Film: “Sarkar 3”; Director: Ram Gopal Varma; Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Manoj Bajpai, Ronit Roy, Yami Gautam; Rating: ****

It is easy to see the third instalment of Ram Gopal Varma’s “Sarkar” franchise as an unnecessary carryover of a saga that has lost its relevance and sheen. But “Sarkar 3” rises far above the wasteland of a stagnant crime-drama to give us an insight into a life of outlawry that is richly layered with blood and drama.

Bal Thackeray is dead. Long live Bal Thackeray. In Amitabh Bachchan’s persona –steely, gritty, imperturbable, granite-hard and yet malleable and vulnerable — the Thackeray doppelganger is uncanny. The walk, the talk and the ability to walk that talk to places where the dialogue writer would never have imagined. Take a bow, Mr B. They don’t make em like you anymore.

It takes courage to build one more plot around that formidable and imposing figure from Maharashtra’s politics who rewrote the rules of politics and who gave political arrogance a sexy edge. The last Sarkar film came 9 years ago. And the figure of Subhash Nagre is now threatened with obsolescence, if not complete irrelevance.

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And yet here lies Varma’s triumph. He manufactures a compelling if somewhat cramped and at times campy yarn of a wizened but still-spirited political outlaw who has no appetite for betrayal and disloyalty.
“In order to understand politics you first need to get a hang of the politics in the family. It’s called Palace politics,” says Subhash Nagre, slurping tea out of the plate while, please note, the grandson Shivaji (Amit Sadh in engaging form) also slurps over his cuppa.

Lineage, continuity and perpetuity are big in “Sarkar 3”. Outsiders are seen as traitors and marauders. In fact the film makes a pitch for nepotism in crime and politics arguing that absolute loyalty can only be traced in the bloodline. In blueprinting this genealogical fact of clannish life, the narrative stretches the tendons of its muscular drama into scenes that are constructed robustly and at times with enrapturing vividness.

There are some terrific shootouts in this film reminiscent of episodes from Ram Gopal Varma’s best gangster films in the past. Parking lots are a favourite haunt for violence in this film. Ram Gopal Varma seems to tell us there’s more to cars than Rohit Shetty. Indeed “Sarkar 3” marks the return to form for the long-disoriented filmmaker. He cuts and shoots the scenes in long shots and breathless pauseless frames that cover the dramatic tension without toppling over into overstatements.

Manoj Bajpai joins the gang-war somewhere in the preamble and opts out too soon. He has some of the best lines on the criminalization of politics. Sadly the script doesn’t listen to Bajpai’s harangue, busy as it is hero-worshipping the outlawed aging hero. Bajpai’s one sequence with Mr. Bachchan where Bajpai’s character Govind Deshpande mocks Mr. Bachchan’s Nagre from a public podium for subverting Gandhian ideals is worth its weight in gold.

Of course Varma being Varma he does like shooting his actors from odd angles, like Yami Gautam, who has never looked more seductive, captured from inside the handle of a teacup. Tea-hee.

The women, Gautam, Supriya Pathak and Rohini Hattangadi get little space in this predominantly masculine war of supremacy. And that one scene where Hattangadi blows a kiss at her screen son would have you whistling in excitement.

The background score didn’t have to be persuasive, though. We get the point without the over-punctuation.

Strangely very few people get killed in the course of the storytelling although the body count seems a lot higher. And when archvillain Jackie Shroff, swimming and sexing in Dubai, dies at the end “that’s not a spoiler, it’s nemesis”, we feel a surge of empathy for the Nagre family that has lost a lot of blood, but never in vain.

Watch “Sarkar 3” for the way Varma frames the familial feud in flames of fury. The performances are largely effective specially those by Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh. The latter comes into his own as Mr Bachchan’s uncontrollable grandson. But above all, this is one more triumphant celluloid outing for Amitabh Bachchan who invests his role of the aging tiger-neta with a kind of cosmic resonance that goes way beyond that famous baritone.

