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2018 · Tamil · 2h 44m · Action, Drama · CBFC U/A
Keep your shortlist together and see where it’s streaming
Filmi Score
Good
4 reviews · provisional
60
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Critics largely praise Vijay's career-best performance and a sharp, fact-based political drama, though many flag a preachy screenplay, weak villains, a dragging first half and wasted supporting cast, while one critic dismisses it as propaganda.
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Summary
Sarkar (2018, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 60 from 4 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
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NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
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The critic praises Sarkar as a raw, real, mass-entertainer political drama with sharp real-life digs, strong turns from Vijay and Varalaxmi, and a… Read it there →
Bali reads Sarkar as a thinly veiled propaganda vehicle for Vijay's political ambitions rather than a genuine film, faulting its derivative… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
30
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 4 readings; 2 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Sarkar?
Sarkar is streaming on OTT: Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada), Vi Movies and TV (India), JioHotstar (India) and ZEE5 (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Sarkar?
Sarkar has a Filmi Score of 60 (Good), the mean of 4 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 30 (Upperstall.com) to 80 (The Quint). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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