Sarkar Raj, the new RGV film on a shrewd businesswoman’s plan to build a power plant caught up in development politics, is drawing comparisons with the controversy behind the failed Indian project of US utilities giant Enron.

Sarkar Raj, billed as a sequel to Sarkar released three years ago, picks up on the life of Subhash Nagre, a charismatic, grey-haired leader played by Amitabh Bachchan, who like Thackeray, is not in government but wields enormous influence through an army of die-hard followers.

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