Yup, they don’t make star-actors like Amitabh Bachchan any more. Ram Gopal Varma reminds us of the Bachchan charisma in ways that are deeply nostalgic and exceedingly provocative.

By Subhash K Jha

IANS

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Watch the impressive trailer of filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s “Sarkar 3”. Looking at the trailer this looks like Amitabh Bachchan’s angriest version. This is RGV’s third instalment of his political thriller series and it is slated for April 7th release. 

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There are many actors doing brand endorsements these days. When we see these advertisements – some we like, some we don’t and some we don’t even remember. I still remember when she caught my eye for the first time. I saw this ‘fair and lovely’ advertisement and I told my mom this girl is so beautiful. Yami Gautam, moving steadily up the ladder, is a Chandigarh based model turned actor. Yami aspired to be an IAS as a young girl and was pursuing her graduate degree in law honours but at the age of 20, Yami decided to pursue her acting career. 

Yami made her television debut with ‘Chaand ke paar chalo’ . She played her most notable role in ‘Yeh pyar na hoga kam’ which aired on colors. 

Her film career started with a Kannada film ‘ Ullasa Utsaha’ and then came her break in Bollywood movies , a small budget film ‘Vicky donor’ opposite Aayushmann Khurana. She played the role of a Bengali girl who falls in love with a punjabi boy but there is an adult twist in the tale.

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The movie was a big success at the box office and received critical appreciation. Taran Adarsh wrote, “Yami gautam makes an imposing debut. She adds enormous value to the movie by her act , screen presence and striking looks.” 

She won the coveted filmfare award along with many other like Zee Cine, Star Screen etc in the year 2013, all under the best debut actor-female category.

In 2015 things turned ugly for Yami when Actor Pulkit Samrat’s estranged wife, Shweta Rohira, called her a ‘home breaker’ in a statement. At that time Pulkit and Yami were wrapping up their second film together, ‘Junooniyat.’ Although the two have never admitted to being in a relationship, the alleged love story has gone through many twists and turns ever since rumours of their affair surfaced.

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Yami went on to do some more Hindi movies which did not do well on the box office but she did justice to her roles in each one of them. Her film ‘Total Siyappa’ opposite Ali Zafar saw the same fate as Sanam Re and Junooniyat.

Yami proves the quote ‘failure is success in progress’, absolutely right. All these failures were her work in progress for Kaabil which is a huge success at the box office. She’s looking supple, pretty and lovable in her role of a blind girl who goes through the unimaginable brutality. 

What makes me write about Yami is how she has never pulled off a publicity stunt to gain attention, she has not been lucky enough like Anushka and Deepika of the industry who started off with big banners but she has proved that she is no less a performer. Yami Gautam is getting up there on her own talent and hard work. She is an inspiration for all the ladies out there who feel they have it in them to make it big but do not have Yash Raj, Dharma or Bhansali up their sleeves. 

I wish sarkar 3  turns out to be a great success for Yami Gautam and may she have an amazing career ahead. 

Aayushi Jain is a freelance writer. Fashion, philosophy, cooking and poetry are the areas of interest for her. 

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Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan says that like any normal person, he too has been in situations where he has lost all hope. But he sees such adversities are god-given opportunities to become an improved person, one who understands life and the world better.

“They (good or bad times) affect me just like they affect anybody else. I become very comfortable with my adversities because of a few philosophies that I believe in. I never take anything too seriously.

“When you face adversity, god is giving you an opportunity to become a better person, a better character, more informed and educated about your life and the world,”

The 43-year-old, a father of two, says it has taken him almost half his life to realise that he is an adventurer at heart.

“I am an adventurer who can’t end up doing the same things every day. An adventurer explores and goes places where he is afraid of going, and this holds true for me as an actor as well.” 

The actor’s struggle to overcome a stammer during his growing-up years, a broken marriage with childhood sweetheart Sussanne Khan and his legal battle with actress Kangana Ranaut — these have been some of the phases in Hrithik’s life which grabbed public and media attention. But his charisma has remained intact for his fans.

