Leader) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language political crime thriller film directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

His son Vishnu plays a sleazy producer who is more interested in the film actress Sapna than his wife Amrita.

Sarkar's other, more upright son Shankar returns from the United States with his love Pooja after completing his education there.

Pooja's doubts about Sarkar's image eventually cause Shankar, who firmly believes in his father's righteousness, to break up with her.

One day, a Dubai-based don, Rasheed, tries to strike a deal with Sarkar; he promptly refuses on moral grounds and also forbids him from doing it himself.

Sarkar's director Ram Gopal Varma was deeply influenced by the Francis Ford Coppola's Hollywood classic The Godfather (1972), which he mentions in the opening credits of the film.

[5][6] The soundtrack of Sarkar consists of 10 songs composed by Bapi-Tutul & Prasanna Shekhar the lyrics of which were penned by Sandeep Nath.

[9] William Thomas of Empire Online gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 saying that, "Constructed with flair and crackling with intelligence, this is one of the most edgiest and grittiest releases to come out of Bollywood in years.

A Telugu remake, titled Rowdy, was made replacing the background of Marathi politics with that of Rayalaseema factionism.

Rowdy released on 4 April 2014 to positive reviews from critics, but was a moderate commercial success, grossing approximately 8 crores in its full run.