Amitabh Bachchan looks absolutely sinister in Sarkar 3 behind-the-scenes pics

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan has had an excellent year, with all three of his releases, 'Te3n,' 'Wazir,' and 'Pink,' fetching him rave reviews.

The actor, who has been filming for his on-screen return as Subhash Nagre, the intimidating political bigshot from Ram Gopal Verma's 'Sarkar' franchise, has been dedicatedly filming for part three.

The film, which has Manoj Bajpayee, Jackie Shroff, Ronit Roy, Amit Sadh and Yami Gautam sharing screen-space with Big B, won't see Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returning to reprise their respective roles from the prequels.

Whiel the first look of the lead characters had been revealed, prviously, director Ram Gopal Verma, took to Twitter, to share a behind-the-scenes picture of him indulging in an intense conversation with his megastar protagonist.

And the pictures have the actor looking intimidatingly sinister, much in sync with his much acclaimed character from the franchise.

In the film, Yami Gautam plays the role of Annu Karkare, who wants to take revenge on 'Sarkar' for killing her father, whereas Manoj Bajpayee plays Govind Deshpande, a very cranky and slightly violent version of Arvind Kejriwal.

Ronit Roy plays Gokul Satam, whereas Amit Sadh plays the role of Shivaji alias Cheeku.

The film, slated for a 2017 release, will see Jackie Shroff as the main antagonist.

Expectations are sky high from this film, and fans are sure a back-on-home-turf Ram Gopal Verma won't disappoint.