This has been proved once again with the success of his latest release “Kaabil”. The film had a box office clash with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Raees”, but it has managed to mint nearly Rs 80 crore in the seven days since its release.

Asked if the film could have done better business if not released with the superstar’s film, Hrithik said what matters is “not the gold”.

“What matters is if you are putting your 100 per cent in the work. One important thing I have learnt from this (box office clash), and something I have been teaching my kids, is that the gold is not important; what is important is to run at your best.”

“Kaabil” is a revenge drama involving a visually-challenged couple. Hrithik plays a man whose wife (Yami Gautam) is raped, and he sets out to seek revenge.

The rape scene and the incident’s effect on the victim — who commits suicide — have not been received too well by some.

Defending the film, Hrithik said it’s not negative at all.

“This is the depiction of human reality… Where sometimes in our life, (even) I felt that there is no reason to go on. (You feel) so low and down that you fail to see any prospect of a happy future. Many of us have been through adversities where it seems like ‘This is the end and one can’t go on’. While some of us succumb to it, some of us don’t.

“This is the story of a simple, sweet girl who goes through so much, not once, but twice — and she unfortunately succumbs to it. On the other hand, it is also the story of a man who fights for justice, love, life, truth, and that is the brightness. After something bad, the good happens, and this is what the film is all about.

“Adversity is very important to bring out the victory at the end, just like in life,” 

So, what next after “Kaabil”?

“Everything is undecided right now. I haven’t signed any film. I liked a few scripts. Will take some time to decide,” he signed off.

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It has been three years since Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan parted ways, but the actor says his former wife’s opinion still matters a lot to him. He also says while he still believes in love, he won’t give marriage another chance.

 
 
In an interview for his latest release “Kaabil”, Hrithik talked about his film, the not so lucky 2016, love and marriage:

 
 Q. Sussanne saw the film and praised you to the skies. Many who have seen the film say this is your best performance to date?
 
I am so relieved. I am so glad Sussanne liked the film. Her opinion means the world to me. I am the happiest when people say “Kaabil” truly is a small film with the largest heart in the world. Some were surprised, others seem shocked. It is truly overwhelming for dad, Sanjay Gupta, Yami Gautam and myself.
 
 Q. How do you think its simultaneous release with “Raees” will affect your film?
 
 No idea. All kinds of permutations and combinations are possible. I want the very best for both the films.
 
 Q. The promos and teasers of “Kaabil” are a rage. Did you expect such a response?
 
 To be honest, yes. Because they impacted me too.
 
 Q. 2016 was not such a great year for Hindi cinema. Where do you think our films are going wrong?
 
 I don’t blame the films that are being made. It is better and more constructive to blame the work culture and the overall mental benchmark. Most filmmakers just want to get by, not do something that will stand out over and above the rut.

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Q. What according to you is the solution?
 
Specialization and division of labour is so important. That is the primary reason Hollywood is where it is. Even if you are the grip or clapper boy on the set, you take pride in your work. You don’t allow it to be seen as small work, and you take full responsibility. That kind of work ethic then seeps into everything you do in filmmaking.
 
 Q. So you feel our films will improve if everyone does his job?
 
 Yes, (exercise) division — specialise in what you do and don’t start doing other people’s work, concentrate on your own job. And allow others the freedom to surprise you with their own style. Stop wanting to control everything. Having said that, our cinema has immense potential. In “Kaabil”, I experienced what I am talking about. So I know it’s happening.
 
 Q. “Kaabil” is a thriller, but it’s also an intense love story?
 
 Yes, correctly said. It’s really a family audience film. My mother’s compliments mean the world to me. She having loved my work and the movie, means it’s a movie for everyone. Especially families. In other cases, she has been completely blunt, I must say. So I know the happiness this time is genuine.
 
 Q. Your character in “Kaabil” goes all out for love. How far would you go for your love?
 
 To the end of the world. And then some more.
 
