While dad Amitabh Bachchan has been ‘blogging’ his views and opinions, son Abhishek Bachchan has been missing from action for a while now. Apart from making a few cursory appearances with wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the Jr B has been keeping a low profile for a while now. “I’ve been busy working,” explains Abhishek.

At the outset, I want to make it clear that Sarkar Raj has nothing to do with Godfather-2. It also does not take off from where Sarkar ended. In the life of a man like Sarkar there are bound to be many instances which will give rise to new complex situations. So for want of a better word I would like to describe Sarkar Raj as the new adventures of the Nagre family.

Amitabh Bachchan uses a Nokia 6300, which currently retails for a little more than Rs 7,000 and also carries a Nokia N73 (around Rs 13,000). His son, Abhishek Bachchan though, doesn’t believe in frugality and carries the best of Motorola phones (which, of course he endorses). More recently, he seems to be smitten by Apple’s latest offering too.

MUMBAI: Eros International showcased the first look of much anticipated Sarkar Raj at Cannes Film Festival this year. Eros holds the overseas distribution rights of this sequel to Sarkar and will be releasing it in cinemas internationally on 6 June.

Sarkar Raj stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who will come together on screen for the first time in a full length film.
Sarkar Raj has been directed by Ram Gopal Varma.