Mr.ARM could have done the climax more better.
    7sunilaas

    GOOD COMMERCIAL MOVIE

    Good commercial movie.. content was good but laggging in screenplay Vijay shines in every frame & cinematography, stunts is good... one time watchable with family
    6ajay-92672

    Worst Murugadoss movie

    Murugadoss standards have clearly lowered,the movie has nothing new to offer that same old messiah of the poor who defeats the corrupt and rich and the screenplay is bad and the action is terrible,it is just the same old fashioned story served on a different plate
    7vishnujayadhevan

    Yet another typical Vijay movie.

    Sarkar is one of the best movies of Vijay and Murugodos team. The role of Vijay is very stylish, but we can find a lot of old styles he had shown in old movies throughout the movie, even though the dialogue- "I am waiting". The film is unique because of the music of A.R Rehman. He did his part very well. Especially in the BGM and the title song. Apart from the music, the criticism against the current democratic system is also an appreciative effort from the movie makers. Action scenes are good, and they do not make any more. Still, I have a question why Keerthi Suresh is there. There is no romance in the movie. The second half is filled with some lengthy dialogues and Vijay again proved that he can handle the dialogues perfectly. On the whole, the entire film is totally entertaining.

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    • Trivia
      The protests by the AIADMK party members and supporters worsened to the point where police officers visited director A.R. Murugadoss' house when he wasn't there. After that incident, the director went to the High Court to get an anticipatory bail. Eventually, on the third day after the movie's release, the studio agreed to cut the controversial scenes and mute the name Komalavalli.
    • Goofs
      In India, its a public holiday during election day however all the IT company employees are showed as working.
    • Connections
      References Jurassic Park (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Simtaangaran (Tamil)
      Music by A.R. Rahman

      Lyrics by Vivek

      Performed by Bamba Bakya, Vipin Aneja, Aparna Narayanan

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Авторитет
    • Filming locations
      • Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Production company
      • Sun Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,278,361
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 43m(163 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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