Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Godfather is one of the known Hollywood films, several times inspired by Indian filmmakers, be it Aathank Hi Athank or several films. RGV was a quality name those days SARKAR also was the second film bringing BIG B and Small B together after Bunty Aur Babli released just few weeks from this film. The film is set in Mumbai The first half is more on establishing the characters, the sequence at the start when Raju Kale attacks the goons is superb while the spat at the dining table is awesome, Till the interval except the romance angle the film keeps you involved. The second half gets more intense though the culmination of some characters does get filmy, yet the culmination of Zakir is brilliant. One problem with the fim is it's excessive usage of background music and extreme close ups and technical wizadry which became a norm in most RGV films.Direction by RGV is good Background Music is good in parts but overall too muchAmitabh Bachchan is restrained in his role and performs it brilliantly Abhishek Bachchan is good in his part though he reminds of Big B a lot. Tanisha is okay in a brief role, Katrina Kaif made her comeback after disastrous BOOM and she had no takers those days, she is okay here Her dubbing was done by Mona Ghosh Shetty who did her dubbing in most other films. Kaykay is simply outstanding in his role, Supriya Pathak is good too Zakir Hussain is perfect, Ishrat Ali, Deepak Shirke, Kota Srinivasa Rao and others are all good, Ruksar is okay

If you mention the Bollywood standards of acting and the art of story telling, there is no doubt with the matter of fact that Sarkar turned out to be of much much higher standards then one would normally expect.Acting was marvelous no wonder Mr. Amitab Bachchan is one of the best the industry has ever produced. Apart from that Abhishek was also exceptionally eye catching. The music was also good. Overall it was a great movie to watch.There are some heavy scenes in the movie, I like the one when Sarkar returns from the hospital and waves his hand out of his car before he himself steps out.However despite of all facts and figures the basic truth is its a copied movie. It does have it own flavor but the basic ingredients are copied."Enhancing an idea is much much simpler than actually coming up with one." If it was something directly out of the Director's brain I would have rated it 9, may be better.

An interesting movie. I like it, not only because of the excellent work of the actors, but also for the music. However, is has a few minuses.First of all, for a "hommage" to Godfather, it looks pretty much like an ordinary remake. Not that I have a problem with remakes, au contraire, but the whole story, including the minor characters, were copied almost literally. And in comparison to the original Godfather, Sarkar surely won't hold. Secondly, I'm not quite sure what kind of a criminal Sarkar really is. Amitabh Bachchan played his role wonderfully, for which he deserves to be praised, but as a mafioso the Sarkar character does not convince me at all. What on Earth are the crimes he has committed? Sure, his cronies beat up a boy, who had brutally raped a girl and gone unpunished for that because of a corrupt police. He might have had him killed! And what else? Sarkar has his gang and his own private army, but keeps far from murders, drug trade, probably also from arms trade... in other words, what crimes does he really commit? Smuggling teddy-bears? What money does he pay his people from? No, in Sarkar the Godfather is portrayed as a people's hero, who is about as dangerous as Mickey Mouse. I like the political dimension of the movie, but in my opinion it would have been more effective if Sarkar had been the leader of a more obviously criminal organisation. From this point of view, the original Godfather did a better job.

when i saw the trailer of this movie, i though it would be an outstanding movie. excellent plot, excellent direction, but what stopped this movie from being an outstanding movie is, i am afraid AMITABH. the great actor raj kumar said one'' i do not consider amitabh even a good actor'' how truth full was he. from an angry man, he has turned into an ''angry old man'' in this movie. would any one compare this performance to say kamal hassan's nayagan or nana patekar's tabrez alam? i am afraid not. don't take me wrong, good entertainment, however, even though i am a big fan of his....he is limited to what he can bring to a movie like this, i couldn't help thinking would any one else had done more justice to this role. i cant even imagine him as the new GABBAR SINGH. i am just hoping he comes out with something different, other wise amjad khan would be turning in his grave............