the film mostly garnered a positive critical reception. critic taran adarsh from bollywood hungama gave the film four stars out of five and noted "besides its strong content, sarkar raj has been filmed exceptionally well with superb performances. amitabh bachchan, expectedly, comes up with a terrific performance. he's as ferocious as a wounded tiger in the finale and takes the film to great heights. abhishek bachchan is cast opposite the finest actor of this country, yet he sparkles in every sequence. aishwarya rai bachchan is fabulous and delivers her career-best performance." "sify" gave a two-star rating and said, "the only reason you might want to catch this is the performance level and the relatively good ending. amitabh bachchan is dependably good. abhishek holds his own, though with a more filled-out character, he could have taken it to another level. aishwarya is superb in the emotional scenes, but again, is let down by the unforgivably simplistic character sketching." "rediff" which also gave a two-star rating noted "this is a watchable".