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Sarkar
2005
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
69–81
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Letterboxd on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the most agreed on films →Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
Details
- Director
- Ram Gopal Varma
- Writers
- Manish Gupta, Ram Gopal Varma
- Studio
- Sahara One Entertainment, KSS Limited
- Released
- 1 July 2005
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Budget
- $1.9M
- Box office
- $5.9M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 24 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (21) →
Awards & nominations
See all 28 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 28 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Abhishek Bachchan | Winner |
| Producers Guild Film Awards 2006 | Best Editing | Nitin Gupta | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan | Nominee |
| Bollywood Movie Awards 2006 | Best Villain | Kay Kay Menon | Nominee |
| Bollywood Movie Awards 2006 | Best Villain | Zakir Hussain | Nominee |
| Bollywood Movie Awards 2006 | Best Editing | Nitin Gupta, Amit Parmar | Nominee |
| Bollywood Movie Awards 2006 | Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Bollywood Movie Awards 2006 | Best Film | Sarkar – Parag Sanghvi, Varun Sanghvi | Nominee |
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International Indian Film Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Abhishek Bachchan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan | Nominee |
Producers Guild Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | Nitin Gupta | Winner |
Zee Cine Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male | Abhishek Bachchan | Winner |
| Best Background Score | Amar Mohile | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Nitin Gupta, Amit Parmar | Nominee |
| Best Film | Sarkar – Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Kay Kay Menon | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kunal Mehta, Parikshit Lalwani | Nominee |
| Most Promising Debut – Female | Katrina Kaif | Nominee |
Filmfare Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Abhishek Bachchan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Kay Kay Menon | Nominee |
Bollywood Movie Awards
6 nominations
| Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Nitin Gupta, Amit Parmar | Nominee |
| Best Film | Sarkar – Parag Sanghvi, Varun Sanghvi | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Abhishek Bachchan | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Kay Kay Menon | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Zakir Hussain | Nominee |
Screen Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Kay Kay Menon | Nominee |
| Best Background Music | Amar Mohile | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Nitin Gupta, Amit Parmar | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kunal Mehta, Parikshit Lalwani | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Abhishek Bachchan | Nominee |