Sarkar doesn't Raj

I saw this sometime back and I didn't even get pissed enough to vent out a scathing post. A one word description of this movie would be - S L O W.

I liked the first movie so I'm not sure if I went in with 'high expectations' (that's the weirdest part - people tell me 'you shouldn't go in with high expecations, then you'll love the movie' ---hmm.....lets hope for an absolute fuck-up so that we'll never be disappointed; and let't not limit this philoshitty to just the movies, let it drive everything in our lives)

Getting back to the point, this movie kinda had everything going for it. A great first movie, set storyline, big-ticket actors, etc. Unfortunately Varma has squandered these advantages. The story unfolds at a snails pace with some characters just being planted into the sets. The main (new) characters are not developed enough. And, apologies for the spoiler - but killing Abhishek's pregnant wife was totally unnecessary. What was it? Ode to Coppola?

And, like three frames later, Shankar (Abhishek) makes a move on Anita (Aishwarya). Geez. Romance right after your pregnant wife is blown to smithereens in front of you.

Then there's the actual story -- the purported reason for all the chaos. Politics or rajneeti as Subash(Big B) calls it. In what is unique to Hindi cinema, the protagonist somehow always lands up explaining the plot to the audience in the waning minutes of the movie. Haven't we seen this before? Damn!

Come to think of it, think Varma realized that the plot was too convoluted for the audience to even imagine so he brought it the Big B to do the honours.

So, there you are. Bad Bad story. Worse than no story. The background score is splashed all over, making it lose its intensity. Screenplay is average. Cinematography is ok. Some shots looked refreshing because of the angles in which they were taken. Acting is good. Dialogues are average.

Gangster flicks are my fav, but I'll pass this one. There's going to be another one by Varma. Hope that one will have more to offer.