Sarkar (2018 film)

Sarkar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byA. R. Murugadoss
Written byA. R. Murugadoss,
B. Jeyamohan
Screenplay byA. R. Murugadoss
Story byA. R. Murugadoss
Produced byKalanithi Maran
StarringVijay
Keerthy Suresh
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Radha Ravi
CinematographyGirish Gangadharan
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music bySongs:
A. R. Rahman
Score:
A. R. Rahman
Qutub-E-Kripa
Production
company
Distributed bySun Pictures
Release date
  • 6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)
Running time
164 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹110 crore[2]
Box officeest.₹243.90–260 crore[3][4][a]

Sarkar (transl. Government) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language political action film[7][8] directed by A. R. Murugadoss, who co-wrote the dialogues with B. Jeyamohan, and produced by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures. The film stars Vijay, Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the lead roles, alongside Yogi Babu, Tulasi, Radha Ravi and Pala. Karuppiah. In the film, a corporate raider arrives in Tamil Nadu from the United States to cast his vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, only to find out that his vote has already been recorded as cast, leading to him raising awareness against electoral fraud and contesting as a non-partisan politician in the elections amidst several attempts made on his life and reputation.

Principal photography for the film began in January 2018. Murugadoss collaborated with Vijay for the third time with Sarkar, which was the latter's 62nd film and given the tentative title of Thalapathy 62. In early December 2017, Sun Pictures agreed to produce the film. While Girish Gangadharan handled the cinematography, A. Sreekar Prasad served as the editor. In August, a few scenes were shot at Las Vegas. Filming was completed by September 2018. The film's soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Vivek.

After various complications, including protests and allegations of plagiarism, Sarkar was released on 6 November 2018 on the week of Diwali. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Post-release, the film involved in controversies with reference to J. Jayalalithaa in the audio track and other sequences from the film led to protests by members of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. After lawsuits were registered against the makers, the said allusions were muted. Sarkar has grossed ₹243.90–260 crore worldwide in its entire run and emerged as a commercial success.

Sarkar became Vijay's third film to collect $1 million at the US box office, following Theri and Mersal.[9] As a result of the film's success, the Election Commission of India created awareness regarding Section 49P of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 that allows a voter to have the right to get back his/her ballot back and vote if someone else voted in that individual's name. Sarkar was screened at Grand Rex, France and was also screened in Japan.[10][11]

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  3. ^ "Times of India Tamil Samayam ₹243.90 crore". Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Times of India Tamil Samayam ₹260 crore". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ "'Bigil' to 'Thupakki': Top FIVE grossers of Vijay". The Times of India. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Sarkar box office collection: AR Murugadoss film crosses Rs 250 crore mark worldwide". The Indian Express. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Protests notwithstanding, Tamil film Sarkar emerges as a Diwali blockbuster". Livemint. 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019. Even as Bollywood's big-ticket Diwali offering Thugs of Hindostan bites the dust, actor Vijay's Tamil political action film Sarkar has justified its high-profile festive release by crossing the ₹ 150 crore mark worldwide in less than a week.
  8. ^ "Vijay's movie Sarkar angers Tamil Nadu politicians". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ^ Prakash Upadhyaya (21 November 2018). "Sarkar box office collection: Vijay and Murugadoss' film enters $1 million club in US". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Sarkar". Cinéma Paris — Le Grand Rex (in French). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  11. ^ "『インディアンムービーウィーク2020リターンズ』公式サイト｜インド映画、無双のラインナップ！". 『インディアンムービーウィーク2020リターンズ』公式サイト｜インド映画、無双のラインナップ！ (in Japanese). 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.


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