Idle musings

MY IMPRESSIONS OF "SARKAR"     In the last couple of weeks, I saw a movie called "Sarkar".     It stars Amitabh and his son Abhishek. In the beginning of the movie itself, the credits announce that the picture is inspired by "The Godfather" and the parallels are unmistakable. Amitabh plays Sarkar, an underworld don whose enemies are out to depose him. A few of his own associates turn backstabbers (ouch, I should have used another word !) in a power struggle to claim the title of uncrowned king of the underworld.     Sarkar is a sort of Robinhood and the punchline of the movie is that "When the system fails, a power will rise". In the movie, it is not explained how Sarkar becomes the underworld kingpin, but it is shown that he is not all criminal. When he thinks that injustice has been done, he uses his power to set things right.     The problem with this, of course, is that there is no way that "right" and "wrong" can be defi...