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[Insanity Rediscovered] I have seen Godfather in parts and Ramu has apparently said that the movie Sarkar is based on his inspiration from Godfather. It gives a feel of being based on Bal Thackeray.

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http://tavaishnav.blogspot.com [How's my Luck now?] 'Sarkar': It is quite impossible to create the aura of Marlon Brando with his method acting, even if Don Corleone is being enacted by Amitabh Bachchan, the ruthless intensity of Al Pacino (played by Abhishek Bachchan), and of course, Coppola's direction. However, if you just forget that this film is a kind of remake of 'The Godfather' and just view it as a Hindi film, it fares quite well.

Bollywood.comhttp://www.bollywood.com [Bollywood.com] The Bollywood Blog: Movie Review: Sarkar: It's the father-son combination of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, furnishing Varma's ebony vision of the world gone awry with a kind of blazing and bridled intensity that one last saw when Dilip Kumar and Amitabh played father and son in Ramesh Sippy's "Shakti".

[News.webindia123.com] Abhishek Bachchan, Ram Gopal Varma promotes 'Sarkar ...: Although the movie doesn't have any similarity with Sarkar made in 1951 except for the name, Sarkar, is inspired by The Godfather, regarded as one of the landmark movies in Hollywood, which catapulted Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino to international fame and stardom.

Topix.nethttp://www.topix.net [Topix.net] Amitabh Bachchan News: After hits like Bunty Aur Babli, Waqt and Black, the Big B rides high on the success wave, winning critical applause for his understated role in Sarkar.

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