Ram Gopal Varma had earlier confirmed to Mirror (April 20) that eight years after Sarkar Raj, he would be reu niting with Amitabh Bachchan for Part 3 of the franchise which he'd kickstarted in 2005. The Big B's Godfathersque avatar as Subhash `Sarkar' Nagre has been one of his most memorable performances and the duo has been intermittently discussing how to take the franchise forward, clear that they wouldn't attempt it unless extremely sure of the content. "Two-three ideas were worked upon and discarded, and now, finally, we have a script we both are excited about," says an upbeat RGV, adding that the film produced by Parag Sanghvi and Waves, rolls next month and will release in summer 2017.
The filmmaker describes Sarkar 3 as the "return of Bachchan's anger" which since it exploded in Zanjeer in 1973 has become synonymous with the actor. RGV points out that anger against injustice, suppression and exploitation were the hallmarks of the various characters the veteran has played down the years and which have collectively made him the legend he is. But in the last decade, many directors, he rues, wanting to capture his other shades, have forgotten angry man Bachchan. "Even I, with my understanding of his cinematic power, created only mild characters like Vijay in Nishabd and Vijay Harshwardhan Malik in Rann," Ramu admits. "The only time I remember seeing him really angry in the last 10 years is in Sarkar. Anger is a common emotion but Amitabh Bachchan's anger gives it a largerthan-life quality which I tried to portray in the film."