Sunday, June 22, 2008

Sarkar Raj - my take

Why don't we get our Corporate show in Bollywood right?

I saw Sarkar Raj today. Came back disappointed. I loved the part 1, so much so I caught up with a VCD of Sarkar yesterday so that I just revisit the characters anticipating great continuity. It was commendable to see Bachchan Sr still looking the same as he looked 3 years back. I am not going to review the movie here, but wanted to comment on the way the CEO of a international company ( Ms. Rai ) is portrayed here. She comes to India from the U.S without an entourage of business people, but is seen jostling arms with touts. Never in the movie any business aide is shown. She boasts of huge profits for her project without having any understanding of the risks etc & is seen spending time with Jr. Bachchan, who again gets convinced of the project in a 5 minute interaction. No heavy dose ppt needed to convince him about the feasibility of the project. He is convinced that there is merit in displacing 40,000 people just by one meeting with Ms. Rai. She in turn falls in love with him, so much so she is show becoming a part of the Sarkar family in the end ! When would someone show a cent of Corporate reality in Hindi Movies ? ?

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