 Q. Would you give love and marriage another chance in your life?
 
 Not marriage. No marriage for me, at least as far as I can see. Love fulfils me everyday. I am content and extremely enthusiastic about my life.

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Rating: ***1/2

Film: “Kaabil”
Director: Sanjay Gupta
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy

Why do awful things happen to good God-fearing, law-abiding, tax-paying, spouse-loving people?

Look! Just see that man’s face. Rohit loves his wife Suparna to death. Her death, as it happens to be. A moment so shocking in the film and filmed with such gruesome pathos, that I found my hands going up to my mouth in sheer horror.

Noooooo! This can’t happen to such lovely people going through such a dream-like journey of togetherness, rudely interrupted by a kind of life-stopping tragedy that sucks the very breath out of romantic yearnings. “Kaabil” tells a very simple two-storeyed story.

In the first opulently romantic overture, Rohit is set up for a date with Suparna. They meet in a string of beautifully beaded encounters — Rahul and Suparna Get Lost In A Mall, Rahul and Suparna Take To The Dance Floor, etc. Then they fall in love, and get married.

This is all familiar mush territory shot by cinematographer Sudeep Chatterjee in a filtered haze of delirious romanticism. There is just one difference. Both Rohit and Suparna are blind. Well, technically, that is. For all practical purposes, they can see far better than many people around them.

A lot of the film’s warmly conversational dialogues take good natured digs at people who can “see” but can’t really comprehend the immense power of humanity to heal. Instead, they choose to hurt one another, sometimes just for fun.

The hideous doings of Amit Shellar (Rohit Roy) and his friend Wasim (Shaidur Rehman) break the idyllic beauty of the couple’s paradise with a shattering impact. It’s an ugly turning point in the plot, and one that signals the turn-around in mood from tender soft supple colours to a splash of angry blood red orange glow hues.

Hrithik’s transformation from romance to rage is so credible, compelling and chilling you flow with his fury to the battered, bruised, bloodied, wounded love-soldier wondering if hell hath any fury like a blind man scorned.

So far, I thought the most convincing blind act I had seen was Naseeruddin Shah in “Sparsh”. Now I am not so sure. Hrithik plays blind with a blinding brilliance. Intelligently enough, his unseeing character stumbles and panics when thrown into strange circumstances and places rather than act cool heroically super confident.

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To understand this star-actor’s mastery over his character’s dithering destiny, we just have to see how he dances with his Significant Other in an elaborately staged ballroom sequence. Here Hrithik dances how a blind man would dance if he could dance like Hrithik Roshan.

The vendetta, when it bursts forth in a raging torrent, is again defined wholly by the protagonist’s character’s physical abilities. Action director Sham Kaushal conceives elaborately staged stunts where Hrithik fights using his extra sharp audio perceptions to compensate for his character’s visual impairment.

It’s an astonishingly skilled performance. Sharp and penetrating, conveying an elaborately charted map of the human heart and yet never obvious in its intentions. This is his best since Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Guzaarish”.

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Yami Gautam as the love of his life is capable and likeable and seems to love the attention she gets from the camera and her co-star. But after Hrithik, it is Ronit Roy as an unscrupulous contractor-politician who stuns with his ability to say much without speaking it all. Watch him in the sequence where he visits Hrithik to condole. His casual reference to crime and sexual violation will shock you. Ronit’s Marathi accent is bang-on.

There are some other very accomplished actors around, notably Narendra Jha as a conscientious policeman and Girish Kulkarni as his corrupt colleague. But if I’ve to single out one other hero in this saga of fumbling fortitude besides Hrithik, it would have to be sound designer Resul Pookutty. No other Indian film in recent times has made such telling use of sound. Voices and whispers blend into the sanguinary fabric to create an aura of ominous retribution and redemption.

As a director, Sanjay Gupta has seldom been more willing to let his characters appear vulnerable and undefended though not defenceless. Gupta creates a romance splendid and tender, only to quash it with a brutal spin that takes us kicking and screaming to a finale that never ceases to amaze us without losing its plausibility.

