Sarkar 3

Sarkar 3
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	P Jaya Kumar
Story by	Based on a story written by Nilesh Girkar
Produced by	Rahul Mittra Anand Pandit Gopal Shivram Dalvi Suvidesh Shingade WeOne
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Jackie Shroff Manoj Bajpayee Amit Sadh Yami Gautam Ronit Roy
Cinematography	Amol Rathod
Edited by	Anwar Ali
Music by	Ravi Shankar Rohan Vinayak
Production companies	Alumbra Entertainment Wave Cinemas Company Product AB Corp Ltd
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)
Budget	Rs. 350 million
Box office	₹ 200 million

Sarkar 3 is a 2017 Indian political crime thriller film, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. This is the third installment of the Sarkar franchise which stars Amitabh Bachchan again in the lead role along with Ronit Roy, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpayee, Amit Sadh and Yami Gautam. The movie was released worldwide on May 12, 2017 to positive reviews.

Plot

A businessman named Gandhi approaches Subhash Nagre "Sarkar" (Amitabh Bachchan) for help. Gandhi intends to construct real estate over a large slum. Sarkar suggests that Gandhi should offer appropriate compensation and relocate the slum dwellers. That would be too expensive and Gandhi would rather offer a (smaller) commission to Sarkar to assist (force) the relocation. Sarkar refuses and, when Gandhi insists that he will go to another power bastion, Sarkar asserts that he will not let Gandhi go ahead. Gandhi reports back to his Dubai based boss Vallya (Jackie Shroff). They join hands with a rival opposition leader named Deshpande (Manoj Bajpai) and plot to oust Sarkar.

Sarkar’s wife (Supriya Pathak) pleads with him to permit Shivaji "Chiku" (Amit Sadh) (the grandson) to join him. Sarkar hesitates: the boy is hot-headed and volatile like his father Vishnu, but ultimately lets him come. Chiku immediately clashes with Gokul (Sarkar’s longtime loyal right hand man) (Ronit Roy) over various matters including whether or not to eliminate Deshpande. It is implied that Chiku's girlfriend Anu (Yami Gautam) is using him to get to Sarkar because Sarkar had ordered the elimination of Anu’s father. Meanwhile Gandhi approaches Gokul with the proposition to help him or Chiku would become the next Sarkar and Gokul will remain a servant.

Deshpande plots with Gandhi and Vallya to instigate mill workers against Sarkar. Chiku is on the warpath to attack Deshpande. Sarkar tries to calculate who is behind everything. One day, Deshpande is hotly pursued and killed and Sarkar, who has long held a reputation for bumping off opposition, is blamed. Sarkar notes that whoever did this is determined and cunning and will stop at nothing. When assassins open fire on Sarkar at the Ganpati Visarjan festival, it becomes clear that Sarkar’s inner circle has been breached. Chiku shows Sarkar the video of Gandhi meeting Gokul and, separately, Gokul remonstrates and says that Chiku, used by the wily Anu and his own vengeance for his father, is behind everything. Sarkar expels Chiku whereupon Chiku joins Gandhi.

Vallya orders a bomb blast at the mill. Gokul rightly reports that it was executed by Chiku (who is now out to destroy Sarkar) and Gandhi. Around this time Sarkar’s wife passes away. Gokul beseeches Sarkar to give the order to kill Chiku. Chiku is fired upon but he escapes. Gokul begins hunting him down.

Soon, Gokul is shot dead (presumably by Chiku) and Sarkar swears revenge on Chiku. Vallya arrives in India and meets Sarkar. He points out that Chiku is too inexperienced to become Sarkar and is therefore useless, and offers to help Sarkar eliminate Chiku. Sarkar discloses that Chiku was dispatched to infiltrate Gandhi by Sarkar himself. Differences with Anu had been cleared and she too was taken into confidence. Gokul had turned to Gandhi and played a part in the mill agitation and in the slum development so as to sideline Chiku and eventually become Sarkar. The objective of this plan was to draw out Vallya. Chiku walks in at this point. There is a gunshot and Vallya is killed. With their adversaries now dead, Chiku and Sarkar sip tea while Sarkar educates the inexperienced Chiku on palace politics.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Subhash Nagre (Sarkar)
• Manoj Bajpayee as Govind Deshpande
• Jackie Shroff as Michael Vallya
• Amit Sadh as Shivaji Nagre (Cheeku)
• Yami Gautam as Annu Karkare
• Ronit Roy as Gokul Satam
• Parag Tyagi as Raman Guru
• Bharat Dabholkar as Gorakh Rampur
• Rohini Hattangadi as Rukku Bai Devi
• Shiv Sharma as Mukul Shumpre

Franchise

In 2009 Ram Gopal Verma stated that he had no plans finalised for the third instalment in the series and shelved Sarkar 3. However, in 2012 it was reported that the sequel would go ahead once again and currently is in the pre production stage where the script is being written. The film is expected to go on floors at the end of 2013, primarily with the same cast of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan although his character dies at the end of this film and also Aishwarya Rai is to be left out.

In August, 2016 director Ram Gopal Varma confirmed Sarkar 3. He told on his Twitter that Abhishek and Aishwarya will not be a part of the third installment.

Release

The film was released on 12 May 2017 to mixed reviews and performed above average but was unable to cover the budget on which the film was made.

Soundtrack

The rights of the film are acquired by Eros Now Music. The music has been composed by Rohan Vinayak and Ravi Shankar. The full soundtrack was released on 3 May 2017 and has 7 songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Angry Mix"	Mika Singh, Sukhwinder Singh	5:07
2.	"Ganpati Aarti"	Amitabh Bachchan	4:04
3.	"Gussa"	Sukhwinder Singh	5:05
4.	"Sam Dham"	Kailash Kher, Saket Bairoliya	3:30
5.	"Thamba"	Navraj Hans	5:03
6.	"Shakti"	Sukhwinder Singh, Saket Bairoliya, Adarsh Shinde	4:32
7.	"Sarkar Trance"	Niladri Kumar	3:18
Total length:			30:40