Sarkar (2018 movie)

***Sarkar*** is a 2018 Indian Tamil language political action thriller film starring Vijay, Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in lead roles. The movie is co-written by B.Jeyamohan and AR Murugadoss and directed by AR Murugadoss with music composed by A.R. Rahman with cinematography by Girish Gangadharan, edited by A. Sreekar Prasad and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner_ Sun Pictures_.

The movie began production in January 2018, and is scheduled to be released in November 2018, coinciding with Diwali.

## Cast

- Vijay
- Keerthy Suresh
- Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
- Prem Kumar
- Yogi Babu
- Radha Ravi
- Pala. Karuppiah

## Production

Following the successful _Thuppakki_ and _Kaththi_, AR Murugadoss has confirmed to be the director of the 62nd movie of actor Vijay. The project, tentatively titled _Vijay's 62_, is slated to enter production once Vijay completes _Mersal_ and A R Murugadoss completes _Spyder_.

With a schedule of 3-month pre-production work, the shooting of the movie was scheduled to commence during January 2018 and also it is said to be a Diwali-2018 release. Girish Gangadharan of _Kali_, _Angamaly Diaries_ and the recent _Solo_ fame has supposedly been roped in to crank the camera-work for the movie.

In mid-November 2017, it was reported that actor Yogi Babu is in talks to play a role in the movie and Nayanthara is in talks to be the female lead, also A. R. Rahman is been in talks to compose the music of the movie. A. Sreekar Prasad who has previously edited _Thuppakki_ and _Kaththi_ has been confirmed as the movie's editor.

In early-December 2017, T. Santhanam has been roped in as the art director of the movie, and following this, it was made official that _Sun Pictures_ is producing the movie. Before the title was revealed on 21 June 2018, it was referred to by the media as _Thalapathy 62_, as it is the 62nd movie starring Vijay who is commonly called "Thalapathy" (commander) by fans. Keerthy Suresh  was later signed to play the female lead role and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar was also confirmed, playing a pivotal role. B. Jeyamohan was recruited as writer, and shooting began in January 2018. The team have successfully completed the first and second schedules of the shoot, and were set to begin their third schedule in the US in early August 1st week.

## Music

The music of the film is composed by A. R. Rahman, and lyricist Vivek penning the songs. The audio was launched on 2 October 2018.

## References

**Notes**

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Sarkar(The Government)
- **alt**: sarkar(The Government)
- **director**: A.R. Murugadoss
- **producer**: Kalanithi Maran
- **writer**: AR Murugadoss
B. Jeyamohan
- **starring**: Vijay (actor), Vijay
Keerthy Suresh
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
- **music**: A.R. Rahman
- **cinematography**: Girish Gangadharan
- **editing**: A. Sreekar Prasad
- **studio**: Sun Pictures
- **distributor**: Sun Pictures
- **runtime**: 175 minutes
- **country**: India
- **language**: Tamil language, Tamil


## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Sarkar
- **type**: Soundtrack
- **artist**: A. R. Rahman
- **released**: 02/10/2018
- **label**: Sony Music India
- **producer**: A. R. Rahman
- **prev title**: Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
- **prev year**: 2018
- **genre**: Tamil
- **length**: 26:16
- **language**: Tamil