“Kaabil” is a film about love and its abrupt send-off. It is a violent film. But the emphasis is on the damage done to the soul of the wronged man. It must be seen for Hrithik Roshan’s incredibly moving performance and for the unexpected glimpse it provides into its director’s romantic personality.

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They might not be together ‘on papers,’ but that does not stop Hrithik Roshan and his former wife Sussanne Khan from sharing warmth and support for each other.

Amicable separations are rare to come by. But Hrithik and Sussanne made for a fine example of a dignified divorced couple, who spewed no bitterness in public. They have been spotted together at family functions, getting together for their children’s birthday parties and a family vacation to Dubai with their kids.

One may remember how Sussanne stood steadfast behind her ex-husband while the mudslinging following his spat with Kangana Ranaut and pictures of the two cosying up during a party made their way to the Internet.

The 43-year-old actor hosted a special screening of his upcoming flick ‘Kaabil’ for the near and dear ones, where Sussanne was spotted sharing a sweet equation with him.

The 38-year-old interior designer even took to Instagram share her words of appreciation for Hrithik, along with a snap of the two.

The caption read, “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind… so so so proud of you.. #kaabil #sacrecoeur.”

 

A photo posted by Sussanne Khan (@suzkr) on Jan 21, 2017 at 12:20pm PST

 

One more day for your hearts to melt#kaabil #themindseesall #sacrecoeur A photo posted by Sussanne Khan (@suzkr) on Jan 23, 2017 at 10:05pm PST

 

To be surrounded by the best heartmonsters #familiasagrada #tothebesttimes! missed @malzkhan @gattukapoor @anudewan5 @iamsunnydewan

A photo posted by Sussanne Khan (@suzkr) on Jan 21, 2017 at 8:49pm PST

 

Happiest happy birthday to you #sacrecoeur #happiestsoulsaretheprettiest #limitless

A photo posted by Sussanne Khan (@suzkr) on Jan 9, 2017 at 9:32pm PST

The two have dropped enough hints for one to gather that reconciliation may well be on the cards. Will they remain good friends or go back to being Mr and Mrs, only time will tell.

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Actress Yami Gautam, who is sharing screen space with superstar Hrithik Roshan in the forthcoming film “Kaabil”, said he is one of the most hardworking and selfless actors she has ever worked with.

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Talking about her experience of working with Hrithik, Yami told IANS: “He (Hrithik) is such a selfless actor. We actors always work hard for our good performance, but he is concerned about the whole scene, including the performance of his co-actors, dancers and everyone.

“There were scenes where he would give a retake even though he was perfect, but I wanted to improvise something. He is an actor and works for the totality of the scene.”

According to Yami, Hrithik — who is known for his good looks and larger than life personality — is otherwise a very humble person.

“Whether it is on set or off the camera, he never made you feel that he is a star. He is a happy-go-lucky person and on set, he is an actor. That’s why I call him a truly inspirational personality,” Yami said.

After doing films in Punjabi, Kannada and Telugu film industries, Yami made her debut in Bollywod with Shoojit Sircar’s “Vicky Donor” opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in 2012, and has since featured in films like “Total Siyapaa”, “Badlapur”, “Junooniyat” and “Sanam Re”.

“My career is a journey for me, and any journey is incomplete without struggle. We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on. I am proud of it,” she said.

The actress thanks her parents for helping her to be grounded.

“They helped me to learn that like success, failure also comes and I should learn to accept it.”

Directed by Sanjay Gupta, “Kaabil” is releasing on January 25.

IANS

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The first video song ” Kaabil Hoon” from the upcoming Bollywood Movie “Kaabil” is out, which is sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Palak Muchhal. Kaabil is the story of a man who lives, laughs and loves just like everyone in this world despite being blind since birth. 
Starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam,”Kaabil” is directed by Sanjay Gupta and produced by Rakesh Roshan with music by Rajesh Roshan.