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The first look of superstar Rajinikanth's next film titled ' Darbar ' was released Tuesday, with the poster indicating that the AR Murugadoss directed flick could be a cop film. The poster carried a catchy punchline "you decide whether you want me to be good, bad or worse," and was splashed with paraphernalia attached to the police, including an IPS shoulder pin, a handcuff, a couple of guns and a police dog. Besides, it features a spectacled and bearded Rajinikanth. The first look also carried what seemed to be the Gateway of India in Mumbai, hinting that the story might be based in the western metropolis. Murugadoss' earlier action flick 'Thuppakki', starring top actor Vijay was based in Mumbai. This is the first tie-up between Rajinikanth and Murugadoss, whose last venture 'Sarkar' with Vijay in the lead had kicked up a row over the depiction of the ruling AIADMK's freebie schemes in an alleged bad light. Anirudh is scor...

Film: " Sarkar "; Language: Tamil; Director: A.R. Murugadoss; Cast: Vijay, Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar; Rating: *1/2 " Sarkar " has no relevance to Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi film of the same title where Amitabh Bachchan played a wily politician modelled on Maharashtra's iconic Balasaheb Thackeray. The wannabe, nattily attired 'neta' that Vijay plays in the new "Sarkar" seems modelled on no Indian politician, living or dead, that I've come across. Although the opening credits have shots of Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose, I am pretty sure they would be as baffled by Vijay's brand of brain-dead politics as I was. The film is ostensibly a comment on the Indian citizen's right to vote. But the democratic right to freedom is denied by "Sarkar", which smothers us in hero-worship of the most fawning variety. Let's just say this is th...